Today was the first day of spring and and the last day of my birthday.
My birthday often goes on for several days. Friends remember a St. Patrick's Day birthday and that means cards that begin arriving a week early and go on for a few days afterward. Today, I think I got the last cards, from New Zealand and France. The parties began on Saturday and ended today with lunch with Susan and Bob Manzke.
Susan made beef stew, using a package of stir fry for vegetables. I never would have thought of that combination. It was delicious as was the cornbread.We chatted about current events and past events.Today is the tenth anniversary of the day I got fired for writing a newspaper column about the Iraq war and my attendance at an anti-war rally. I refused to back down. These many years later I have been proved right but at what cost? How many lives were lost because of the stupid decision to go to that war?
Susan agreed to proof my next book, which should be done in about a week. We watched the bird feeders through the kitchen window. Susan reported seeing a red breasted nuthatch, common in the north woods but rare around here. Then a red bellied woodpecker made his appearance. I used to get one here but hadn't seen one for years. What a handsome fellow.
I ate hardy, polished the meal off with a coffee cake muffin and then thought "Oh no!".
I want to lose twenty pounds by June and started the process on Sunday. I'd already lost three pounds before I ate that meal. When I got home I checked a calorie counter and realized I ate over a thousand calories in that one meal. I would have to exercise it off. I put my winter jacket on and headed out to the cold, cold, cold beginning of spring. In fact, there was no wind. With no wind, no wind chill. Bundled up I was able to walk for an hour and a half. I had a salad for supper. I hope that does the trick.
Tomorrow the temperatures begin to climb and in another week we'll be walking around in our spring clothes.
My birthday often goes on for several days. Friends remember a St. Patrick's Day birthday and that means cards that begin arriving a week early and go on for a few days afterward. Today, I think I got the last cards, from New Zealand and France. The parties began on Saturday and ended today with lunch with Susan and Bob Manzke.
Susan made beef stew, using a package of stir fry for vegetables. I never would have thought of that combination. It was delicious as was the cornbread.We chatted about current events and past events.Today is the tenth anniversary of the day I got fired for writing a newspaper column about the Iraq war and my attendance at an anti-war rally. I refused to back down. These many years later I have been proved right but at what cost? How many lives were lost because of the stupid decision to go to that war?
Susan agreed to proof my next book, which should be done in about a week. We watched the bird feeders through the kitchen window. Susan reported seeing a red breasted nuthatch, common in the north woods but rare around here. Then a red bellied woodpecker made his appearance. I used to get one here but hadn't seen one for years. What a handsome fellow.
I ate hardy, polished the meal off with a coffee cake muffin and then thought "Oh no!".
I want to lose twenty pounds by June and started the process on Sunday. I'd already lost three pounds before I ate that meal. When I got home I checked a calorie counter and realized I ate over a thousand calories in that one meal. I would have to exercise it off. I put my winter jacket on and headed out to the cold, cold, cold beginning of spring. In fact, there was no wind. With no wind, no wind chill. Bundled up I was able to walk for an hour and a half. I had a salad for supper. I hope that does the trick.
Tomorrow the temperatures begin to climb and in another week we'll be walking around in our spring clothes.
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