Week 13

This was a pretty good week. I had a couple nice outings with friends, my days were peppered with out-of-the-ordinary events, nights with unusual and hilarious dreams...AND it was a 4-day work week. Wine tasting, bike ride, yard work, KJ Pottery sale, and eating twice at the new Cochinito Taqueria. Not too shabby.

Jasmine, the very friendly apartment building cat

Yoga at the cathedral last Sunday: There's nothing quite like being led in yoga poses with about 175 other people with light streaming from stained glass windows in a great old cathedral. My friend and I enjoyed a very special hour of yoga at St. John's on Palm Sunday. We all lay on our mats toward the end as someone sang "Nothing but the Blood of Jesus."

It was a week of appointments - x-rays (for the chiropractor), chiropractor, optometrist. In all cases, people had generally good things to say about the state of my body - that my bones aren't degenerating and my vision is holding. It's a good way to lead into my birthday month, I suppose.

I wish I could say I was the one who did this

Watching

In the spirit of the coming Easter holiday, we watched a classic neither of us had ever seen: Jesus Christ Superstar. It was weird, definitely of an era, probably something I never need to watch again. 

Reading

News of the World was a quick read and not my usual genre...I glazed over some of the Civil War description but generally I enjoyed the sweet story of the old man Captain Kidd ("Kepp-dun") and the young Johanna, a former captive of the Kiowa tribe he is charged with returning to her German family. And, you know, things happen along the way. 

She's always ready for me to get up

Recipes

I highly recommend this chickpea masala with saffron rice recipe. A hearty vegetarian meal that comes together quickly, though your house (and hair) may smell like cumin for the next couple days.

I joined a wine club

COW

The Girl Scouts took over this week and I couldn't resist my annual Samoa purchase. That kind of stole my cookie thunder this week and I fell off the wagon. I'll try to get back on this week.