As I promised myself, January is a month of resting and not pushing to achieve or even make.
In pursuit of this goal, I bought a pack of playing cards, and refreshed my knowledge of patience, then learned a couple of other solo games from YouTube. Carpet, a kid's game, just right for my current aspirations, is fun
I made two discoveries: one, that either playing cards have shrunk, or my hands have grown since I last remember playing. The cards seem small.
Also, though I have mixed dominance, can use either hand for many tasks in art and cooking and diy, I am very left handed for dealing and shuffling cards. I tried switching, and got a fountain of cards spraying out.
I hadn't noticed this before, though I remember my dad commenting long ago in family card games that people might think I was dealing from the bottom of the pack, as a left hander.
Haven't got to my jigsaw puzzles yet, but they're there. Modest size, it's not a competitive sport.
I gather that I'm not alone in returning to mild hobbies from long ago, at this point in the pandemic. I also wanted to replace screen time with rl pastimes. Of course in order to remember how to set up patience, and learn a couple of new to me games, I had to start with YouTube! Oh well.
Speaking of mild hobbies, remember the Easter eggs, little programming jokes that Microsoft and Google used to bury in their algorithms? Here's a couple of cool ones that emerged on my timeline today.
Google the word askew. Just the word, no question nor command. See..
And while you're there, instruct Google to do a barrel roll. Now read on.
Now, class, put away your screens because important food is happening.
The salmon I froze from Misfits debuted. It's a 12oz steak, for two meals for me.
With a bed of spinach and roasted fries, Yukon gold.
Buttered glass dish for the steamed spinach and the fish, fresh ground black pepper, potatoes in the 425° oven 15 minutes ahead of the fish, which needed about ten to fifteen minutes, ended up a couple more, the center being thicker.
Took it out as soon as it flaked easily. No need for fancy sauces. This was good already.
And tomorrow I do it again for Twelfth Night, to round out Christmas.
It's all good!
