Do not pray for easy lives; pray to be stronger people! Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers; pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle, but you shall be a miracle. Every day you shall wonder at yourself, at the richness of life which has come to you by the grace of God. Phillips Brooks

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

More Cats than Cash

This is what happens when...
you have 2 female cats, no money and PETA won't return your calls...
Gizmo, mama of all blacks and the short haired gray.
PJ, mama of the fluffy ones and the lovely tabby.
The two mamas are litter mates and while Giz had her babies on our back porch, PJ chose to deliver under our neighbor's shed. Her kittens were destined to be feral and we had to wait for them to become mobile before we could get our paws (heh) on them. They are being handled as often as possible and are still young enough that it will have an effect.
We now have 8 cats that we want and 8 kittens who are in need of homes. They are very lovely. There is one little black one with white eye brows! He looks kind of like an owl. There are calicos and steel grays, a tabby and several blacks. All looking for a place to be loved.
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Crossroads

On the day of my 45th birthday

this poem was published in the

Sanctuary at the Women's

Colony. I love it and thank

the author, Joyce Sutphen,

for writing this poem honoring

the process of living a life

beyond youth.

Crossroads


The second half of my life will be black
to the white rind of the old and fading moon.
The second half of my life will be water
over the cracked floor of these desert years.
I will land on my feet this time,
knowing at least two languages and who
my friends are. I will dress for the
occasion and my hair shall be
whatever color I please.
Everyone will go on celebrating the old
birthday, counting the years as usual,
but I will count myself new from this
inception, this imprint of my own desire.

The second half of my life will be swift,
past leaning fenceposts, a gravel shoulder,
asphalt tickets, the beckon of open road.
The second half of my life will be wide-eyed,
fingers sifting through fine sands,
arms loose at my sides, wandering feet.
There will be new dreams every night,
and the drapes will never be closed.
I will toss my string of keys in into a deep
well and old letters into the grate.

The second half of my life will be ice
breaking up on the river, rain
soaking the fields, a hand
held out, a fire,
and smoke going
upward, always up.


~Joyce Sutphen
Straight Out Of View, New Rivers Press

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MT Bar's Theology of Food

I believe that we should be reasonable in what we expect of ourselves. Eating is not a black and white issue, it is about eating foods that we enjoy and which nourish us and our families. I used to love to cook. I don't love it so much any more and I am always looking for things to feed my family that are nutrient dense, flavor filled and easy. The simplest things I've found come wrapped in apple skins or orange peels. For things that we enjoy and which require a bit more prep than a rinse or a peeling, I will share my recipes--created here and found elsewhere--for good food.
Theology:
>Do your best and forgive yourself for not being perfect. Eating, feeding your family is SO not about perfection. It's about doing the best you can most of the time and being happy that you're eating, even if it's Taco Bell, the times you just don't have the oomph! to prep a great meal.
>I believe in limiting fat but do not eat low or non-fat foods.
>If I want something sweet, I'll try fruit or hot tea with honey but if nothing will work but ice cream or a Milky Way bar. I eat that. Not a gallon of ice cream but a small cup. Not a King Sized bar, a tiny one.
>I try to purchase chemical free foods.
>I have an issue with the word organic now that it's government controlled...but I do still purchase organic food.
>I try to source my foods locally. I buy beef from a local cattle farmer. The veggie stand down the road gets a good portion of their summer income stream from my family.
>I grow food at home. We have laying hens and a garden. We have lambs. My husband hunts. We do what we can.
>I strongly believe that eating food in a form that is as close as possible to the way it grew from the earth is the best way to nourish our bodies.
>I believe that sometimes the most nourishing way sometimes just has to make room for experimentation, flavor and fun.
If you're anywhere near on the same page, you may enjoy some of the recipes I have to share.