I love this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRoqk_z2Lgg

I love this

https://www.musixmatch.com/lyrics/Dan-Leigh/Staircase

Staircase by Dan Leigh

Giggles

When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our live mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand.
The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares.
- Henri Nouwen

~ lemon chicken soup with orzo ~

“Of all the items on the menu, soup is that which exacts the most delicate perfection and the strictest attention.”~Auguste Escoffier

We love love love soup in this house. A couple days ago I was watching the snow was fall outside my kitchen window as I made a big pot of this fragrant, delicious ambrosia. This is a very healthy soup, and the eggs added to the broth at the end makes it creamy and rich without all the fat and calories. Enjoy with a slice of THIS bread and a glass of sauv blanc or vouvray.

1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil

3 big boneless, skinless chicken breasts cut into small chunks

1 teaspoon salt

1 medium onion, diced

2 stalks celery, diced

2 medium carrots, diced

2 Tablespoons fresh thyme

6 cups low-sodium, organic chicken broth

1 cup orzo

zest of 1/2 lemon

juice of one lemon

2 large eggs

freshly ground black pepper to taste

Heat 2 Tablespoons of the oil in a big soup pot over medium-high heat. Season the chicken with salt and add it to the pot. Cook, stirring a few times for about 5 minutes, or until just cooked through. Transfer the chicken to a dish and set aside.

Add the 2 remaining Tablespoons oil to the pot. Add the onion, celery, carrot and thyme and cook over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are tender (about 5 minutes.) Add 5 cups of the broth and bring to a boil. Add the orzo and allow to simmer until tender, about 8 minutes. Lower the heat down to keep the soup hot but NOT boiling.

In a separate saucepan, warm the remaining 1 cup of broth until it is hot, but NOT boiling. In a medium bowl, beat the eggs. Gradually beat the lemon juice into the eggs. Slowly add to the hot broth in the saucepan, whisking constantly until the broth and egg mixture are fully incorporated. Add this to the soup, stirring well until thickened. Don’t allow the soup to come to a boil or it will scramble your eggs. Add the cooked chicken to the soup. Add the pepper and more salt if needed. Serve.

Enjoy

Recipe from Chin Deep

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKoT8E4COqc
Spring is by her very nature divine


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBl8rbOYbXs

Do not try to save
the whole world
or do anything grandiose.
Instead, create
a clearing
in the dense forest
of your life
and wait there
patiently,
until the song
that is your life
falls into your own cupped hands
and you recognize and greet it.
Only then will you know
how to give yourself
to this world
so worthy of rescue.

by Martha Postlewaite


21st April 1967, Working at Abbey Road studios in London, The Beatles completed the sessions for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. The final recordings were a short section of gibberish and noise which would follow 'A Day in the Life', in the run-out groove. They recorded assorted noises and voices, which engineer Geoff Emerick then cut-up and randomly re-assembled and edits backwards. At John Lennon's suggestion, they also added a high-pitch 15 kilocycle whistle audible only by dogs. These were omitted from the American version of the album. More on Sgt. Pepperhttp://www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/sgt_pepper