Today's marked with all kinds of ceremonies and remembrances. My own is a quiet video moment on YouTube by the town fountain. Just breathing.
But I think the real work is to go on living our lives, undeterred by outside forces, still fighting them, but without deforming our daily lives.
Yesterday I was out at the library because the house cleaners were at work at the house. I spent the time partly indoors, making videos and people watching, partly out sitting in the shade by the fountain.
Meanwhile the Misfits delivery arrived and the proof of delivery picture showed it in the hallway inside the open front door, meaning my lovely cleaners had received it. When I got home it was safely indoors, on the counter, still cool.
Then prep happened, yesterday and this morning. Yesterday the masses of kale, washed, torn and frozen.
Then I made jam with the blueberries, diced the ginger, made a sauce of ginger, garlic and soy sauce.
This morning I set up the chicken with soy/ginger/garlic sauce to roast.
And diced the apples to macerate with cornstarch, cinnamon, vanilla, and amchur.
And steamed the carrots, ready for quiches or chicken dinners, or something.
This is all part of the resistance, taking care of our health and strength, despite the attacks on both. Just sayin.
All the major players for me yesterday were women, gay and straight, different races and ethnicity. The close friend who drove me yesterday accepts me as an ally in female solidarity. Anyway, there we are.
Happy day everyone, it really can be.
The photo looks like common evening primrose. I just learned that the seeds of this plant can stay dormant in the soil for up to 70 years, long past my best before date.
ReplyDeleteI'm off to stand in the shower and to hopefully work all of the mucous out of my sinuses. I hate being sick.
Thank you for the ID. I never saw this before so maybe it's been waiting decades to thrill me. Sorry you're congested. It's the season here where I, too, sneeze and cough endlessly while noting the lovely weather!
DeleteYou are pretty well all set for another week.
ReplyDeleteMore, even. The chicken is big, so there's going to be many meals and sandwiches off it.
DeleteThat band accents the hat well.
ReplyDeleteThank you. We're moving from straw to cotton hat weather, and the band really improves the look.
DeleteMy plant ID says narrowleaf evening primrose. So yes.
ReplyDeleteI saw that chicken and thought- roast chicken, coming up! I made one a few weeks ago and we had about four suppers off of it. A roast chicken is the gift that keeps on giving, isn't it? So you don't peel your ginger, right? I keep hearing you don't have to but for some reason, I still do it. I should stop that silliness.
Yes. A day of remembering.
I realized how much flavor is in the peel, why throw it away. And it's not perceptible once cooked anyway. The chicken will provide a lot of menus.
DeleteOur Ma'am in Havana.
ReplyDeleteVery good, Andrew!
DeleteThat hatband is very stylish! I agree with Pixie and Ms. Moon on the evening primrose. What a nice gift for you, popping up like that.
ReplyDeleteI didn't realize that you don't peel your ginger - will have to experiment with that.
"the real work is to go on living our lives, undeterred by outside forces, still fighting them, but without deforming our daily lives". Yes - well said, sister!
Chris from Boise
PS Best comment so far goes to Andrew!
I had guessed evening primrose based on no real information, so I'm glad my guess was good. Yes, I've found no reason to peel ginger, after experimenting with leaving the peel on. One less step is good.
DeleteYes, Andrew rules!
The narrow band is lovely and that roasting chicken is going to be delicious.
ReplyDeleteThe chicken was good, with the carrots. Then yogurt with blueberry jam.
DeleteNot a very good disguise. Everyone will remember the beautiful headband.
ReplyDeleteAh, then I'll have to weave more and give them to other cotton hatted old dears. Confuse the trackers.
DeleteI am yawning just reading about your day.
ReplyDeleteYes, it was pretty dull. Oh, you mean busy?
DeleteDefinitely a solemn day of remembrance here in Canada too. I refused to watch much of the all-day coverage because I know it's not good for my mental state. A little bit goes a long way, at least for me.
ReplyDeleteGood food prep once again (btw - there just *might* be a similar service available here before too long...it's in other areas of our province so hopefully it will make its way here). And a very spiffy hat disguise!!
I stayed away from coverage, too. 9/11 was local and personal and affected our lives very immediately.
DeleteI hope you can get my kind of food delivery. It's so good for you to get good food without the stress of shopping.
All that food prep requires so much energy - by the time I've dragged it home it gets fired in the fridge or freezer and only dug out again when the brain reaches deadline panic because another meal is due. I liked your opening paragraph; to live well despite the blatant exploitation of our resources is a resistance.
ReplyDeleteIt does take energy. Having food brought to the step is a great energy saver. I do think living well is the best resistance to all kinds of evil.
DeleteI saw our local library has the local Spinners, Weavers and Textile Artists group doing demonstration next week for "World Wide Spin Day" (3rd Saturday of September every year) and I immediately thought of you! I didn't even know that we had such a group, but now I am sad I will miss it - they really need these international days to check my calendar as I am so rarely home!
ReplyDeleteMaybe you'll catch them at some future time, now you know they're there.
DeleteI seem to be locked out of an updated reading list. It's stuck at over a week ago. I am heeding your advice on living well as a form of resistance. I find something to appreciate everyday.
ReplyDeleteSeveral people have noticed their feed isn't working. I'm going in search of blogs as soon as I remember their titles.
DeleteYour misfits look great. You must have fantastic cleaners and thoughtful ones. I finally bookmarked you, as google reader isn't listing new posts these days and I hate to miss out. Stop by when you can. I'm slowing down till they fix things but still posting some!
ReplyDeleteThey're wonderful people, I'm lucky to have them. It's difficult keeping track just now, so thank you for trying. I'm still posting daily shorts on YouTube, but that's not like blogging.
DeleteI see others have beaten me to confirming your evening primrose ID -- but yes, I'd have said the same! I had to look up "amchur." Sounds yummy!
ReplyDeleteAmchur is very good,gift of an Indian friend and great cook. Funny that my evening primrose was a guess, didn't even know if it grows here!
DeleteYour life is such a perfect balance of big things and small things. You manage to deal with the big stuff as you deal with the small and vice versa. Neither of them eclipse each other.
ReplyDeleteHow encouraging to read this right now. Timing, perfect.
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