I JUST LOVE THYME!

More to follow.....

JUST THINKING

I continue to have conversations in my head on these topics.  Yes, I listen to myself think.  If that means I hear voices....well then, I guess I do.  It is probably better to hear your own voice than someone else's; I mean "in your head"!  
So I keep thinking about:
"Exercise-Exertion-Exhaustion"  
"Plan-Do-Reflect-Do"
"Stretch Something and Change"

NICE SPINACH BLEND OF SALAD AND VEGETABLE DISH (Popeye would be impressed as this is delicious with Olive Oil!)

adapted from a recipe in October's Everyday Food.....


Ingredients:
2 bunches of spinach
1 T. olive oil
2 cloves of garlic, minced
coarse salt & pepper
1 T. lemon zest
1 T. lemon juice
(use all ingredients to match your taste, I love olive oil, lemon zest & juice!)


In a large skillet, heat olive oil over medium-high.  Add garlic and cook, stirring until fragrant, 30 seconds.  Gradually add spinach, season with salt and pepper, and toss until wilted.  Add lemon zest and lemon juice, toss to combine.  Serve spinach alongside main dish.  Be careful not to over cook the spinach; keep it chewy. 


I made this in Brooklyn, NY for Vito & Monique and served it with a stuffed portobello mushroom dish.  I love this dish because it doesn't turn into a slimy pile of spinach on a plate.  That isn't poetic but it is truly descriptive of what happens to cooked spinach that gets ignored.


REFLECTION from 1973....Lee & I planted spinach in our first garden in Allen Park, Michigan (a converted back alley).  I was so excited with the large amount of spinach we cut from the garden that I was going to prepare and freeze in our new Gibson Freezer (now a mere 37 year old freezer in our Michigan basement.)  Oops, it cooked down to enough for one large family dinner. 

REMEMBERING RANDOM OCTOBER STATUS REMARKS

Went to a meeting tonight and upon arriving, realized I was scheduled for another meeting in the same lobby, same time.......argh! Good thing I scheduled the first meeting because I sure would have missed the second one. See....it is ALL GOOD!

I filled in every dot with a little prayer for the new leaders. It took a just a few seconds more and it made me feel hopeful.

Family in New York was home to me for a week; home in Tecumseh is my comfort. Settling in, but excited to get out and VOTE.

Getting ready for the trip back to Michigan. How did I get everything in that back pack again???? I love everywhere I get to go, but I can't wait to be greeted by Lee and my cozy old house.

It is important to vote and support the experience, dedication, and determination that Laura will bring to the bench. This vote matters!

Just enjoying being moma (MOM Andre) in NY for a few more days...Going to pick up Isaiah and play in the park. It will be chilly today. It's pizza night and we have some Darth Vadar costume to create before bedtime. He came out of the bedroom with his mask on breathing in and out just like the real deal, light saber...

So I'm sitting on the corner of Madison Ave. and 79th Street, eating a Greek Salad (with anchovies) and drinking coffee at a little outdoor table. The temperature is 72 degrees and I call my friend in Tecumseh who tells me everyone has taken cover for a TORNADO warning. What to do? Oh yes....more coffee please (and will you all get to a safe place!)

Sunday was a Lee and Donna at home day. We worked in the garden, moved farm stuff around, I walked from the house to the barn and back again so many times, but could not get enough of the sights and sounds of Fall. I loved October and still have one more week....