This was not the smoothest canning session I’ve ever had (not one damn peach released from

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Blanching the peaches

Plunged into an ice bath

The cooled, drained peaches pre-peeling

Peaches simmering in sugar water

Almost ready for the final canning bath

This was not the smoothest canning session I’ve ever had (not one damn peach released from its pit without a fight), but the peach syrup that resulted from the stewing is divine, the peaches look gorgeous, and the cans seem to be sealing tightly in their water bath. I love the look of these new Weck jars but feel like I might need to practice with them a bit. They seem slightly less foolproof than the screw on tops…

A couple of things...

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One: Did anyone watch Bill Maher on or from Friday night? Melissa Harris-Perry, a Tulane prof and writer for The Nation was a panelist and is one of my new favorite people. What a smart, sassy, awesome woman! Wow!

Two: Why did I used to be so anti-nap?

Three: I love my compost salads. Tonight’s was so nice, so healthful and satisfying. Have y’all gotten into these at all?

Four: although I felt every ounce of the overwhelmed exhaustion I wrote about earlier, I know too that I will someday look so forward to the time my boys still want to spend with me. Did anyone read this article today: http://travel.nytimes.com/2011/06/05/travel/dominique-browning-on-a-train-trip-with-her-two-grown-sons.html?ref=travel
     4a: My biggest fear about having boys and the thing I most hope doesn’t come true is that they stop calling or wanting to spend time with me once they’re in college or beyond. T never calls his mom, and I will be crushed if such is the case with J & O.
     4b: If that happens (IT WON’T IF I CAN HELP IT!) and if it doesn’t, this trip sounds neat.

As Jack would tell me, four things is NOT a couple, so I guess in literal terms my title is incorrect but alas… :)