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Brown rice and fresh broccoli, with leftover chickpeas added. About half of the rice and broccoli was left over; it will make a great lunch tomorrow!

Note to self: do not put slow cooker on "high" when I'm going to bed.... I put some soaked chickpeas in my slow cooker Sunday night. They take notoriously long to cook (in my experience), so I put them on high with plenty of water. When I turned them off and checked them in the morning, they...

I had to look up "Galia melon". It sounds interesting: evidently a sort of cross between a cantaloupe and a honeydew. I kind of hope that the demand for it doesn't cut into the sales of other melons, the way Evercrisp apples seem to be everywhere these days...

In a local library, I started reading parts of an alternative-history fantasy by Mariely Lares set in Mexico, just after the Spanish had arrived and taken over: "Sun Of Blood And Ruin". The character of Zorro(?) is a woman, who is a champion/protector of the indigenous people and also a...

Smart dog, with good reflexes! I wonder what she thought when the sky started assaulting her...

Cold (and occasionally rainy) here.

"Orenthal"?... I guess that explains why he went with "O.J." (My sincere condolences and apologies to everyone named "Orenthal" who isn't a psycho).

I haven't seen the new "Quantum Leap", but I was disappointed about how the original with Scott Bakula and Darren MacGavin ended: abruptly, and up-in-the-air. (Kind of like how "The Sopranos" TV show ended, actually.) I don't know why I even cared as little as I did: it was only a made-up story...

CRAP. I dithered about going a ways north (by train or bus) to view the eclipse this Monday. I didn't see the point of going if the weather would be cloudy, and they can't reliably predict that more than 48 hours in advance. My transportation options are now apparently gone (sold out). I don't...

Cold, brisk, and cloudy today. In other words, normal for this area at this time of year.:D

About the gas chamber for killing pigs just above: I think that is one way they render animals unconscious before actually killing them (by cutting major blood vessels in their necks). If it's what I've read about, they use carbon dioxide- which all animals exhale- but I don't know how humane it...

@Lou Yep- looks like calculus to me. (Tom closes his eyes until his breathing slows down and his heart stops pounding after that HORRIBLE SIGHT) :scream::dizzy::eek: :sob::weary_face: :p:D:cool:

You'd like it up here in New York today. We had snow... not enough to stay around long and (so far) not as much as they were predicting- but enough to make it look nice (although not as picturesque as @Brian W 's photo this past Tuesday). The sidewalks didn't get that coating of evil slippery...

I've always liked tangy foods... but I like the taste of lemon (or lime) juice much better. I haven't heard any health claims about lemons or limes (other than their rich vitamin C content). But I have learned that the strongly acidic juice can harm your teeth. My dentist recommended waiting for...

@Chryssie I think my state (New York) is one of the top states people are leaving from. I hope I don't have too much trouble when the time comes for me to sell my house...:eek::p (Hmmm... I didn't find an obvious "outta here" smiley, but🚶‍♂️ should do nicely.) I've visited Florida twice- in...

@PTree15 Tropical treasures! I think I mentioned this long ago in a houseplant discussion: one of my friends had some indoor banana plants, which often produced offshoots from their bases. He potted up first one, then another offshoot for me- but for reasons I still don't know, they died after...

Welcome, @BeverlyVallewind . I can't exactly suggest that you be patient with the current state of affairs. But humans are still sometimes okay with killing their own kind- and the killing of animals is even more ingrained and accepted by almost everyone. Veganism is DEFINITELY more common...

Well, it's a basket... but there are some navel oranges and Stayman Winesap apples. There would have been also a HUGE apple of another variety (Golden... something- not Delicious, although I love those), but I had eaten it on the way home from the Farmer's Market.

@Chryssie Nice! I hope the picture with the cats is either waterproof or protected from the weather?

@Chryssie I wish Florida could be duplicated somehow, so there would be more of it for us to move to! More space for orange trees, manatees, people...