August 30, 2012.
In going through some extraneous miscellaneous materials a half-hour ago, I found, from a County Cooperative Extension Service, four pages of zucchini recipes, thirty-four recipes!
Being one of the many zucchini-loving people, I almost jumped off my chair ~~ zucchini pancakes, zucchini cake, zucchini casserole, zucchini relish, zucchini bread, stuffed zucchini, baked zucchini, sauteed zucchini, and then come a few ethnic dishes made of zucchini. All I can say is, "Yummy!"
More about zucchini ~ another little instance of synchronicity, coincidence, whatever you want to call it, happened to me today. These little events happen quite frequently. Before I found those recipes, I had an early lunch which I made from scratch: onion, carrot, zucchini, green pepper, a small red potato, the most important ingredient was the zucchini ~~ all of them braised in butter in a covered skillet. Must I repeat? YUMMY!
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Today is an overcast sky with winds from Isaac the Hurricane, but still no rain here. The weathermen have told me in private on the radio, that we may have some rain by one o'clock, but HAH! as my sister Auntie Reg says so often, "They lie!"
I just stepped out on my itty bitty front porch to look all around at the sky, and saw many little dark clouds with a little fluff around them, floating by at a non-slow pace. The Isaac wind is blowing through all of the trees and bushes, making them wave strongly to me.
I felt one eensie weensie raindrop that floated from one of those passing clouds, but it isn't sprinkling, as yet. That single drop was probably meant for someone in Tennessee.
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A few evenings ago, I watched a movie on the VCR player, thinking that I would watch half of it and then go to bed, but it was so interesting and very moving, that I stayed, glued to the story, until the very end of the movie. It is a true story that began in 1919, about a young woman who was very strong, and devoted to her husband. He, though, was a rambler, never seeming to want to settle in one place. He was forever wanting to go farther north. He wanted to discover new things, and be a fur trapper, and since she felt that wives go along with their husband's wishes, she gently gave in each time he wanted to go farther north.
The name of the movie is Silence of the North, and the woman who told the story was Olive Fredrickson. There were so many events that happened to them, it was almost unbelievable, but I believe every word of it. Some were so sad, and tragic, but she kept going forward with him. I thought surely that the ending would be awful, but I must say, it did turn out to be all right.
The female role was played beautifully by Ellen Burstyn, and filmed in the actual places in Canada where these events took place. If you like movies, please do rent or buy this movie and see it. But bundle up with your winter coat and boots, because so much of the movie is in the very cold places! ~~ Just kidding, of course, about bundling up!
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I'll see you at the Corner Post!
