There is sadness or hardship around many of the days in winter I imagine for most people, especially in cold weather towns. I'm not sure how others feel but also getting older wouldn't be so bad if you didn't look so haggard, feel like crap half the time and more people you loved hadn't passed. Today was another death anniversary, my father's. These days are inevitable but come with loads of emotion. This morning I watched videos and remembered my dad's giant sense of humor and big love of food. On these sad occasion days, one must work at not filling up with self deprecating thoughts instead of simply honoring the deceased.
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Make your own chips and salsa but when you can't, these brands are second best |
I thought a Taco Salad for lunch could be made more memorable by adding roasted grape tomatoes and chick peas. I put tons of cilantro into the lettuce mix, sweet onions, black beans, cheddar cheese and chips. I used a great salsa for the dressing and I think my dad would have said,
That's all you're making?!? and most likely hated it. There in lies the humor.
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Using salsa as dressing is so much better than you'd imagine. |
Food wise it was hard to impress my folks but to their credit, they were such great cooks both of them, like presenting a song to Paul and John.
Everything feels related to the Beatles in one way or another since watching Get Back, the Peter Jackson documentary. It's comforting to obsess on subjects in order to work through tough times in your life. So I continued the trend by watching one of my favorite movies, I Am Sam which features accurate witty insightful Fab Four related gems by Annie, played by Dianne Wiest, an awesome Beatles covers soundtrack as well as being filled with tear-jerking zingers. It was 65 degrees in February today but I felt more comfortable in a dark room being still and getting my feels out.
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Annie is relatable in that she is comfortable giving advice from her home but struggles with leaving it. This movie is a must for Beatles fans. During this period, P handmade a frame and Ringo was erected in order to recall the calm Tao of Pooh vibes that he emitted in the footage above all 4. |