Cream Of Mushroom Soup
Home made, and the best I have ever tasted. No credit to me, I simply followed a recipe (below). (Onions are optional, depending on your taste) https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/13096/cream-of-mushroom-soup-i/
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A Hymn Which brought Strong Men to Tears
It was probably in the mid 1990's, and it was certainly mid-winter. I'd been to Aruba for a short winter break, and arrived back at Boston's Logan Airport in the early hours of the morning. It had snowed; boy had it snowed. I had to clear my car as best I could, and ram it out of the off-airport parking lot. I was heading west in heavy snow on the Mass Pike (I-90). What would be my destination. My choice was to Pittsfield, MA. and my home about 120 miles away. OR to Bangor, PA for a retreat some 290 miles away. I let the car decide. When we got to Sturbridge MA where the choice was either west to home on I-90; or south west via I-84 towards Bangor, PA. I sounds weirdly odd; but my car decided to head to Bangor. It was a tough long drive. I was exhausted. But why Bangor, PA? I was on my way to a retreat for Christian Gay Men at the Kirkridge Retreat and Conference Centre - another step in "coming out to myself...
Unusual for me . sweet tooth breakfast 12th Jan 2021
I departed from my usual protein rich breakfast for this. I have no regrets! English made raisin scones, and "Devonshire" clotted cream in this case made in Wiltshire, U.K., ( and purchased at our "Scots Corner" store in Sarasota, a great source for foodstuffs from the United Kingdom), High quality strawberry jam - made in France. Scones, jam and clotted cream are usually eaten in England at * Afternoon Tea (4:00 p.m.) ** Not to be confused with High Tea. This morning I was in the mood to say "to hell with convention , I want it for Breakfast", I can be such a naughty rebel!
The America which Biden and Schumer forgot (or ignored) last Wednesday.
President-elect Joe Biden, and Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer (D) spoke after the violent insurrection at the U.S.A. Capitol. They used emollient words and phrases to suggest that the domestic violence was some how un-American. Perhaps so if you are a white American. Definitely not so if you are a black American. Here are some vignettes from our history which tell the other side of the story; which tell the truth. This should not be news to those who were educated in American High School. My friends who were educated in the United Kingdom can be excused if these violent events have never been brought to their attention. (Some time soon I will write about the intolerable violence which was at the heart of the British Empire). https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/wilmington-massacre-2/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_race_massacre l https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosewood_massacre