Mix and Match

At first, it was about the routine, getting one setup, establishing a sense of normalcy. Now I am searching for a way to add variety, change it up, make it interesting.

I came to this conclusion during my walk.

I am in good mood, the sun is shining and there is energy to my walk. I tackle the imitation hill.

There is nobody to avoid. Life feels a little normal.

I saw that the local family gardens are opening. You are allowed one hour every other day. There is a formula for odds and evens. The evens will complain if the restriction last into June.

I head towards the mini-strip mall at the foot of an apartment building. It has a grocery store and a butcher. I am scouting for additional shopping options.

I have never cooked this regularly for so long. I am pleased with the variety of meals I have managed. Very few repetitions.

It doesn’t take much effort. I have three types of pasta, brown rice, black rice, wheat, and spelt. Potatoes in various forms and varieties. Fries, mashed, boiled, baked, turned into gnocchi. White, sweet and purple. I also have a selection of breads.

And that’s just for the carbs. I haven’t even had to dig up recipes. Just mixing up the combinations of carbs, proteins and vegetables.

I am so happy with my cleverness that I come up with a new theory of my world.

Quote of the Day

Life is plotproof, muddled, desultory, irreducible to chains of cause and effect. It’s sweaty and rampantly sad. It’s a motion of moments. There’s no line of any kind other than the one that runs from birth to thwarting to death.

“Life is plotproof, muddled, desultory, irreducible to chains of cause and effect. It’s sweaty and rampantly sad. It’s a motion of moments. There’s no line of any kind other than the one that runs from birth to thwarting to death.” — Gary Lutz, “Windows That Lead to More Windows,” Vice (2013-09-04)

Grand Siècle – François Mansart

Street Art, 8 rue Payenne, 3rd Arrondissement, Paris, France

François Mansart by C215. Portraits du Grand Siècle du Marais.

François Mansart was a French architect best known for introducing classicism to French Baroque architecture. He lived across the street from this portrait.

September 18, 2019
8 rue Payenne,
3rd Arrondissement,
Paris, France