On Saturday, Lucy and I did our usual routine. I rode my bike into town and met Lucy and Penny at the Farmer's Market. After getting some bread and strawberries, I got a cup of coffee at Amherst Coffee and sat outside with the bike and dog and my new netbook and browsed the web while Lucy went to the library. When she was done, we switched (although she declined to use the netbook). I picked out a new Paul Krugman book and decided to re-read Dune. I must have not read Dune since I was in high school -- it was quite interesting to re-read it: a great story that still holds up well. The most interesting gap is the complete absence of information technology.
Rather than riding straight home, we met again along the Swift Way to collect some cattails for lunch. Cattail flowers, when still green, can be cooked and eaten rather like corn on the cob. We collected maybe 10 or 15 and brought them home to eat. I got Alisa to take a tiny nip, but no-one else was even willing to try them. They're really quite tasty. In a weedy, starchy kinda way.
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