GREAT Soup from Galicia, Spain
Caldo Gallego I used leeks instead of onions From "Twelve Months of Monastery Soups" by Brother Victor-Antoine d'Avila-Latourrette. Broadway Books 1996
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COVID: What the Under-classes Know; What the Middle-classes must learn.
In his wonderful book of poems "How to Love a Country"; (Beacon Press Books, 2019), Richard Blanco has this to say in his marvelous poem "Declaration Of Interdependence" : "We're a father in a coal town who can't mine a life any more because too much and too little has happened, for too long" African American peoples know the truth of this very well: " too much and too little has happened, for too long" . Let's say: "ever since the first enslaved persons were shoved onto American soil". Poor white peoples in Appalachia, and in every American City, know the same truth: " too much and too little has happened, for too long". Now COVID 19 has been shoved onto our soil. COVID 19 which knows no boundaries of race, status, or class. COVID 19 bringing with it a warning to the prosperous middle classes. "Your savings and life styles are not vaccinations". But maybe COVID 19 can inoculate you from la
Bristol U.K. Where the Slaver Edward Colston Once Roosted
This appeared overnight on the plinth where Colston ruled until he was toppled and dumped in the harbour
A Household Tip. How to Put a Fitted Sheet on Your Mattress.
How to Put a Fitted Sheet onto your Mattress. A hack; especially for those who live alone. Never Be In A Hurry. And thank the woman (it must have been a woman) who instructed the manufacturers to add the "top or bottom" tags.
The Look
"The look" which those of us who live and love with dogs will instantly recognise. Unusually for me, I was nibbling on some "Cheez It" snack crackers . Zion looked at the bag (top picture) whenever it rustled. Zion hoped that I might drop a cracker to the floor; or even toss one or two in his direction. (bottom picture). Guess what I did! (Who could resist Zion's charm!)