Month: June 2008

Smoke here is bad. Yesterday we saw the sun was pure red. We’re going out of town to get away from it.

Last night I made a new oatmeal cookies recipe. It wasn’t what I had in mind but delicious in its own right. It’s more molasses-y than I really wanted. But they’re very good. I need to keep experimenting. This recipe has a lot of bran in it, so it was put forth as a breakfast… Read More »

Last night we went to the poetry workshop downtown, the same one I went to with my women’s writers group two weeks ago. I wanted to go for the social contact, and maybe to make new friends. I could use a couple more local friends. It didn’t go well. They pick everyone’s poems apart in… Read More »

Well, SAT scoring is over. Last night we watched a movie called The Thin Man. It’s a classic–it’s a mystery. We got it from the library. It’s entertaining. We also watched a super short documentary about Day of the Dead festivals in Oaxaca. It thrilled me. The music was pretty bad (out of tune), but… Read More »

I got there at 9. Meditation was just getting out. Swami saw me and said good morning. I waved. (It was really important for Swami to see me.) I got gloves on and got a little shovel. Trowel? Yeah. So I worked with P. At first it looked like I was going to be under… Read More »

Yesterday while I was working at the bookstore, Swami came in to return a DVD. He asked if I was coming to karma yoga day, and I couldn’t say no, so now I’m committed to doing yard work tomorrow. I’ll probably work with my good friend P. Karma yoga day is an annual event where… Read More »

Yesterday I had my first real appointment with my new therapist. She helped me come to some insights about my life, and I enjoyed talking with her for 50 minutes. I think this is going to work out well. (I’ve written about it in detail for functionally ill #4.) Today I’m at the Vedanta bookstore… Read More »

Yesterday I made cabbage soup for the first time. It has green onions, garlic, half a huge head of cabbage, a large can of ground tomatoes, four bullion cubes, and some basil. I don’t like it, but Erik thinks it’s the best, so he gets to eat it all. Also yesterday I made some egg… Read More »

I remembered to call my dad. Today I made “cauliflower not nopalitos” for dinner, and it was quite tasty. Actually, if I were being entirely truthful, I would say it’s “broccoflower not nopalitos,” but cauliflower and broccoflower are pretty much the same thing. But broccoflower’s green. Now I’m lonely, eating White Rabbits to console myself,… Read More »