The leaves had filled in nearly all the space that cut the border between my land and the open field to the west. This meant a great reduction in heavy wind gusts that wracked the shelter over the winter. The trees also made for beautiful daily filtering of the sunset...
I'd decided to take a break from eating beef, pork, and chicken. I was sick of them. It isn't a "diet," but it does have some foundation in both health and philosophy. Several times I've tried to be fully vegetarian, but gave up--usually, because I was unable to buy food and needed to eat anything I could. Meat is simply the cheapest and most efficient source of nutrients. In the month I was at the cabin I overate. Where I had only been eating one to two moderate meals per day, in April I was eating three large meals a day! And, bear in mind that I was no longer walking into town and back each day either. After gaining about 25 pounds, I decided to experiment with a mostly vegetable, fish and dairy sources of protein. If for nothing more, than just variety. But there is more. There is evidence that the iron in red meat can actually make a person even hungrier. I was wondering why I would crave more food, even after a large steak. I'd been having red meat several times a week for years. I also know that meat production is one of the largest greenhouse gas releasers. Why not take a break. I needed to eat only once a day again, but this time with as much of a non meat regiment as possible.
I've always loved meat alternatives, so it was fun to find as many kinds as I could. My favorite thing is super firm tofu. I press it and fry it up, add it to Asian stir fries and Indian curry dishes, and even marinate it in teriyaki sauce then make sandwiches with swiss cheese and sprouts with mayonnaise on whole grain bread. Veggie burgers are good too. I like "Crumbles" (which are like ground burger)...
Angel hair pasta, with veggie crumbles, with live forevers and pesto, on swiss cheese.
And here's a funny thing. I found an old blank 1996 appointment book and checked, and YES!, the days just happen to match 2019! Ha!
I also found the first tick I'd seen in two years, on me...
The next day I was determined to organize my herbs and screen in the windows of the sunroom...
It will be nice to have all the herbs right in the summer kitchen.
Store bought celery hearts that I rooted after eating the big pieces.
Basil.
Sage.
Parsley.
Tarragon.
Cilantro.
Mint.
Live forevers.
Clover.
Violate leaves.
Chives.
The Queens.
The Totem Pole.
Honoring my old cat, Buddy.
Queenfood.
Later in the day I went out to Walmart and bought some screen, then finished screening in the sunroom, and putting up other plastic...
Strange that I already felt used to the set up that was just now forming around me. It was - as many things lately have been - like a memory coming in from the future... Somehow I have lived all of this before...
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.