Blessings Darlings!
Today's the Full Moon, which makes it a Wiccan Esbat. Many of us will be working magick today, as esbats are good for that. With the full moon in Cancer, it's probably especially good for family/relationship magicks, I'd guess.
I wish that there was going to be an Esbat working at OccupyDC, but none is planned. I'm too far away (and have no car today) so can't make it there to see about organizing one. OTOH, this is as good a time as any for me to start looking into if the DMV (that District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia) Pagan community has anything going to support OccupyDC, and if not try to get something going. Nothing based on the coven I'm in or the two Pagan denominations I'm in, but Pagan individuals working to support the protestors, especially the ones sleeping in the Plaza. I'd REALLY like to make sure that, if Occupy wants it, that there an be an Imbolc celebration there.
Frondly, Fern
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Dreaming of cookies.
Blessings, Darlings!
Weird dreams. The intersection of 'Tara and Frank, in Chicago' (or north suburbs?) was important. Gathering wild bamboo shoots was important. But they were not shaped like they really are. And ... oddest of all .... Roman Catholic communion wafers that were shaped sort of like palmiers but had the image of crucified body on them, but often just skeletons, colored differently each which might have related to the Loa or to chakras - it wasn't my path, either Christian or Eastern or Afro-Caribbean, so I didn't examine it closely. And we were getting cookies from a Jewish Temple as well. But the hosts HAD been consecrated at a Mass, and I was surprised that they were being handed out in bulk.
The oddest part is that I so rarely remember any of my dreams at all. Maybe it's the influence of tomorrow's full moon? Or the siren call of cookies?
Frondly, Fern
Weird dreams. The intersection of 'Tara and Frank, in Chicago' (or north suburbs?) was important. Gathering wild bamboo shoots was important. But they were not shaped like they really are. And ... oddest of all .... Roman Catholic communion wafers that were shaped sort of like palmiers but had the image of crucified body on them, but often just skeletons, colored differently each which might have related to the Loa or to chakras - it wasn't my path, either Christian or Eastern or Afro-Caribbean, so I didn't examine it closely. And we were getting cookies from a Jewish Temple as well. But the hosts HAD been consecrated at a Mass, and I was surprised that they were being handed out in bulk.
The oddest part is that I so rarely remember any of my dreams at all. Maybe it's the influence of tomorrow's full moon? Or the siren call of cookies?
Frondly, Fern
SSDD
Blessings, Darlings!
I have to admit, I was hesitant to blog about trying to lose weight and modifying recipes. And then I remembered that about half my posts are ALWAYS about me and food. So it's not really any different than usual....
Frondly, Fern
I have to admit, I was hesitant to blog about trying to lose weight and modifying recipes. And then I remembered that about half my posts are ALWAYS about me and food. So it's not really any different than usual....
Frondly, Fern
Friday, January 6, 2012
Recipe Modification
Blessings, Darlings!
So, since I'm trying to lose weight to lower my blood pressure, I suppose I'm going to have to modify a recipe or two. Like the chicken & Dumplings I'm planning on serving on Sunday. The guys like it, uh, with puff pastry instead of dumplings. That's probably not my best choice in starches ... and, really, it's not my favorite starch anyway.
I'll probably serve THEIRS that way, anyway, since I heat the chicken/veggies/sauce apart from baking the puff pastry. But for me, hmmmm.....
I thought about serving it over brown rice, sort of like chicken a la king. That would be okay. Over barley? No, not appealing. Lentils? Oh! Now THAT sounds good. I'll use brown, only because the red ones become more of a puree and I don't happen to have any green ones. And, yes, I'm using evaporated skim milk instead of cream in the sauce.
First-world problem solved!
Frondly, Fern
So, since I'm trying to lose weight to lower my blood pressure, I suppose I'm going to have to modify a recipe or two. Like the chicken & Dumplings I'm planning on serving on Sunday. The guys like it, uh, with puff pastry instead of dumplings. That's probably not my best choice in starches ... and, really, it's not my favorite starch anyway.
I'll probably serve THEIRS that way, anyway, since I heat the chicken/veggies/sauce apart from baking the puff pastry. But for me, hmmmm.....
I thought about serving it over brown rice, sort of like chicken a la king. That would be okay. Over barley? No, not appealing. Lentils? Oh! Now THAT sounds good. I'll use brown, only because the red ones become more of a puree and I don't happen to have any green ones. And, yes, I'm using evaporated skim milk instead of cream in the sauce.
First-world problem solved!
Frondly, Fern
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
These Dreams
I was in the desert southwest. Most or all of the coven was there, too, tho' I only remember Monica, Daniel, and Jen. Petroglyphs, all sorts of 'big stuff' to see. But then ... looking closely and quietly, there were these small things, about an inch in diameter and two inches tall. They were shaped sort of like the Capitol Dome, out of wicker or grass. With an opening/doorway and .... I'm sure that there was another opening, but I can't really say where. On the 'floor' of each was a stone or other .... item. Were the woven things offerings, or were they altars and the item inside was an offering, or a symbol of the Divine? I'm not clear. I do know that Wakan Tanka was referred to in the dream, but I've NO idea if Wakan Tanka is from that area.
I do know that I'll be working on making some, and seeing what info comes to me then.
I do know that I'll be working on making some, and seeing what info comes to me then.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
I'm Back! And Front!
Blessings Darlings!
Yes, I've not blogged in FOREVER. I haven't had anything to say that didn't sound like whining to me, so I didn't impose it on y'all.
I'm planning on being back now. Not that it's a RESOLUTION or anything. I have goals, not 'resolutions'. SMART goals - specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, time-limited goals.
Some of them have to do with our finances: reduce debt by $12K this year, and increase savings by $5K. These aren't the most realistic and achievable, but I'm aiming high this year. Last year was all about surviving, and nothing more. Of course, this means that my spending money will be just as limited this year as it was last year. And I'm considering selling my blood plasma for a bit of extra income.
Yeah, I also have fitness goals. I want to drop my blood pressure, cholesterol, and triglycerides. To do these things, yes, it's lose weight, exercise, and work on stress management. I started exercising, some, while I was away from the blog. I kicked it up at the end of December. My upper body is unhappy right now, due to yesterday's workout, but at least my butt isn't complaining about the bicycle seat any more. If I EVER got the tendonitis in my arm reduced I'll get back to pumping some iron. My minimum weight goal (notice that here, unlike finances, I'm NOT aiming high?) is to drop 25 pounds this year, about two pounds a month. Diet specific goal is to eat at least 5 servings of fruit and veggies a day, and aim for 9 servings. Right now having even 5 is being a challenge.
So, that's what's up here right now. What's new with you?
Frondly, Fern
Yes, I've not blogged in FOREVER. I haven't had anything to say that didn't sound like whining to me, so I didn't impose it on y'all.
I'm planning on being back now. Not that it's a RESOLUTION or anything. I have goals, not 'resolutions'. SMART goals - specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, time-limited goals.
Some of them have to do with our finances: reduce debt by $12K this year, and increase savings by $5K. These aren't the most realistic and achievable, but I'm aiming high this year. Last year was all about surviving, and nothing more. Of course, this means that my spending money will be just as limited this year as it was last year. And I'm considering selling my blood plasma for a bit of extra income.
Yeah, I also have fitness goals. I want to drop my blood pressure, cholesterol, and triglycerides. To do these things, yes, it's lose weight, exercise, and work on stress management. I started exercising, some, while I was away from the blog. I kicked it up at the end of December. My upper body is unhappy right now, due to yesterday's workout, but at least my butt isn't complaining about the bicycle seat any more. If I EVER got the tendonitis in my arm reduced I'll get back to pumping some iron. My minimum weight goal (notice that here, unlike finances, I'm NOT aiming high?) is to drop 25 pounds this year, about two pounds a month. Diet specific goal is to eat at least 5 servings of fruit and veggies a day, and aim for 9 servings. Right now having even 5 is being a challenge.
So, that's what's up here right now. What's new with you?
Frondly, Fern
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Road Trip!
Blessings Darlings!
My life features a monthly road trip to central Maryland once a month for business stuff. Today was that day. Lovely day for driving (well, after the intense morning fog cleared (both in my head and in the real world)), the leaves had peak fall colors, the sun was shining, the temperature was lovely.
Instead of just my usual stops, I added OccupyDC to the list of places to go.
See, I had cooked a huge batch (75 one-cup servings worth) of Lentil Vegetable soup the night before to bring over there. It's a damn fine thing I spent a semester or two volunteering at the Maryland Food Co-op, helping prepare Vegan Lunch for 350, because I used all of that knife and big-ass cooking skill for this! It WOULD have been easier if I had real restaurant quality and number soup pots, cutting boards, measuring cups (measuring quarts/gallons?), prep bowls, etc. And I gave up cutting veggies at 75 servings, instead of making the 100 had planned, but I admit I'm out of mass-chopping practice!
So this morning I loaded up the car, the soup in re-purposed frosting buckets (Yay for prepping, which meant I had them on hand), printed out directions to McPherson Square, and headed in. Was stopped for a while due to an accident on 270. Okay, no biggie. Then, something was up on Clara Barton Parkway. Lots of police cars at the parking for the C&O Canal. Get to Canal Road - traffic is not moving. Turn on radio. Not only are the police closING Canal Road ... but they've already closed off the freeway the directions want me to take. How was I to know that President Obama was giving some speech at the Georgetown Waterfront? Oh Dear. I do NOT know this part of DC.
Inching my way forward with traffic, I think, okay, I couldn't make a right onto the freeway, I'll make a right here... Oh - I'm on a bridge going over a river. That means I screwed up, and am heading into Virginia and AWAY from my destination. Oh! A sign for the Roosevelt Bridge! Zoom! Back in DC, and on the Mall, where I could find my way easily again.
McPherson was easy to find, parking was not. Ended up parking illegally, just long enough to drop off the buckets of soup (neatly labeled as vegan and gluten-free).
I'd love to go back, catch workshops, work the kitchen or cleanup, take part in an action if one is going on. But for that, I'll need to take Metro in from Montgomery Village or something, with the Spawn dropping me off and picking me up. And even that metro stop CLOSEST to home is 50 miles away, requiring a lot of family help. Not an everyday thing. Maybe once a month? We'll see...
Frondly, Fern
My life features a monthly road trip to central Maryland once a month for business stuff. Today was that day. Lovely day for driving (well, after the intense morning fog cleared (both in my head and in the real world)), the leaves had peak fall colors, the sun was shining, the temperature was lovely.
Instead of just my usual stops, I added OccupyDC to the list of places to go.
See, I had cooked a huge batch (75 one-cup servings worth) of Lentil Vegetable soup the night before to bring over there. It's a damn fine thing I spent a semester or two volunteering at the Maryland Food Co-op, helping prepare Vegan Lunch for 350, because I used all of that knife and big-ass cooking skill for this! It WOULD have been easier if I had real restaurant quality and number soup pots, cutting boards, measuring cups (measuring quarts/gallons?), prep bowls, etc. And I gave up cutting veggies at 75 servings, instead of making the 100 had planned, but I admit I'm out of mass-chopping practice!
So this morning I loaded up the car, the soup in re-purposed frosting buckets (Yay for prepping, which meant I had them on hand), printed out directions to McPherson Square, and headed in. Was stopped for a while due to an accident on 270. Okay, no biggie. Then, something was up on Clara Barton Parkway. Lots of police cars at the parking for the C&O Canal. Get to Canal Road - traffic is not moving. Turn on radio. Not only are the police closING Canal Road ... but they've already closed off the freeway the directions want me to take. How was I to know that President Obama was giving some speech at the Georgetown Waterfront? Oh Dear. I do NOT know this part of DC.
Inching my way forward with traffic, I think, okay, I couldn't make a right onto the freeway, I'll make a right here... Oh - I'm on a bridge going over a river. That means I screwed up, and am heading into Virginia and AWAY from my destination. Oh! A sign for the Roosevelt Bridge! Zoom! Back in DC, and on the Mall, where I could find my way easily again.
McPherson was easy to find, parking was not. Ended up parking illegally, just long enough to drop off the buckets of soup (neatly labeled as vegan and gluten-free).
I'd love to go back, catch workshops, work the kitchen or cleanup, take part in an action if one is going on. But for that, I'll need to take Metro in from Montgomery Village or something, with the Spawn dropping me off and picking me up. And even that metro stop CLOSEST to home is 50 miles away, requiring a lot of family help. Not an everyday thing. Maybe once a month? We'll see...
Frondly, Fern
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