Mellow

Again, of course, the choppy waves and red tornado clouds have passed.  I'm tired...no longer rocked with stormy, sad emotion.

Enjoying the sunlight slanting warmth onto my fingers as I type.

Enjoying my lovely blue cast iron dutch oven full of chili on the stove.  The chain of events: chopping, sauteing and adding onion, garlic, carrots, green-purple peppers (all from the farm) to ground turkey well-seasoned with salt, freshly ground black pepper, cumin and chili powder and then stirring in a can of black beans and a can of kidney beans and then pouring in two big cans of crushed tomatoes (one organic, one local)...aromatic, meditative, therapeutic.  Slow cooking the chili for the next few hours and then letting it season overnight for common meal tomorrow.

Enjoying listening to the silence and din of the kids with O.  Deep play with great friends usually involves both.

Enjoying the book I started this morning during DEAR (Drop Everything And Read): The Hunger Games.

Enjoying this picture.  The kids and I washed the kitchen floor today.