The Joy of Cooking, which provides no fewer than 12 recipes for muffins in its newest edition, suggests using vegetable oil rather than butter, but I miss the richness of the latter.
I wonder has Judy yet dumped Rudy as "a loser?" On election nights like this, do I miss Rather, Brokaw and Jennings?
What I notice the most is the sound, or rather the absence of sounds: I miss the click of Cooper's nails on the wooden floor, the jingling of his tags (so exasperating at times that we considered buying those rubber jingle-stoppers), and, because he was an itchy dog, the drum-major's thump-thump-thump as he worked his back leg up and down to scratch behind his ear.
By Susan Orlean August 4, 2010 What I notice the most is the sound, or rather the absence of sounds: I miss the click of Cooper's nails on the wooden floor, the jingling of his tags (so exasperating at times that we considered buying those rubber jingle-stoppers), and, because he was an itchy dog, the drum-major's thump-thump-thump as he worked his back leg up and down to scratch behind his ear.
Sometimes I miss getting lost or, rather, the potential that comes from being lost.
I suspect I rather missed the point, but I did find a thrill in imagining an alternative ending where instead of strolling out to face the nothingness, Plath – a prolific baker herself – turned in her tracks, ambled back home and made blackberry-filled choux buns.
But as paradigms shift, there is not merely an excitement about the extended possibilities of the new form, but also a series of reactions – I had them myself – which might loosely be characterised as, at first, angry (I hate those ebooks), then defensive (alas, they are quite useful), then nostalgic (I rather miss real books), and finally accepting (couldn't live without my e-reader!).
"I rather miss the days when matches like this included doctors, lawyers, miners, postmen and teachers.
Fine, but I rather miss the previous pod that took you into the drivers cab for the rush from London to Brighton in four minutes; grainy black and white film but real.
