Mid-July Saturday Snippets

It's been another week of ups and downs.  I do feel lucky that the downs are not as dreadful as they could be, just the normal "I am exhausted, and I must keep going" kind of downs.  Let me record a few snippets before I go to the farmer's market.  

--I am hoping I can get some Mills River corn on the cob, but I'm not sure of the timing of the corn season, given how wet it's been.  I'm planning a repeat of the delicious squash casserole I made a week ago.  I still have the enormous zucchini in the fridge, but I hope to also get some yellow squash.

--I weighed myself for the first time since July 4.  I have lost 1-2 pounds, which is great, considering that July has been the month of overeating and splurging on indulgences.

--Since June 16, I have not been drinking, so I've had some room for indulgence.  

--Yesterday's lunch was not an indulgence.  I grabbed the wrong Tupperware container out of the refrigerator, so I ate the leftover jasmine rice for lunch.  It was lovely as a side dish, a bit boring for lunch, but tasty.  Not much in the way of nourishment I imagine.  Happily, we had nutrient-packed enchiladas for dinner.

--This week had some different assignments that had me going back and forth to the veteran's cemetery in Black Mountain.  What a gorgeous site with a beautiful and well-designed chapel.

--The drive there took me through Swannanoa, which has many sobering reminders of the power of a raging flood, like a carved-out hill that shows the water came far above a human head. 

--I think back to days in June where I thought I might write a novel during down moments in the day.  That is not happening.  I'm recording some lines that may become poems later.  Or I may read them in the cool days of autumn and wonder what on earth I had in mind.

--We decided to buy the series Back to the Frontier.  But instead of getting the whole series, we are getting it as the episodes air.  At first I was annoyed, but it takes me back to the days of non-streaming, where one had to wait for the next installment--and one had something to look forward to.

--So far, I'm really enjoying the show, although I am astonished at how much these people did not seem to understand about life in the 1880's before signing up for this adventure.

--We also started to watch Freaks and Geeks, which I have never seen before--I thoroughly enjoyed the first few episodes.  And of course, it's weird to think about how long ago this show aired--and about a time period that was so long ago but feels just like yesterday.