Day 3: Treatment (June 19th)

Day 3: Up at 5:00 am. I think that the steroids that they have been giving me are affecting my sleep cycles. So I do my blog and a few other things too. The sisters who I met yesterday were both fine cooks and we talked alot about food and recipes. Although we were people who might never meet or talk otherwise, I find that Food is another "universal" that gets by our radar for ethnicity, gender, age, race. We all love to eat and it is another form of intimacy we share when we sit to "dine" with others who enjoy a repast as well as we do. From traveling to Europe I heard this critique: In America we "eat" in Europe they "dine". It's true: they stop everything in the middle of the day and have a 1 to 3 hour lunch break where you enjoy the main meal of the day with family or friends. I guess this is a form of "socialism" where everyone gets to see their family around the table for at least one good meal. Sounds like good ole Traditional Family Values to me. In any case I'm attaching a list of favorite summer recipes that help me deal with all the extra produce from my veggie garden, but can also be bought at the local super market....mostly. I shared a link on Facebook with most of you. I'll get to the rest of you later once I figure all this out. Joe (6:38 am)

Summer Recipes 2013