Friday, 19 September 2025

Heed and Read!

The Bloggess, Jenny Lawson, reminds us of the dangers and what we should do instead: 

Reading > cleaning
September 12, 2025


I decided to clean up the house and a frame I was polishing broke and the glass went through my finger and now I can only type with one hand because it keeps opening up and this feels like a sign that cleaning is dangerous and that instead I should be reading. 

Thursday, 4 September 2025

30 Different Plants Per Week

The latest (?) food trend that's permeated through the fog: 30 Plant Points for Good gut health!  

Let's see how close I got in the past few days:  

  1. Apple
  2. Orange
  3. Tomatoes
  4. Oats
  5. Almonds
  6. Onions
  7. Soy 
  8. Brown rice
  9. Quinoa
  10. Peanuts
  11. Olives 
  12. Bok choy sum 
  13. a) Ginger; b) Green Tea; c) Green onion; d) Garlic
  14. Flax seed
  15. Small red beans 
  16. Lettuce 
  17. Carrots
  18. Shiitake mushrooms 
  19. Blueberries
  20. Corn
  21. Grapes
  22. Whole wheat (pasta)
  23. Swiss Chard
  24. Green Cabbage 
  25. a) Cilantro; b) Black pepper; 
  26. Celery 
  27. Savoy Cabbage  
  28. Dried apricots  

Ah, different colours count!  But herbs and spices are only worth a quarter each...

At least 5 of these were from left over foods kids did not eat -- the hidden benefit in being the "garbage disposal".  

Conclusion: Packaged chopped salads did a lot of heavy lifting.  And maybe we should add a seed mix topping to everything.