Yes, Café Trudy is still closed. Please return for the 70 degree weather they’ve promised us next week.
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Rescue
Thu, 18 Feb 2021, 02:46 PM (-06:00)
There was ice on the patio under snow under ice. And then it started snowing again. I stood at the patio door and looked out. At the Desert Willow which seemed to be bearing its ice burden well. At the Apple Trees which had begun blossoming a week ago and might be toast. At the […]
A Cool Pergola
Wed, 17 Feb 2021, 05:39 PM (-06:00)
This is the pergola over the back patio. We’ll need to remember this when summer comes around. Now. If we could just get some water to come out of the faucets.
A Wintery Mix
Wed, 17 Feb 2021, 03:14 PM (-06:00)
A winter has descended on Austin unlike any I have seen in the (many) decades I have been here… 1. Finches and Birdseed The bird feeders have been well stocked (and millet-free) since before the snow started falling, thanks to the fair and industrious Trudy. Although in the early afternoon Starlings scare everyone else away, […]
Well-Masked and Well-Oiled
Wed, 17 Feb 2021, 12:51 PM (-06:00)
A man in a mask sat in a chair in the performing arts center parking lot. He said to wait 20 minutes and then to walk to the blue tent. At the blue tent, there was a man in a mask who pointed to two people in masks at a table. These two looked at […]
Winter Questions
Mon, 15 Feb 2021, 02:08 PM (-06:00)
Winter wildlife — got water? Winter not-so-wildlife — what’s this between my toes?
Closed for Business
Mon, 15 Feb 2021, 01:59 PM (-06:00)
It hasn’t been this cold nor have we had this much snow since I moved to Texas in 1982. Café Trudy is officially closed for business.
Resonant Popping Carrots
Sat, 6 Feb 2021, 07:55 PM (-06:00)
The test was halfway through. It was time for lunch. The kids had slipped their answer sheets into the test booklets and given them to the teacher who stacked them on a table at the front of the classroom. She was about to pass out their lunches when I walked in. I was her lunch […]
Always in the Room
Thu, 4 Feb 2021, 10:32 PM (-06:00)
We had finished the notes. They had finished the practice problems. Four students were talking on the far side of the room in voices that were gradually getting louder. One of them cursed. I looked up. He looked at me. His hands were clasped. “Sorry,” he said. I smiled but shook my head slowly. “I’m sorry […]