I am starving all
the time lately. Don’t know if my body is anxious to regain the 20 lbs. I lost
on my hip journey or what, but I am hungry. Last night I cooked—something that
has not been easy for me from the rolling wheelchair (which is not supposed to
move while you’re seated, but I cheat a bit) and standard height counters.
Elizabeth, who
used to live in the garage apartment, was coming to visit or so I thought. She
loved salmon cakes, and I’ve been wanting them for a while, so I decided to do
that—except no salmon. Okay, tuna cakes (don’t judge). I need to re-sharpen my
cooking skills—the cakes fell apart in the skillet. Granted I did have the
tools I need—like a thin metal spatula to turn them. In fact, I don’t have half
my kitchen things I really need—butterfly wine opener, rolling pin (Jordan
bought one today). I think when the kids cleaned the kitchen they threw out a
lot, and their understanding of cooking equipment doesn’t mesh with mine.
Mostly when I ask about this or that, I get a shrug.
Back to the tuna
cakes—with lots of lemon, one was good. And I have two small ones left for
lunch tomorrow. They make terrific sandwiches with mayo. To accompany them last
night I cobbled a salad of shredded lettuce and cut canned asparagus--put
dairy-free blue cheese dressing on it. Mary Dulle brought the dressing from
California, and it’s the best I’ve tasted—saved that humdrum salad.
Today I had lunch
with Subie and Carol at Swiss Pastry Shop and ordered a hamburger—they serve Waygu
beef and will cook the burger medium rare/rare which is how I love it. Pickles,
tomato, lettuce—wonderful but huge. Normally I’d have Black Forest Cake—swoon!—but
I’m avoiding dairy again these days. To compensate I brought home a
chocolate/raspberry pound cake. Ate the other half of the hamburger tonight for
supper. I will serve the pound cake to Elizabeth when she comes in the morning—we
had our wires crossed about when we’d visit while she’s in town.
My political
thought for the day: I posted elsewhere that my faith underlies all my life,
especially these days my politics. I hold firmly to Jesus’ words, “And of these
the greatest is love.” Accordingly, I am outraged by many things that strikes
me as immoral, and this morning, in an idle moment, I listed some in no special
order. Bear in mind though that these things have all started the less than a
month that Trumpf has been in office:
Gag order on the EPA and its looming
dissolution, plus confirmation today of man who sued the agency several times
to lead it—putting a thief in charge of your valuables
Denial of climate change
Threats to our national park system
Denial of transgender rights
Travel ban on foreigners from certain
countries
Wholesale deportations and sweeps,
blockades, etc. in major cities
Failure to investigate Trmpf’s ties to
Russia, Russian influence on our elections or Trumpf’s tax returns
Today Congress apparently voted to okay
the shooting of hibernating bear families.
I must add that the Republican Congress
bears responsibility for instigating some of these or for failure to stop them.
What a world!
