231.0 lbs

Up at 3:40 AM… pleasantly surprised by my weight… hadn’t been on the scale in a few days, hadn’t been particularly abstemious in what i ate, hadn’t been able to walk much, so was expecting to have gained a bit… instead i lost a bit…

… made a really nice turnip risotto last night… however, bought bacon to put in it and then forgot to… H and i agreed that bacon would have been a great addition… so, i have more turnips and i have bacon, we will revisit the recipe later in the week…

… one interesting thing about the recipe, it was meant to avoid having to stand at the stove and stir for half an hour, instead, using less water and adding an egg yolk at the end for faux creaminess… i thought to myself, what is the point of that? standing and stirring just isn’t that hard… i did it the traditional way, sans egg yolk and faux creaminess…

… as i sit here typing, Rubie cat is lying at my feet, kind of the way a dog might, which Rubie thinks he is… he was also lying on the top step outside our bedroom door when i came out this morning… he seems to crave our company and wishes he could be in the bedroom with us… dogs don’t generally permit it though… they chase him off immediately…

… full moon getting ready to set in the west… which makes me think of the series “For All Mankind”… i am not 100% on board with the conceit of the series, which is that the Russians won the race to the moon and that there ensued a much more lively moon exploration and colonization program with astronauts coming and going at regular intervals and a moon base that supports tens of individuals rotating to work on the moon… what is very good about the show is the exploration and depiction of the interactions of humans under normal and not so normal life stress conditions… very well written and acted… in particular, they seem to have grief and reaction to trauma down in a very realistic way…

… the routines are settling back in place, albeit their Block Island place… the dogs can’t just be let out the back door, they have to be leashed and taken out… i have to work on my iPhone, rather than my desktop computer… everything being done on the iPhone… the challenge will be when i attempt to produce a long form post (less difficult) and an image poem (more difficult) this weekend…

… H has started their bread baking operation again… they are doing sourdough without their stand mixer and proofing box… more rustic, requiring more intuitive skill… it looks like it is going well… i will need to clean out the cast iron combo cooker before i leave for my walk as they will want to use it while i am out walking…

… tried to walk on Dickens Farm Preserve yesterday morning but a sign indicated that this week, during the week, hunting is allowed… i didn’t hear any shooting but one does not tempt fate, even with blazing bright orange on their bodies, which i did not have… so, i will be contained to beach, roads and downtown this week and save the nature preserves for next week…

… J has booked tickets to Florida in early June so that C does not have to be alone for their birthday and anniversary… that’s a good thing though i get concerned with what they might talk C in to our out of while they are there… J has nothing but good intentions but she can be intense…

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