Life is good, overlooking the Ohio

Sorry, no pictures...

After a busy day:

> Holy Mass; breakfast with parishioners; morning prayer; in the office...
> Phone calls; parish business; trying to get started on my Sunday homily...
> More phone calls; more parish business; trying to get back to the homily...
> Meeting with staffmembers about an idea they have; working that out...
> Back to the homily...where is that %^*! muse?
> Sending the seminarian to the store: pick up some items for dinner...
> Wedding rehearsal, visiting priest, checking in, Father, would you like to stop over afterward? (No, sorry)...

So the seminarian gets back with: fresh scallops, some garlic, some breadcrumbs. Everything else I have.

We fix a drink--I show him how to make a Martini--then we sit outside on the patio and enjoy the view of the Ohio River.  Lovely evening. We discuss philosophy!

I start the water for the pasta. We pray Evening Prayer. Then we go inside and get dinner underway:

> Scallops sauteed in butter and oil, with garlic;
> Pasta with Parmesan cheese and butter:
> Mixed green salad;
> Chardonnay (little bottles leftover from the festival last August! Still good after all this time in the fridge! No waste here!)

The seminarian has not really done much cooking, so I'm showing him what I know. We dredged the scallops in a little oil and bread crumbs, then sauteed them in olive oil and butter. Don't cook them too long! Pasta was a little past al dente,  but still pretty good. The butter-and-oil-and-garlic goodness in the pan, after finishing the scallops, I dumped on the pasta. Tasty!

We ate all ten of the scallops; but some salad and pasta left over.

Now we're watching the Reds, up 5-3 in the ninth! Fireworks to follow, win or lose, and we'll run out and watch from the patio.