bayreuth hush

i'm experiencing a new addiction to mache. it's a simple little green with mild nutty flavor and i think the chief reason why i like it is because it comes in a box and looks like lamb's ears. soft little nutty lamb's ears! in desperation for a crunchy addition to my salad i poured some oat flake cereal on top. results are fairly boring- oaty cereal lost it's crunch, or maybe wasn't crunchy in the first place, being that it's au naturale. in fact, it's getting pretty goopy as it mixes with my salad dressing and...... ew.

we saw the ground today for the first time only to be told that another winter storm is on its way tomorrow. yay. strange time to be learning the ropes of grocery store produce ordering- blizzard, christmas, post-christmas fasting, preperation for another maybe blizzard- when will i ever understand the shopping habits of the average elder hippie? and why does everyone want to eat green beans on christmas? we at least had food on our shelves, which is more i can say for the supermarkets. this begs the question: where do they get their food from that they still don't have basic food stuffs on their shelves one week after the snow storm?? i imagine some giant safeway warehouse in nebraska where all canned, fresh, frozen and bagged products are magically conjured from within to be loaded on a truck and distributed around the country once a week- whereas at natural food stores there is an emphasis on getting local, or at least regional food from smaller vendors. so we get it more frequently because it's sorta local? i don't know how else to explain the lack of potatoes at safeway. apparently the magic food warehouse is what most people imagine, though- people looked at me increduously when i told them the green bean truck didn't make it, even though there was a foot of snow on the ground and any normal person should know goddamn well that green beans don't grow in WINTER unless you're in california, and therefore they must be driven here and...... can't drive in the snow!! mountain passes, people! anyway. at least christmas is over and i don't have to listen to the most wonderful time of the year anymore.

christmas in denver was accented by casino royale, tamales, and sake. let it be known that, although i can't envision your average mexican and japanese fellow being boon companions, their food and drink go together remarkably well. and that new james bond is righteous.

marley has a serious case of the waggy friskey tail.