Sunday August 22

We succeeded in our goals of making a scripture cake (moist, slightly spicy, studded with fruit and nuts) and going for a hike. For our hike, in fact, we climbed up the head of Sleeping Giant Mountain in Connecticut, near Matt's boyhood home. It's a beautiful reservation, complete with an old quarry (which I tried to climb).

Next week we will try to get through the Ace of Diamonds: Translate three poems from foreign languages (one each and one together). The language lines are tentatively drawn as one German (Matt), one Latin (me) and one Spanish (tag team). Expect translations next week. Likely candidates include Goethe, Horace and Neruda, I think.

August 8 2010

After long hiatus, we are back!

The hiatus was mostly due to the combination of Matt's finals and my fieldwork stint in Florida - we're going to try to double up to make it through the rest of the year. Okay, I'm a bit skeptical too.

This week, we will be attempting to make a scripture cake and climb a mountain. Scripture cakes are made according to recipes using biblical references (e.g. "3/4 cup Genesis 18:8, 1 1/2 cup Jeremiah 6:20, 5 Isaiah 10:14, separated ..."). Mountains are made of geology. Stay tuned for, we hope, more regular updates!!