En-ger-nee!

Excellent day - swell climbing, good company, and delicious food; a batch of bread came out nicely, and a butternut squash lasagna was beautiful. It was vegetarian, and enjoyed by all, even the one among us who is not so fond of squash. The sweet Vedalia onion sauted with the squash before layering, along with some zucchini for color and our own dried herbs must have done the job. A nice organic chunky tomato sauce with garlic and basil helped. I used Quark cheese in place of ricotta; it's lower in fat, and has a pleasant tanginess.
Back into The Well... so sad, the main character just had to put down her old horse. Sounds cliche, but it was nicely described, and of course connected symbolically to her lousy relationship with her mother, a high maintenance little bitch. She couldn't after all put down her mother, literally.