Did something different today. Since I did something different, I decided to post something different. Today I shall tell you the recipes I made up for Thanksgiving dinner. It was very good. Sugar-free, Wheat-free.

Turkey Stuffing Red Stuff Gravy Brussel Sprouts Carrot Juice Baked Apples Organic Sweet Potatoes

Turkey: Buy a little turkey. Sprinkle it with nutmeg and rosemary. Fill it with stuffing (see recipe below) Sew it up! Put in oven at 360-degrees Check every half-hour or so til done

Stuffing: Cook package of dried barley in water til starts getting soft Cut up the following to mix into the barley: 2 apples 3 tangerines (long proces to take out the seeds - let me know if you need instructions for that) 2 stalks celery

Red Stuff:

Cook Stovetop: 4 bags of fresh cranberries 2 apples handful of organic raisins Quart of cut strawberries

Long time. Stir often. Til it breaks down and becomes 'sauce'

Sweet Potatoes:

Most important is to buy Organic. Wash. Put on baking dish. Cook at 550, until you're ready to put the turkey in. Then cook at 360 til soft

Mushroom Gravy:

Make a rue: Heat a few TB oil in small fendl. Add a few TB whole-wheat flour and stir til all incorporated. Add 1/4 cup water at a time til you've incorporated 1 1/2 cups of water. Add 1 cup diced mushrooms and cook for a while

Baked Apples:

Cut little caps off the top of the (MacIntosh or Fuji) Apples Scoop out the apple-seeds Stuff with Organic Raisins Sprinkle with Cinammon Place in glass baking dish and cook til done (check every 20 minutes or so)

i was just telling my Brother that he was going to get his Birthday gift late this year - because I had bought an adorable card that said: "I blame it on brainfreeze - Happy belated birthday"

Then we got to talking - Our Mother used to keep a box of cards - so they'd be available whenever needed. But there was one in the box that never got used - was she waiting for something Real Special? I had thought the card was just the best thing ever. I tried to scribble out what I remembered of it. Got the idea, but the original was even better.

Who could have drawn that card? Who drew the card I currently bought? Who are the unsung heroes who enrich our lives with such wonderful visions?

Thank you all. Thank you world. It's a good life.

Tension and Relaxation. The more intensely we experience one, the more intensely we have to experience the other. In order to stay balanced and comfortable.

But deciding to stay 'in the middle' - neither tense nor relaxed --- that obliterates any connection with life. And you know what that means.