Tuesday, September 6, 2022

This Little Piggy Went To Market


I knew I had to go to town today. The grocery list was threatening to need continuing on the other side of the page and I was starting to worry about finding the seeds I need and want. A friend had posted on FB that she was having a hard time finding the seeds for her fall and winter garden and there have been years when I've had to go to several places before I could get everything I needed and if that was going to be the case, best to get on it. 
But oh, it was so hard to get motivated. The rather hopeless feelings from yesterday persisted today, although not as badly, and the idea of going to town was painful. I put it off as long as possible but finally I got dressed and drove the road to Tallahassee. I had to get my hormones and so I stopped at that pharmacy first. Then I went to a local nursery called Native Nurseries and found all of the seeds you see above which are the ones I wanted. I've never thought about growing artichokes before but why not try it? Remember the year I tried celery? 
Well, it was a good effort, anyway. 

I had a few more stops to make and then I took myself to lunch and sat and ate my chicken salad sandwich which really wasn't very good but at least I hadn't made it and sometimes that's really all you want. It's funny that I don't mind eating in a restaurant by myself in the least. Not for lunch, anyway. Dinner might be different. 

Mr. Moon had expressed a yearning for boiled shrimp so I went to a seafood market where I got two pounds of the creatures and I will boil them for our supper. I feel truly and utterly out of ideas for meals at the moment and for him to express a desire for any sort of specific food is a gift. 

And then to Publix and of COURSE I forgot to take my list with me so I asked my husband to please take a picture of it and send it to me which he did. Anxiety brain? Senior moment? Alzheimer's? Dementia? 
Whatever. I am so very grateful for the technology to be able to easily get a copy into my hands when I need it. 

I swear I got the very first feeling of a hint of a possibility of a whisper of fall today. It's been in the nineties, but there's that...something. Shifting of the light, perhaps. Something every bit as subtle as the air shifting around a blooming hurricane lily. A very delicate indication that a change is going to come. 

Something that hasn't changed is the now all-too familiar despair  and disgust I feel as DJT once again appears to be flying free from a situation in which anyone else in the world would have been arrested and fitted for an orange jump suit. Is he so slimy that nothing can stick? Is his particular slime some sort of demon snot which protects him no matter the circumstances? 
THIS MAN IS GOING TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT AGAIN! And I have no faith that he won't be elected.

Here in the south we love our okra which has its own share of slime but we know how to deal with it. 
WE FRY THAT SHIT!

Not that I'm suggesting anything. 

Still, worth a thought. 

Love...Ms. Moon


30 comments:

  1. I'm clinging to the forthcoming criminal charges, Fed and in Georgia. The special master situation doesn't change that.

    Fall might be getting here too. Nice cool nights.

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    1. You know, it's seemed like he'd surely be in jail or at least in a long trial by now but no, not yet. It's just so depressing.
      Our nights are in the seventies which isn't bad but still not what I'd call fall weather.

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  2. Never could develop a taste for okra — fried or otherwise.

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    1. I like it fried and I like it cooked with onions and tomatoes but it's a personal thing.

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  3. The light has changed here too, the shadows are longer and the sunshine is just different when the sun moves south again. I've been making tomato sauce and even baked a pound cake the other day. It was the first cool day that we'd had since June.

    I get tired of coming up with ideas of what to make too. Fuck me.

    As for the piece of orange shit, may he one day wear an overall that matches his makeup.

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    1. Truly, deciding what to cook is the hardest part of the whole meal preparation thing.
      Can you imagine the Donald in jail? Getting jail haircuts by jail barbers? Oh my god. He'd be in such trouble.

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  4. In light of the Thwaites Glacier and it's advanced melt, the orange butt plug does not even garner my slightest attention. He is just another dick on the pile. Your anxiety is likely the glacier speaking to you...Make your winter garden and do not worry , there is nothing that worry can do , if it could mother's would have saved the world by now...

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    1. "...if it could, mothers would have saved the world by now." Truer words were never said, Linda Sue.

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  5. I love the pic of your house. I love architecture and your home ticks all the boxes. Is that referred as a southern farmhouse style? Being in Florida, I assume you don't have a basement. Never heard of that in Florida. I love fried okra. Love grits, too. I must have been a southern gent in another life. My mom was German, so I had cabbage in every form known to mankind. Linda Sue summed up the Donald situation pretty well. Enjoy your beautiful home...and some fried okra....throw a martini in for good measure!
    Paranormal John

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    1. I'm not exactly sure what style my house is exactly. It's a built-on-for-generations style by now. It's sort of and sort of not a Florida cracker house, I guess. I don't think there was ever a farm here so maybe not a farmhouse.
      There are Florida houses with basements. We've owned two. Not really a good idea- they both flooded at times.
      Okra and grits are both good food although I've heard folks from up north complain that grits are no good for anything but hog feed. I do beg to differ. In the right hands they are gourmet.

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  6. Sometimes the shift in seasons can cause a shift in mood. Add the awful news worldwide and I think a lot of us are in the same boat. At least down here things are warming up (although that brings a different level of angst). I will watch your artichoke experiment with interest.
    I have no problems eating out on my own. Sometimes it is good to enjoy your own company and let someone else prepare the food.

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    1. The changing seasons absolutely can cause mood changes. I have noticed this over the years. And perhaps that is what's going on with me.
      I enjoy eating by myself and I also enjoy going to a movie by myself. Not that I've done it in years...

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  7. I quite like the idea of the orange one getting fried. I need to re-read the article in my newspaper, I thought someone was just looking into something, not getting him off the hook. Now I'm wondering who he paid off and how much.
    I have seeds to plant this year, only carrots and beans and I'm going to plant a potato and see if I can grow a bucketful.

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    1. Oh, I don't think this judge's decision is going to get him off the hook, I just think his privilege is working for him again. It will certainly slow things down. DAMMIT!
      I never grew carrots until a few years ago and now they are one of my favorite crops.

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  8. Linda Sue has a good philosophy but it doesn't stop something in the pit of your stomach turning over when you read or hear about the immunity of (or disregard by) some to the ways by which a civil society regulates itself...and somehow they get to be our decisionmakers. Maybe if money had less power over us, people with money wouldn't be heroes and celebrities. We vant wait to see the progress in your garden.

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    1. Can we even call what we live in a "civil society" any more? Ugh. It's all a mess and yes, it does affect us. Money may not be the root of all evil but it sure is the root of some of it. And if you have enough, you don't have to pay for the evil. That is what sucks.

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  9. I too cherish any small help with coming up with dinner ideas. I don't mind the prep work and making the meal, but, dang, if I'm fresh out of ideas on what to make each night.

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    1. Exactly! My husband usually has two go-to's when I ask what he'd like for supper. Clam spaghetti or chili. And those are fine but he needs to branch out. He's spoiled because he doesn't have to decide. He just sits down to something pretty delicious every night. But he knows it.

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  10. I feel very fatalistic about the whole Trump thing. I mean, at this point, if enough voters are willing to elect that man after all we've experienced under his "leadership" then what can we do? We cannot control the cluelessness of our fellow citizens. I think at some point we just have to live our lives, support our causes, protest in the ways we can and hope for the best.

    I'm glad you were able to get all your seeds in one place! That makes it easy, doesn't it?!

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    1. "Fatalistic". That is the word. You said some wise things there, Steve. But the question is- do I want to live in a country where people are this ignorant and clueless? Things are just getting worse and worse after Trump cleared the path with his malevolent machete. People like Ron DeSantis are following after him, carrying huge loads of crap to dump on us. I despair.

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  11. Ms. Moon, it is a comfort to me to see that things ARE changing. Slowly, but surely. I'm worried about the Shapiro/Mastriano race here in PA. Mastriano was at the January 6th riots. He plans to remove all Pennsylvanians from the voter rolls. We will all begin the process once again to register to be able to vote. He tells us that he can decertify any election results he finds questionable. He also will push to investigate the 2020 election. The thought of how much money is being spent to fight DJT, and to investigate, and to question things that have been questioned repeatedly and investigated repeatedly makes me sick. There is so much that our people need. To be caught in this expensive legal finangling on and on into eternity is such a waste. The good news is that Mastriano is trailing Shapiro in the polls. The good news is that Dr. Oz is being soundly trounced by John Fetterman. All we can do is speak our truth and hope that enough people are hearing that we can survive these days.

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    1. The fact that a man like Mastriano can even legitimately be a candidate with his history and plans is evidence to me that things are getting worse. Maybe I'm wrong. Hopefully, he won't be elected. And Dr. Oz? What a charlatan! But yes, hopefully people will come to their senses.

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  12. I forgot to tell you how much I like the new header photo.

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    1. Thank you! The picture of the chickens was making me so sad.

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  13. I too like your new header photo. Regarding Dump, yes he's slippery, but I have hope that the classified information issue may be the one that gets him. That judge has slowed the process down, but he has taken some seriously top secret information that he has NO right to possess, it's going to take time but the walls are closing in.

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    1. And WHY must it take so long? Not only the documents he did have in his possession but those empty files? What? Are you kidding me? Why wasn't he arrested the day they found them?

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  14. That is a wonderful photo of your home. It looks so inviting!
    I am holding my breath until the November elections. I want to hope for the best but I am afraid to get my hopes up.
    As for the former prez - I think he will be found guilty and I wish it was sooner but will settle for later as long as it is done!

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    1. My house is indeed a comfortable one. And generously graceful in its way. Thank you.
      Will Trump be prevented from running again by legal issues? God, I hope so. But again, I don't really have a lot of confidence in that prospect.

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  15. DJT sounds like a worrying medical condition like Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT). As others have said, I like your new header photo and it is understandable why you decided that the old header photo needed to go. You are so lucky to live in such a lovely old house.

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    1. DJT Syndrome is a medical condition. At least for me.
      I'm glad you like the new header. The old one was just making me too sad. I AM so lucky to live in this house.

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