A Feast fit for a poor person

Steamed kale and swiss chard over quinoa with toasted sesame seed oil, tamari and lemon juice poured on top is the best meal ever!!! Ok maybe not ever... but for something quick easy light and super delicious.. that is the combo of choice! I simply love it. And I have Carly to thank for it. Carly was the amazing beautiful goddess that worked on Rachel's 3 Oaks farm with me in Brentwood bay. She would come to work everyday with a extra large mason jar of random stuff, always different but always the same. The meal consisted of a grain, a legume, and veggies.. with a sprinkle of tamari.. who doesn't love Tamari. Her meals were always so simple and so delicious. It's the simple foods that I like the best. With the exception of the Mexi's taco's... God I love it when the guys cook and I'm there.. it always a feast with red wine soaked fruit followed by a game of domino's with cig's.
Salut!

It's a Marshmellow world in the winter

I know that I have magical powers, but it wasn't until yesterday that I truly knew it. The nasty cold rain turned to light fluffy beautiful snow, and a whole lot of it. Salt Spring rarely sees snow, and it never stays.. but like I said.. I'm magic. Traditionally I skip, sing, dance, twirl and stick my tongue out it catch juicy flakes every year to celebrate the first snow fall. The snow began to fall yesterday evening and continued til morning, leaving a heavy pile of the white stuff and a smile on my face. As usual, I had no one to play with me, so I called up a good friend in Ontario and chatted for hours while strolling around in the snow. It's funny how a little fluffy percipitation can make my stomach tighten, my face light up, while making me giggle hysterically to myself. I Love the snow... if only I could find a place to go tobogganing I would be the happiest girl in the world.

everytime you close your eyes

Realization is a funny and wonderful thing. It's a fabulous feeling when you realise something so earth shattering that it makes you laugh... I am referring both good and bad realizations. I have experienced all kinds of realizations in my life and most of them happen when I have my eyes closed, envisioning a scenario or memory. After the realization occurs I generally open my eyes super wide and gasp. In times when I have realized something bad has happened I normally follow with an awkward laugh, like the first time I had sex and the condom broke, or the time I knew my mom had found my pot stash with my pipe, or the time I shit my pants driving down the highway. How can I not help but laugh hysterically in the moment.. there is nothing else to do. I have realized that this is something I cannot avoid, only embrace, and know that it is really happening.

However, lately I have had a great realization, one that has allowed me to breath, feel free and move forward in my life. I feel happy to have realized this, because it was silently torturing me and I could not break free, but it finally has happened!! I have realized that I am not actually going to die of a broken heart! Even better my heart is not broken anymore and I have now realized that everything I thought was everything isn't actually everything at all. It's quite funny how love will make you think that what you have is the best thing, and there will not be anything quite like it. Now, I consider myself a pretty logical person, but yes even I fell into the trap of being blinded by love. And now that I have realized that I was wrong... I feel so overwhelmed with excitement of what the future will bring me, and I am laughing hysterically, I might even pee a little.