Ingredients The Bulk Cabbage – One small, 3/4 large, whatever. Carrot – I don’t like carrot – use it for color, so typically a half – coarsely grated Cilantro – One bunch – big bunch, small bunch – all of it. Roasted Almonds – I microwave raw almonds from Costco on a plate – about […]
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Kelp Art and the Universe
Yesterday I did a meditation group focusing on intentions for the New Year. One thing of mine is procrastination and schedule/structure … As I was listening to the meditation, I started thinking about mandalas and sacred geometry and Fibonacci and spirals and fractals and patterns … it tweaked my brain a little bit about how […]
Read More →Day 22: Finishing up Antwerp, Chocolate > Train Station > Amsterdam
I didn’t do too much exciting today, unless you want to count absolutely every thing I look at as an adventure. Which it kind of is. My last thing in Belgium was to actually buy chocolate. So I did. It’s been a thing here —– Consumption, vs. observation. I REALLY like chocolate, but I haven’t […]
Read More →Day 14? Venice
I’m in the fancy section on the train, complete with these deluxe snacks. And “Salvietta igienizzante” (sanitizing towel). Barely made the train due to more adventure miscalculations. (That’s what I’m calling them now). I planned a little route around Venice that would land me back at my lodging to get my luggage and leave by […]
Read More →Day 13: Zagreb to Venice Travel Day
This is not sleeping getting up at 645 Returning rental car to Zagreb airport Walking to the city bus stop Realizing that the walking and waiting involved in getting to the FlixBus line for Zagreb > Venice was better replaced by uber. Bus to Ljubljana Layover Bus to Venice, complete with an extended border stop […]
Read More →Day 6: Split, Croatia
This was one of my favorite days so far just for the wander factor. I Googled things to do in Split the night before, so was able to gather a general area to head towards, but otherwise just walked. The weather every day so far has been perfect … and when checking the forecast prior […]
Read More →Day 3: Perast & Kotor, Montenegro
We drove south to Montenegro yesterday. After crossing the Croatia/Serbia border, our first stop was at Our Lady of the Rocks church & museum in Perast. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_the_Rocks. It POURED down rain for must of the bus trip, but then almost as soon as we got off the bus the rain stopped. A boat shuttle took […]
Read More →Day 1 – Travel & Dubrovnik
I’m sitting in my hotel room waiting to go eat dinner in a minute. Eat dinner. It’s 7:06pm here in Croatia … 10:06am back home. I left Port Angeles about 7:15 am. Grabbed the Kitsap Airporter shuttle to Seatac. Met Ty who gave me good tips on Dubrovnik, cities for music in Italy, and a […]
Read More →Keto Mug Bread
I found this Mug CAKE recipe a while back and it’s THE BOMB: https://jenniferbanz.com/keto-mug-cake. I’ve tried it with all sorts of flavors … chocolate, chocolate chip, vanilla, spice, sunflower seed butter, lemon/blueberry (for lemon people, OMG, you must know about these True Citrus products!! – I use them in EVERYTHING.). This mug cake is SO […]
Read More →The Labels we Take On
The Labels We Take On: How They Limit Our Potential – aka Watching our Language. First I’m going to read this, then we’ll move to a meditation on the subject. Article by Jeremy Scott Lambert on tinybuddha.com “Waking up to who you are requires letting go of who you imagine yourself to be.” ~Alan Watts […]
Read More →I Walk, therefore I AM
My Lensa Experiment
Stutz
Life Force Yourself People Body Part X is the Voice of Impossibility 3 Aspects of Reality Pain Uncertainty Constant Work String of Pearls Every action has the same value I am the person who puts the next pearl on the string. That’s it. The pearl is a circle. and every circle has a turd in […]
Read More →Do you know?
Do you know? Do you know what it feels like to want to run down the alley screaming? Do you know what it feels like to be SO LOUD IN YOUR HEAD that you can’t sleep? Do you know what it feels like to talk to people, and they don’t understand. Do you know what […]
Read More →Dopesick Rant
Here’s the thing. We just finished the last Dopesick episode on Hulu, and then was just reading about Purdue Pharma related to Fentanyl. CAN WE, JUST FOR A FREAKING MINUTE … STOP BEING POLITICAL AND ACKNOWLEDGE THIS SCOURGE. — mental health is NOT something to be stigmatized. — when we as individuals suffer, we all […]
Read More →Dad Love
When you ask your 84 year old dad about life and love, and there is NO agenda or politics … and he says, “you’re my kids and grandkids and I’m always going to love you.” He didn’t pause. Not a second. That every human could feel this. Anyone not feeling love(d). I got you. We […]
Read More →I Like Your Hat
Tolerance
Never in my life have I been afraid or shy to have a conversation with someone. Until now. Tolerance, these days, is an absolute crock of empty space. Who am I? Do you know? I will “like” your pro 2nd Amendment post, and have a concealed carry permit. I like small government and my freedom. […]
Read More →Culmination of thoughts & posts from the day …
This is a culmination of thoughts and posts from today … LOVE people. Love your friends, family, others that make you smile on a regular basis. Like, smile, send a word, whatever. BE LOVED. RECEIVE LOVE. If you need it, ASK FOR IT! Ask for help. Ask for a prayer, or good thoughts, or whatever. […]
Read More →Who(se) Are You?
Who are you? (NOTE: This is still in progress … fine-tuning when I have a moment). Single? Married? Divorced? Liberal? Conservative? Agnostic? Christian? Muslim? White? Black? Brown? Pretty? Blonde? Skinny? Weak? Strong? Rich? Poor? Successful? Addicted, Depressed? Carrying anxiety? Weighted down …? What did we miss? When you wake up in the morning (or in […]
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