altar(sic)ing mindset

Work like you don't need the money,
Love like you've never been hurt,
Dance like nobody's watching,
Sing like nobody's listening,
Live like it's Heaven on Earth!

[source unknown]

motley and at ease

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hmmmmm

the ultimate insouciance

dark start with gibbous moon

i love these early morning walks

it is so dark when we start i can barely see the white dog

nevermind the little black dog

appearing out of shadow

a shining gibbous moon / just off being full

lighting our way

we skip the eerie black underpass to cross the street

sometimes a car / bright lights

the dogs know to wait at the curb before we cross

i briskly stroll briskly / breathing chill morning air briskly

we go all the way to the park that has the outdoor xylophones

it is light enough to see now / to pick up the whatchamacallems / the mallets ?

to run them lightly over the bars of lyric sound and then more BRISKLY

by then eastern sky glowing / on the way back we will see the moab rim begin to glow with the coming dawn

hurry home before we turn into pumpkins

i like lessons ~~~

~~~ from mountain climbers :

"Never trust a piton you don't put in yourself."

from Solo Faces by James Salter

or from great aunt Maudie :

if you want something done right
do it yourself

today's menu at the iron rich cafe

breakie : cream of wheat with splurp of ghee

lunch : spiced buffalo pattie rarely cooked with

a perfect tomato from the garden and a rasher

of asparagus

creme caramel ice cream

after nap pick me up juice of two fresh oranges

with two squirts liquid B-12 with folic acid

orange juice excellent source of potassium

later : espresso with hot milk

stayed tuned in for dinner

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i brought my blood iron levels up with an iron rich diet

my appetite is here

steam the spinach lightly / just limp it
drain it and squeeze the moisture out
whir it up in the blender with some
half n half / spritz of salt and pepper
grating of nutmeg

this is a sauce for liguine or cappellini
or your favorite pasta shape

along with the newly made ricotta
that has been marinated overnight
in chopped fresh herbs

like parsley sage rosemary thyme
some chopped garlic and olive oil

sprinkle of salt / dash of lemon pepper

warm this up in a 350 degree oven

use it with the creamed spinach
sauce to dress the pasta

lunk of butter on top
of course

evening menu possibilitease

involving iron rich foods

baby spinach salad with sliced fresh mushrooms
and little crispy greasy cubetti of salt pork
handful of parsley from the garden
sungold cherrie tomatoes sliced in half
a mere swish of olive oil and fruit wine vinegar

serve with

liver / quickly sauteed with sweet onion crescents
and slivers of baby crook neck summer squash

or

a seared lean beef (ground round) quarter pounder
still cool inside with lemon pepper

and whatever condiments strike your fancye

like gingerlime

somewhere to be lighthearted and carefree

in a word

Insouciance

is somewhere

to be