phases dont faze me

if menopause is the pause that refreshes

then the seventease require some refreshments

smart water, please !

when in doubt push courage button

that's my advice

pay attention

make sure you have the right button

the panic button is hiding behind the worry wart



(free advice)

good for nothing

it's good to do nothing

someone has to do it

else nothing would ever get done

going to Rome

the ideal trip is a fantasy

one day when i wake up / it will be the day

the home base will be neat and tidy

appropriate clothes are ready

shoes too

it is a good hair day

i will travel light

i will get in the car and drive to the airport which is 250 miles away

during this drive i will maybe change my mind

if i dont change my mind i will go to the airport and book the next flight to the east / to an airport where i can get another flight to Rome, Italy

i yearn to see my old neighborhood

just for a few days

today is drastic

YYYYYYY

today is drastic
zen monastic
and how does
your garden grow ?

(ancient improvaho refrain)

although we do not refrain from taking drastic measures in the garden

to wit :

pulling all but the volunteer tomato plants

this is assuredly NOT the year of the tomato

it is the year of the cucumber

excess cucumber recipeez to follow

it's the littlest things that count

!!!!!!!!

brushing the inside of the coddle cup with ghee instead of butter eliminates the hard rim produced by the milk solids and makes the coddled egg every so much more appetizing

August 6, 2001

this is the day six years ago that President Bush was informed through his Presidential Daily Brief that Osama Bin Laden intended to attack the United States within our borders using planes

President Bush allegedly told the CIA staffer who saw him in person that it was Okay / You have covered your ass

and President Bush continued his vacation activities of clearing brush and fishing in his well stocked pond

what Coco Chanel said

~~~~~~~who ?

Coco Chanel, the legenday French clothing,
jewelry,perfume and everything fashionable

designer

she said when you are all dressed to Go Out / stop / remove one item from your ensemble

oh okay / she wants you to not Over Do / gild the lily, so to speak

Mrs Foley says : when you are about to say One More Thing ~~~~~~ Dont~~~~~~

save it for later

smile

in the bliss zone ~~~~

~~~~~~

there are no doubts
nor if ands or buts "

all the lists are short
and can be done

in one day

smile

doesnt gin and mineral water make you smart ?

doesnt gin and mineral water have electrolytes ?

ah ha / i feel brainier already

i have an album of 20 cassettes of 60 old radio programs !

this is from the library / the best small town library in America

i love radio ! different from audio books bc they are dramatized and
they have the most wonderful Sound Effects !

plus the commercials / just now i listened to an episode of Let's
Pretend (saturday mornings when i was growing up) sponsored by Cream
of Wheat (so good to eat that we eat it everyday)

Cream of Wheat was on my iron rich diet

Summertime Never Ending Soup Iron Rich

extra nutritious for those triple digit temperatures and No Rain in Sight for a Long Time

no fat except for whatever amount of butter you use / no sugar either / plenty fiber and vitamins and minerals*

1 quart meat bone stock (rather a jellied broth)
celery onion and finocchio and garlic roughly chopped in the food processor
saute in butter/olive oil until lightly carmelized

add the broth and simmer until incorporated / the vegetables need not be completely cooked through

slice and cook in a little butter a blue plastic box of white mushrooms / when some of these are browning put them in the broth / keep out some whole slices for chewing interest if you wish

after a bit of cooking and cooling blend the soup until creamy / then add the slices of mushrooms reserved / season as you like / salt and pepper / any fresh herbs / maybe a splurp of cream just before serving

okay that was day one

day two :

we are lightly steaming the baby/toddler spinach thinnings / just nip the roots and leave the tender stems / put in blender with some half and half or milk or even broth / whir it up and add to the mushroom soup base

save some soup for day 3 :

add fresh corn kernels just off a barely cooked cob

(not sure about the compatibility of mushrooms and corn ? see how they grow ? corn in stretched out acres in blazing sun / mushrooms in dimdarkshadydampplaces / they both like to grow and live with others just like them)

okay time for some electrolyte water


*weight watchers No points for the vegetables and No points for the broth / points for whatever butter and cream you use

ps for even more iron richness put a couple of tablespoons Amaranth grains / they have to cook for 20 minutes

macaroni morbidi

this is how we feel today
like overcooked noodles

limp

without zip zap vim or vigor

on the other hand we made pesto genovese

we made the chunky version

we had some with crisp toasted focaccia

and the first BIG ripe tomato from the garden

it is the first of the Pruden's Purple / she is big as a Big Beef which we also have / Miss P Purple is a lovely coral colour with faint golden streaks

she is purple in the same way that a purple finch is purple

meaning not really "purple" / more of a coral colour

yes yes, we have seen such a thing with our very own eyes

baked pancake craze Act 2

butter lavishly mini muffin pans / preheat oven to 400 degrees

heat the muffin pan while you make the batter

2 eggs / pinch of salt or other seasonings if you wish / 1/2 cup flour and 1/2 cup milk / mix lightly / it can be lumpy

now also have ready some kind of filling / at the moment i am wanting finely chopped raw vegetables like zucchini and red pepper and corn kernels fresh off the cob and some sweet onion and a green herb or two / maybe some basil and some chives

so when the oven is hot and the muffin tin is hot and the butter in it is sizzling put some of the batter in each one and then add a spoon ful of the filling

an alternate plan is to bake the batter first / it will puff up / put the filling in after it is baked and puffed up into a cup like item

let/s see mini muffin pans should take maybe 12 minutes ?

OR

the small crockery pie pans cd be used for a larger serving

heading to the kitchen now / will check back soon

secret to serenity

short lists

all in do time

smile

in-put itis

in-put itis

what is in-put itis ?

attempting to absorb an overload of free advice

becoming saturated with pointless opinions and thoughtless well meaning intentions

bogged down by irrelevant suggestions

stuffed with concern

burdened with blabber

oh i cd go on

but i am suffering from Too Much Unwanted InPut

so there

do not disturb

while i introduce a moratorium

meanwhile put your in-put out to lunch

it is 108 degrees today

in beautiful downtown Moab

it is 108 degrees of temperature // HOT

~~~~~~

in keeping with jaded synch

plumbing concerns require turning OFF the water

ooops / pipes break / how ever will we water the garden ? the corn is beginning to tassle !!

dont no dont

definitely dont
say what you r
Not

definitely not
and
a dont not

says naught

Seduced and Abandoned

we were so thrilled to meet you

we loved you at first sight

we came to see you every day

we wrote you with enthusiasm and great expectations

we admired and adored everything you said

no matter how inane, banal, or incoherent

we hung in there as best we could being flighty and all

we drifted apart

we neglected you

we were sporadic

inconsistent

silly

and so on

but

We.Are.Back

to seduce you all over again

but this time we will be ........

make more promises ?

blog revival

one day i thought, hmmm, a blog spot is a new spot to write on / like a new notebook that you didnt already have one of

or

like a yellow legal pad / a Big Chief tablet / a composition book with wide lines / a composition book with narrow lines / a surveyors book with quadrangles / a thick block of newsprint / a kids’ tablet for learning how to write

a different canvas / a different kind of paper / calling for a different intstrument / instead of a pen or a pencil or a crayon or a pastel or a brush / a whole new venue for a Scribble Series

with keyboard and mouse

the blog wanders / wonders

links will not work / pictures will not appear / there will be no about me profile / no comments / no clamoring for hordes of readers

to share the address is like having stuff laid out on my work table at happy trail where visitors came and went / looked to see what i was working on / work in process / work in progress

there is no there there / it just is it / smile

update on the baked pancake

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yes, you can use whole wheat flour in place of unbleached white

whole wheat flour often requires a little most liquid so caterina used a really BIG EGG

this was successful / she folded the pancake when cooked over butter limped vidalia onions and some Mexican fresca cheese and some tomato/garlic jam

yum

half whole wheat flour and half unbleached white flour also works

and now we will give the baked pancake a rest