TGIF

The time to relax is when

you don’t have the time for it.

Sydney J. Harris

Wow, the weekend has finally arrived and none to soon for me. It's been a hectic week, struggling to get back and forth to work, but I made it, and tired as I was, I just kept trudging onward. What else can one do? I have no control over the situation and can only hope it is resolved soon. 

Needless to say, this is a three day weekend for me--Veteran's Day. I love these three-day weekends, especially when the fall on a cooking weekend. That way, tomorrow I can shop and cook and still have two days of rest. 

Speaking of cooking, I have no idea what I want to cook for myself to tide me over the next two weeks. For the past month I've focused on stews, both chicken and beef, because I can cook up a large batch and freeze in serving size containers...and great tasting as well. But to be honest, I'm stewed out at this point. I've still not mastered a decent low sodium or sodium free meat sauce and don't think I ever will. Italian food 'needs' sodium for taste. I have learned to make a mean low sodium chili and this last batch was fantastic. But one cannot live on chili alone. Suggestions will be greatly appreciated. 

New York is a city of districts--garment district, diamond district, garden district, etc.  In these districts one finds blocks of stores all related to whatever district they are found in.  For example, in the diamond district, one finds block after block of jewelry stores and pawn shops.  I happen to work in the flower district, and in the summer sidewalks are lined with flowers and plants of all kinds.  It's a beautiful sight to see...and the scents are marvelous.  Yesterday they were bringing in the live pine trees.  Not your Christmas tree per se, but small pine trees ready to be transplanted. The scent reminded me of Christmas and how fast it is approaching. Before we know it, it will be come and gone.  This year I am going to try my darnedest to catch up with it and not let it pass me by so quickly. I want to savor every moment.

Well, not much time left to relax before work so I'll sign of for now. Wishing you all a fabulous weekend filled with love, lots of fun, and peace.  See you on Monday.

Wise people know what time it is in their own lives and in the life of the

community. They know that sensing the kairos (the prepared or ripe moment)

is more important than conforming to the compulsive rhythm of chronological

time. Thus, wise people are able to give themselves gracefully to seemingly contradictory experiences because they know that they belong to different seasons

of life, all of which are necessary to the whole. Spring and winter, growth and

decay, creativity and fallowness, health and sickness, power and impotence,

and life and death all belong within the economy of being.

Sam Keen