In yoga practice we honor our bodies by listening to them. Movements are deliberate, mindful, and with intention. Sometimes joints and muscles tell us to back off slowly. Today with this "polar vortex" that Jim Cantore keeps talking about, my body is telling me to eat chocolate cake with lots of frosting. Last night I made a thick red lentil soup, threw pieces of chicken in it, and ladled it over a bowl of Basmati rice and had hot honey corn bread muffins. That was very satisfying. Tonight will be warmed up leftover chicken soup, more honey corn muffins, and my father's favorite "beat-in-the-pan" chocolate cake. I haven't really minded the cold snap we're in right now because this gives me time to catch up on inside activities that I won't do when the spring weather beckons me outside. It's a wonderful time to bake breads and ginger cookies, sip warm chai tea, and dig through old recipe books that have collected dust. Earlier today I sat with a cup of tea sweetened with raw buckwheat honey and dug out my mother's Hershey's 1934 Cookbook full of old-fashioned hints and recipes for everything chocolate made from scratch. Right now everything chocolate appeals to me. I had never tasted buckwheat honey, but since I enjoy shaking up the taste buds, sweetened my tea with a large spoonful. Buckwheat honey tastes and smells like horse manure, not that I've tasted horse manure. Maybe I can conceal it in one of my chocolate recipes.
Two cool weather fronts came through since the weekend bringing drier air and relief from the heat. This morning's temperature was 53 when I got up at 6. I got to walk Konehete Park before going to yoga at the gym. Gardens are winding down. Always a welcomed sight as I get tired of fussing and watering by this point. I've pulled up tomato plants and whatever else looked like it was suffering. Most areas need weed whacking again. Monday I tackled the back tall weeds near the garden. Most mornings forest leaves are dripping from the early mountain fog. Grass and weeds don't dry well until afternoon. I went through both batteries before quitting late morning so my arms and clothes were covered with wet grass shards but it felt good to get that under control. And............ I got to use my new outside shower for the first time. There is still work to be done. Ricky will pressure clean the platform for me t...
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