Mom and Zona didn’t remind me so I forgot! (Of course, I take full responsibility for my own actions!) Here’s my poem:
Dilemma
I want to be
famous
so I can be
humble
about being
famous.
What good is my
humility
when I am
stuck
in this
obscurity?
I am now the proud owner of a folder to hold all my state quarters. So now I know the ones that I have and the ones I’m missing. I’m on a hunt for more! If you have any extras, let me know! Maybe we can trade. I have extra Delaware, Tennessee, North Carolina, Minnesota, Massachusetts, and Oregon. I currently have 19 out of a total 45 that I could have. I’m behind!!!! So I have to get moving. I’m going to start stalking the change machines at laundromats!
Clearly, I don’t learn lessons well. Or maybe I just forget. Either way, read this blog, in which I reflect upon a lesson that I learned, (about 2 years ago). It’s the same lesson that I blogged about yesterday, with my cell phone. I guess the Lord knew I had forgotten what I’d learned. With God’s grace, I hope I remember it this time!
Marge Piercy
Thepeople I love the best
jump into work head first
I want to be with people who submerge
in
the task, who go into the fields to harvest
and
work in a row and pass the bags along,
who
are not parlor generals and field deserters
but
move in a common rhythm
when
the food must come in or the fire be put out.
The
work of the work is common as mud.
Botched,
it smears the hands, crumbles to dust.
But
the thing worth doing well done
has
a shape that satisfies, clean and evident.
Greek
amphoras for wind or oil,
Hopi
vases that held corn, are put in museums
but
you know they were made to be used.
The
pitcher cries for water to carry
and
a person for work that is real.
Just kidding! How about eating this?!
It’s Red Lentil Coconut Curry from page 206 in Simply in Season. (Yes, directly across the page from Vegetarian Groundnut Stew, last week’s featured recipe.) It has LOTS of yummy spices in it (curry powder, tumeric, cinnamon, cayenne pepper, black pepper, cinnamon, and cumin) along with onion, garlic, and ginger. It also has soy sauce, coconut milk, and tomato sauce. So it tastes very good! But, what makes it so good for you is that not only does it have sweet potatoes, cabbage, and broccoli – it also has lots of lentils in it. Lentils, Nik and I have discovered, are extremely good for us to eat. They are, in fact, one of the world’s healthiest foods. They are PACKED with vitamins, minerals (including molybdenum – good for teeth enamel, potassium, and calcium), protein, and fiber. They’re good for your heart, stabilize your blood sugar, and regularize the intestinal tract (if you get my drift). In short, it’s my new campaign – if you want to live a long and healthy life, EAT MORE LENTILS!!!! And this recipe is a great way to start – it’s not like the old sticky gross lentil soup.
And, if you do eat more lentils, call me! Same number, brand new cell phone!!
I got it on Monday afternoon at the mall. Turns out, I’ve been eligible for a free phone since August, which basically means that I’ve been using a broken phone for 4 1/2 months for no reason. Let that be a lesson to all of us that sometimes, it’s good to confront a problem right when it starts, rather than putting it off because we’re afraid that we’re not going to like the answer. (And by the way, I’ve entered the world of camera phones. I’m SO modern!)
I would like to announce that I have completed 1/9th of a project that I started about 4 years ago. It took me four years to finish 1/9th of it. So if I keep on that pace, I’ll be finished in 2040. 
Hopefully, I’ll be able to pick up the pace. Besides, if I take that long to finish the project, it’s highly like that rather than 8 parts, there will be more like 12 or 15 parts. So, I have to hurry it up.
And that’s all the details I’m giving about the project. Any more info would spoil the surprise.
I’m just very proud of completing 1/9th so I had to brag about it a little bit!
(I know “excuses, excuses” but it’s not like I didn’t do anything else for the last year and half. Just moved twice, planned a wedding, got married, and unpacked a house. I’m not sure why I didn’t have time to work on peripheral projects!)
ETA: I had my math wrong the first time so now I’ve fixed it!
ETA #2 (5 minutes later): I was right the first time. That’s what I get for second guessing myself. It’s a good thing Nik knows how to count!
I think these people must have read Neal Postman. A very interesting video! (Thanks to Julie for sending me the link to this a long time ago.)
That’s what the neurologist said. My apologies to my far-off friends who read this blog for whom I forgot to post my results. The appointment was so anti-climatic (it took about a minute and a half) that I just called Mom and Dad and then forgot to put anything. So yes, I’m fine. The doctor basically said that there’s nothing wrong with me, that I just faint sometimes, and that I should just lay down if I think I’m going to faint. I was more than a little frustrated that I had to go to all the trouble of getting a referral, getting coverage for two classes, and driving to the appointment just for him to tell me that I was fine. Couldn’t that have been said in a letter? But anyway, my brain is fine (no Todd, do not insert blond jokes here!) and I’m fine. Thanks for your prayers. Hopefully, this saga is over!
Salmon and Souvlaki 