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
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
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.
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
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
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