Within Limits

"It's raining in Baltimore fifty miles east Where you should be, no one's around I need a phone call I need a raincoat I need a big love I need a phone call..." --Counting Crows Woke up today feeling blue. Sometimes you start the day that way, for a million reasons, none of them all that awful in and of themselves. But the colors of beautiful paintings and fresh veggies always cheer me up, I guess it is color therapy! Also, the big brown eyes of my George Clooney dog, Mondo, help get me out of my funk. I decided that sharing some "oh, wow" discoveries might buoy my spirits, so here goes. Found a cool new cable program on cooking healthily called Hemsley and Hemsley. Two sisters, Brits, who love to create healthy recipes. The show I saw first featured kid-friendly fish fingers and little pizzas made from chickpea flour, so I definitely want to try those. They have a great website and a new cookbook. It is fun to learn the English words for zucch...

It has been some time since I posted here. Been very busy getting ready to exhibit four paintings for a fundraising event, and preparing for a family celebration. All that behind me, today was my birthday. Not telling how old I am, but you can guess because I was humming a certain Beatles song all day long. My best friend and spouse took me to lunch at a vegan restaurant in Clarkesville, Maryland called Great Sage. We dined al fresco on veg reuben sndwiches made from tempeh and organic saurkraut, with sides of coleslaw, and topped it all off with shared desserts: spouse had blackberry cheesecake and I ordered coconut ice cream. Great coffee and appetizers of kale juice. I am still full and it is dinner time! The weather was lovely and afterwards, we shopped at a gift store in the same shopping center called Nest (very cool items, highly recommend it) and Roots organic grocery. It was my favorite sort of celebration. Not only was the food delicious, I FEEL great! No negative after eff...