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Soups On

It's soup season.

So the time for bringing in the plants, putting away the outdoor furniture, getting the windows washed is upon us. I haven't had a fire yet because I have no wood. Oh, there are plenty of downed trees, just not cut up downed trees. The guy just keeps saying soon. I need to find a repair person for the wood pellet stove. A new auger motor was installed last year, it worked for a while but the auger stopped turning again. Hopefully I can find someone, it puts out a lot of heat.

That's the news from the old homestead.

On the Road Again

Autumn is upon us.

I took this photo as I was pulling into the driveway a couple of days ago. I have now driven a car four times since the end of 2020. I made two short, solo trips this week. I think I may be on the road again. For those who don't know, I started having serious, undiagnosed back pain in 2021, so bad it affected my mobility. I was treated more like a mental patient than a medical patient. I could not walk far, which meant I needed dropping off at the door. To the only place I was going, the medical clinic.

Isn't it sad how women, in general, and older women in particular, are treated this way. I spent three miserable years before changing clinics and actually receiving help. Part of it is our private equity owned medical system, but not all. This is an age-old problem. The more assertive and persistent a woman is the more she is deemed unsteady. 

Back to the positive. I still have pain and I won't be running any marathons anytime soon, but I am able to regain independence, which is wonderful.

Unchained Melody

WOW

A peaceful photo on a Sunday morning.

Hello

Good Friday morning. I have been busy and actually getting what I wanted to do done. It does feel good to accomplish something, although my back disagrees. Backs can be disagreeable, can't they.

Finally we have autumn weather. After I finish my goal inside I have another outside. So much to do, so little stamina to do it! I received a text from my son a couple of days ago saying he's coming to visit tomorrow, bringing lunch. It will be good to see him. Gatto always enjoys another human to annoy.

Otherwise, nothing new to report. Today is Friday so it's Philly Friday at the deli. Meaning I don't make lunch. Yippee!! I really do not like making lunch, but I gotta do what I gotta do.

 

Frieda Day, Otherwise Known as Caturday.

Naughty Frieda in repose. 

I baked soda bread Thursday and three loaves of bread from dough that had fermented for three days yesterday. Ivy had mention sourdough a few days ago. I had a period in my life of messing with starter. Some really like doing this, others, me, do not. I have found letting the dough be for one to three days gives a similar result. The longer left the more 'sour' it becomes. 

My interaction here will be sporadic for a little while. I have a lot I want to do and I need to focus. After I come into my office I can look at the time and realize hours have passed. Time seems to disappear.

How Sweet it Is.

Over the weekend I made chocolate sauce.....

....and a wild plum cobbler. We have been indulging. 

The constant turmoil that is now the US is causing stress and stress tends to bring on certain ways of coping. Indulging in dessert is one of my ways.

WHIM WOOD - KATHERINE TOWERS

Into the coppery halls of beech and intricate oak to be close to the trees as they whisper together let fall their leaves, and we die for the winter.

 

Gattoday

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