Pears from Guila and Chuck's pear tree. A late summer treasure.

Pear Pie

Crust:
2c graham cracker crumbs
3tb sugar
4tb melted butter

• Mix ingredients and press into a 9 inch pie dish, save a 1/2 cup for top of pie
• Bake 10 minutes at 350 degrees

Filling:
5 to 6 large pears: peeled, cored, and sliced
1c sugar
1/4 cup butter, melted and cooled
4 tablespoons flour
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla

• Fill the pie shell with the pear slices.
• In a small bowl, beat together the sugar, butter, flour and eggs
• Pour over the pears. Place the pie on a cookie sheet and bake for 15 minutes.
• Reduce the oven temperature to 350 and bake 1 hour.
• Sprinkle with extra pie crust mix for a pie top. Cover loosely with foil to prevent over browning during the last half hour of cooking time. Serve warm.

2008 September
Music Compilation

Fiona Apple - Pale September
Gwen Stefani - Cool
Keith Urban - You'll Think of Me
Ozzy - Road to Nowhere
Augustana - Boston
Bob Seger - Night Moves
Korn & Amy Lee - Freak on a Leash
Joni Mitchell - Case of You
The Fray - How to save a life
Foo Fighters - Summer's End
Billie Holiday - September Song
The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary
Type O Negative - September Sun

Spring
Wash all the house windows

Summer
Wash and clean out all the cars
Hose down any thing that can benefit from a good spray, including window screens and rugs

Autumn
Wash all the house windows

Winter


January
Make annual doctor appointments for the family, including physical, dentist, gyn and dermatologist

February

March
Address and maintain investments and financial matters
Remove leaves from garden beds
Change batteries in the smoke detector
April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November
Rack leaves into garden beds
Change batteries in the smoke detector
December

For 5 years or so I've kept a special September music mix. It began with Fiona Apple and grew from there into a collection of songs with an underlying theme of becoming grounded. School begins and the cold returns. The structure of autumn replaces the freedom of summer. Goals and dreams become a bit too far outta reach or silly, not to mention suddenly risky. I make amends with others and myself. I discover or rediscover my sins and faults. I know it could always be worse and has...September is the calm after the storm. September is lost in thought. September is beautiful.

Fiona Apple - Pale September
Gwen Stefani - Cool
Gary Allan - Songs About Rain
Kanye West - Jesus walks
Breaking Benjamin - So Cold
Chantel Kreviazuk - Surrounded
John Legend - Save Room
Juliette Lewis - Born Bad
Keith Urban - You'll Think of Me
Kelly Clarkston - Because of You
Ozzy - Road to Nowhere
All America Rejects - It Ends Tonight