Marveling!
One of the joys of warmer weather here in Savannah is the advent of the Spring Onion.
I love them!
Monday Moaning or Monday Marveling? 4/15/24 “Spring Onion”
Author: Neal Saye
Shhh … Silent Sunday. 4/14/24
Beautifully delicious little breakfast at Origin Coffee Bar near us here in Savannah.
Five Friday Happy Bringers 4/12/24
My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts
1. Asparagus and corn for our Meatless Tuesday this week (Monday fell through.)
2. Grandson Gabriel (far right, front) and his friends enjoying the eclipse.
3. The amazing ability to see. Try this: move your head slowly to the left and then to the right, noticing how many colors you see along each way.
4. Robert’s aunt’s colorful homemade placemats.
5. This beautiful Purple Clematis fearlessly climbing on a house near us.
I hope nothing eclipses your chances for a Joyful Weekend ahead.
Sometimes
Sometimes you simply have to STOP, lean over and rest a spell.
One-Word Wednesday: 4/10/24
“Picnic”
Today, Robert, ex-wife Donna and I had a lovely picnic along the banks of the beautiful Wilmington River here in Savannah.
Delicious Family Joy
Velocity! I Did Not.
As a retiree, it’s both pretty sad and very telling that the most exciting text (followed by an email) that I received today was an invitation to take part in a diarrhea study. But with the possibility of payment!
(I did not reply STOP.)
Monday Moaning or Monday Marveling? 4/8/24 “Clouds”
Marveling at the intricate beauty of … Clouds.
Amerson River Park. Macon, GA
Shhh … Silent Sunday. 4/7/24
Okay, sorry but the Sunday Silence just ended.
So. Robert and I have been members of our local library’s Fight Club, I mean SPICE CLUB! for a while now. Every couple of months, they present a new spice, with a little history about the spice and a few recipes to try.
We Love It!
The current spice is … Vadouvan. One of my very favorite! Okay, TIB (Truth in Blogging): I have never heard of it before.
“Simply put, Vadouvan is a French curry powder. Vadouvan combines many of the classic flavors of Indian cuisine in a typically French preparation. French chefs in southeastern India used a Tamil spice blend, known as vadavam or vadagam, as their primary influence when creating vadouvan. The flavor of vadouvan is best described as being mellow and sweet with smoky notes.” SpiceClub
And the vadouvan recipe I chose to try?
It took a while to prep, but oh my goodness, how delicious it was! I served it with yellow saffron rice. 
Even though I broke the silence on my Silent Sunday post, you REALLY needed to know about Vadouvan, didn’t you?
My Saturday Evening Post: 4/6/24 “The Geometry of the Universe (or at Least My Hall)”
My very favorite subject in high school was GEOMETRY.
Unlike calculus, trigonometry, and even algebra, geometry just made plain sense to me.
I mean, everything seems to have a shape. Even if it’s shapeless, isn’t that still sort of a category of a shape?
I also like the way the word “geometry” sounds and even feels coming out of my mouth. Try saying it.
“gee-ah-muh-tree”
Now try saying it a little slower.
“geeee-ahhhh-muuuh-treee”
It’s like getting a teensy massage of the mouth and lips. (Stop staring at me like that. It is!)
And it has such a rhythmic flow.
So yes, I love geometry. The word and the subject.
And apparently, so does my iPhone’s camera. For as I was walking out our front door the other day, minding my own business, my phone looked down and somehow without my assistance snapped a quick photo of our hallway floor, etc.,etc., including my left shoe.
When I discovered the unintentional (at least by me) photo, I have to say that I was a bit charmed with my phone’s artistic expertise and perspective.
Just look at all the geometry!
Circles and squares and ovals. Rectangles and triangles. Lines and points.
If I squint, I think I can even make out a few symbols from sacred geometry.
So even though I have not discovered what the geometry of the universe really is, I do have a better “footing” for my hallway’s geometry.
