Happy New Year!

2016

2016

I wasn’t the same person I was this time last year, I was someone else. Today I am somebody else. Today I am more thankful than I’ve ever been than I’ve ever been in my life. Today I am alive and thankful. Here’s why. God didn’t kill me. Climate change didn’t kill me. World War III didn’t kill me. Terrorist didn’t kill me. The volcano under Yellowstone didn’t kill me.  Can I get on with my life now?

My life hasn’t changed much since my dog died, then my mother, then my nephew killed himself on December 10th, 2014. Except

I have a lot more things to be thankful for than what could have happen to me, I have this.

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A grandbaby.

Happy New Year! Everyone and welcome to 2016!

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Baby christmas elf

Guess who came home the night before Thanksgiving! My legacy, my daughter imparted in her child. My genes, my everything. I will continue. Our world is changing, our climate, our understanding of history, our connections online.

We are growing as a society. Finding others like ourselves online.  Like borgs to a collective we make connections and webs. All ways looking out for each other. I have been online since 1998. I have watched as each country came online. I have networked across boundaries that i’ve never thought possible. I am 50 years old. My granddaughter is 5 months old.  I can only imagine the wealth of information she will be capable of having access to.

I was born during an era of dial up telephone, before online. At first it was transmitted as radio signal.  Then over the telephone but it came.  The internet and a way to meet people from all over the globe. We connect.

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It’s Time To Stop Slavery

suck it religion

and All The Madness

These are people. These are women. These are mothers and these are daughters.  Maybe not yours or mine but of this planet.  We are one species on one planet.  United we stand, divided we separate the wheat from the chaff and move on.  This is about us as a human species and this is enough.  This is why? Continue reading “It’s Time To Stop Slavery” →

Time for chili

  • The Shorts Magazine loves chili. White chili, brown chili, chicken chili, beef chili or even vegan chili. When it gets chilly it warms the body and soul and wraps its foodie arms around you and hugs you. Beans are a vital part of chili. This is our heart healthy version of the chili that warms our souls. WP_20151010_010All the grease drains away. This amount made WP_20151010_007enough for me to send some home with the child.

WP_20151010_008Start the pintos on a quick cook method two hours before.

  1. Grill up the meat onions and spices. Cumin, Chili Powder and S&P to your taste. We always throw in some Goya Sauzon cuz it’s sooo tasty.Give it five minutes with the lid closed and turn it all and cook a couple more minutes till there is only a tiny bit of pink left. Don’t overcook, it is going into the boiling beans.
  2. When all the grease has drained away add it to the beans along with one small can of tomatoes and green chilis to your preferred spiciness.
  3. WP_20151010_012(1)Keep it low and    slow for about an hour.
  4. Have some wine and relax. Dinner is ready as soon as you want it to be.

The bread bowl was a plus, but sure enough crackers are awesome too. We just use the unsalted ones. I know some of you were eyeballing the pork, but the flavor minus the grease is irreplaceable. I also can’t tell you how important cumin is in any chili or taco recipe. Stop buying taco seasoning or chili seasoning. it is all a balance of cumin and chili powder.

Beans are a great source of protein and the spices are all great for circulation, try it without salt added and add some good wine vinegar for a kick. The Reverend is going to put Sriachi Garlic sauce on it, so we will save the sodium till then.

Seriously, if you don’t know flip about cooking it’s time to learn the basics.

I hope you eat healthy and snuggle up to a bowl.