It's Sunday morning. I love Sundays. I used to feel like that Johnny Cash song, "there's something in a Sunday that makes the body feel alone." Now when Sunday comes I love it.
I'm sitting, drinking coffee, thinking of all there is to do and then not doing it. My dog is playing outside with another dog and being hilarious. Watching that is enough.
I'm listening to that wonderful melodic kind of music. I close my eyes and just get carried into that other realm where music takes you. I return only when things cross my mind like: "Is someone watching? Is Gus playing in the yard still? Am I going to make it to mass?!" Usually one of those things has gone awry but I've had my transcendental moment for the day.
Moving slowly: that's the key. I let all those worries stack up for Monday morning. It's Sunday right now. I can't think about such things. Sunday falls under a whole new set of priorities. Sunday has its own pace.
Life Thus Far on the Open Road
So I haven't written in a while. Like a year? Things have been crazy. I'm in the real world now, with all it's real worldiness. I'm not a student any longer. That's weird. I'm used to using all my energy for steeping in my own thoughts. I could spend a whole day thinking and reading. That was considered productive. Now it's not. Now productivity is cleaning house, walking dog, grocery shopping, making budget plans and having enough time to steep in my own mind juice so I don't go crazy.
It's easy to forget who I am when all I do is live. I've gotten into running because it slows me down, oddly. While my body just wants to use every ounce of energy it has gathered from sitting all day at work my mind is free to wander about aimlessly. I'm free to get pissed, get excited, daydream and imagine.
I think it's important to just find those ways you can make yourself free. Every time I go hiking I become surprised at how human I feel. It's like I had forgotten what that was like. I go into autopilot with all the day-to-day and then I set foot on a trail and my heart becomes fleshy again. I encounter myself.
Sometimes I'm different and sometimes I'm frustratingly the same. Sometimes for the life of me I can't figure out the solution to any of my problems. Sometimes by the grace of God I just see. Then there are the times my dog knocks my feet from under me and I'm laying on a root. That's what I know about life thus far. It's hilariously unpredictable.
It's easy to forget who I am when all I do is live. I've gotten into running because it slows me down, oddly. While my body just wants to use every ounce of energy it has gathered from sitting all day at work my mind is free to wander about aimlessly. I'm free to get pissed, get excited, daydream and imagine.
I think it's important to just find those ways you can make yourself free. Every time I go hiking I become surprised at how human I feel. It's like I had forgotten what that was like. I go into autopilot with all the day-to-day and then I set foot on a trail and my heart becomes fleshy again. I encounter myself.
Sometimes I'm different and sometimes I'm frustratingly the same. Sometimes for the life of me I can't figure out the solution to any of my problems. Sometimes by the grace of God I just see. Then there are the times my dog knocks my feet from under me and I'm laying on a root. That's what I know about life thus far. It's hilariously unpredictable.
Haha, yes
Photoshoot? Maybe. My camera is back in action and I am so excited. Lots of pictures. The flash is being fickle so I'm just playing with light right now.
CHECK IT!
CHECK IT!
Onion Focaccia bread with friends.
Fourth of July party with the fam.
Window lit photo shoots.
La la la, yay! Summer is here, the farmer's market is on...seasonal fruits and veggies. Fun.
Happy Graduation to Me!
Part of my graduation present from my parents was a CAKE PLATTER WITH A DOME!
I've been wanting one of these bad boys for a while now. I kept talking myself out of it, though. I'm one of those people who's really good at not buying stuff they really want.
Needless to say I had to celebrate receiving this gift by putting a cake in it.
My family and I put on a rather large shindig for my graduation so I have tons of left overs now. I thought that among this excess of food I would find some eggs for my cake. Incorrect. No eggs were left. I didn't want to go out and buy them, I'm moving out in a couple of days and there is so much food that needs to be eaten before then!
The search for a vegan cake recipe began.
I found the PERFECT one! It's so rich, dense, and moist. It's not too sweet nor does it taste funky. The frosting I chose is too weak, I think, for this cake. It needed something richer. Perhaps a buttercream...
Vegan Chocolate Banana Cake:
2 cups unbleached organic all-purpose flour
1 1/3 cup of raw organic sugar
2/3 cup cocoa powder
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 cup olive oil
1 1/2 cups hot water
1 tsp organic vanilla extract (I try to avoid corn syrupy imitation stuff as much as possible, but sometimes you got to do what you got to do...)
1 cup mashed bananas - I modified here. I only had one banana which resulted in a half a cup of banana gunk. There's tons of left over white rice in my fridge so I pureed that up and used it to make up the other half cup. It worked out really well.
directions on baking it can be found here where I jacked the recipe from.
Frosting:
5 1/2 tbsp of softened butter (unsalted)
1 1/2 cups of powdered/confectioners sugar
3 tbsp organic vanilla soy milk - organic soy is safer
2 glops of molasses
Start with the sugar and the butter. Whip that up (I used an electric mixer) until it's blended and fluffy looking. Add the milk and molasses and whip some more. Done! Lather that cake up.
I baked the cake in a pretty little bunt pan and put the icing on thick at the top so it would drip down the crevices. It looks really nice :)
Modify this recipe to your liking if you want to use it. I'm all about experimenting with foods. I never do it if I'm going to a party or anything, I usually stick to a recipe or if I know something works and am comfortable with it. Because I was baking this cake mostly for myself I had some fun with modifications. Happy baking...
I've been wanting one of these bad boys for a while now. I kept talking myself out of it, though. I'm one of those people who's really good at not buying stuff they really want.
Needless to say I had to celebrate receiving this gift by putting a cake in it.
My family and I put on a rather large shindig for my graduation so I have tons of left overs now. I thought that among this excess of food I would find some eggs for my cake. Incorrect. No eggs were left. I didn't want to go out and buy them, I'm moving out in a couple of days and there is so much food that needs to be eaten before then!
The search for a vegan cake recipe began.
I found the PERFECT one! It's so rich, dense, and moist. It's not too sweet nor does it taste funky. The frosting I chose is too weak, I think, for this cake. It needed something richer. Perhaps a buttercream...
Vegan Chocolate Banana Cake:
2 cups unbleached organic all-purpose flour
1 1/3 cup of raw organic sugar
2/3 cup cocoa powder
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 cup olive oil
1 1/2 cups hot water
1 tsp organic vanilla extract (I try to avoid corn syrupy imitation stuff as much as possible, but sometimes you got to do what you got to do...)
1 cup mashed bananas - I modified here. I only had one banana which resulted in a half a cup of banana gunk. There's tons of left over white rice in my fridge so I pureed that up and used it to make up the other half cup. It worked out really well.
directions on baking it can be found here where I jacked the recipe from.
Frosting:
5 1/2 tbsp of softened butter (unsalted)
1 1/2 cups of powdered/confectioners sugar
3 tbsp organic vanilla soy milk - organic soy is safer
2 glops of molasses
Start with the sugar and the butter. Whip that up (I used an electric mixer) until it's blended and fluffy looking. Add the milk and molasses and whip some more. Done! Lather that cake up.
I baked the cake in a pretty little bunt pan and put the icing on thick at the top so it would drip down the crevices. It looks really nice :)
Modify this recipe to your liking if you want to use it. I'm all about experimenting with foods. I never do it if I'm going to a party or anything, I usually stick to a recipe or if I know something works and am comfortable with it. Because I was baking this cake mostly for myself I had some fun with modifications. Happy baking...
Theology of The Body
Video by Christopher West, a huge force in the Catholic world promoting learning about John Paul II's Theology of the Body.
Gossshhh
Working on my psychology assignment, graduation less than a month away, and all I want to do is read blogs and bake. I came to the library (and have only been here an hour) hoping that I'd feel a tad more productive surrounded by scholarly books and other college students roaming about on facebook.
I'm parked next to a window in a sad looking little cubicle watching the gray-scale sky eek by. A storm's a'brewin'. There's a delightful weeping willow tree swinging in the wind and some other tree whose name I don't know bobbing about in the wake of the storm front. It's bark looks so pretty.
My camera's broken or else I'd be sharing these times. I'm gona bake a cake when I get home :)
I'm parked next to a window in a sad looking little cubicle watching the gray-scale sky eek by. A storm's a'brewin'. There's a delightful weeping willow tree swinging in the wind and some other tree whose name I don't know bobbing about in the wake of the storm front. It's bark looks so pretty.
My camera's broken or else I'd be sharing these times. I'm gona bake a cake when I get home :)
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