A Fresh (re)Start

Recently I went through my Field Notes, Google Drive, iPod Touch Notepad, and Moleskine to pare down upcoming posts and see which ones are still relevant. As I was doing this I came up with the metaphor 'pool of procrastination'. All these ideas were adding water to puddle deep thoughts and making it harder to swim. I also decided to only use my Field Notes for future ideas.

Another course of action is to work on the next blog each day to have it ready to post on the first of each month. While I'll write down ideas, I'll only work on the next blog in my queue.

Six Word Story

His audience waited with bated breath.

and

His fingers typed with joy again.

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The darkness fed, its host unaware.

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Extreme temperature changes were a warning.

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Sleep, my greatest renewal of self.

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"I promise."

"Again?"

"I will change."

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A new day, a new path.

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Snow, on a spring day.

In The Cucina With Seamas

If you've never made quinoa with vegetable broth instead of water, I highly recommend it. I used Trader Joe's low-sodium version with their white quinoa, and coconut oil instead of butter.

Six Word Story

With renewed courage, he pressed on.

In The Cucina With Seamas

At the Pleasantville Farmers Market, I’ve been buying sun dried tomatoes, and peppadews from the Pickle Licious stand. They are pricier than the store bought versions but a lot tastier.

I use to cut the sun dried tomatoes but pureeing makes them easier to add to meals.

One night I made English Muffin pizzas for dinner and used the sun dried tomato puree on two of them, tomato sauce on the other two. Then I topped one of each with goat cheese, the other with shredded mozzarella. Into the oven at 350 degrees and 10 minutes later I had a tasty dinner.

Another idea I had was to add the sun dried tomatoes to refried beans. A ¼ cup of them is a good amount to add if you use canned beans.