Spring has arrived. We are still experiencing cool nights AND days.
I understand that Mr. Putin is closing the gas pipeline, altogether for a while. This has implications for food production, world-wide. I am expecting prices of food and fertilizer to increase. So, after a bad year in the garden, I am cranking up the veggie patch just to spite Vlad. I am planting corn and cucumber, lettuce and kale. I am thinking about potatoes.
Speaking of food. Strawberries are at their peak. I drive past miles and miles of strawberry farms on the way to Brisbane.
I am reading "Exercised" by Daniel Lieberman. He is an anthropologist, as well as an exercise physiologist professor at Harvard. He explains our predisposition to inactivity - don't call it laziness. Humanity has always conserved as much energy as possible. So we are programmed to sit down. He sets out the benefits of exercise in evolutionary terms.
For example, he says exercise has an anti-inflammatory effect on the body. So exercise helps to ease the inflammation of modern stress. I like it.
I am cooking "flavour bomb" vegetable dishes. I like Yotam Ottelenghi's Cauliflower in Chilli Butter. Wowie! I am freezing cooked pumpkin. I will turn it into pumpkin pie, ultimately.
I am enjoying "My Brilliant Friend" on TV - A famous Italian novel by Elena Ferrente - it is on SBS
This would be a great time to join our choir. We are turning the page and starting a new programme for Christmas, as well, we are learning the Messiah, for a very exciting production.
We are going camping in Stanthorpe. Hopefully, we will have the opportunity to have some cheerul walks in nature. Wish me luck.
I love exercising together with class members. I have lots of new songs, which are fun. I try them out with the grandchildren.
Tuesday Class - Sandgate Town Hall, 10.00am
Monday 8.30am on line
Wednesday 9.00am on line.
Just email me for details. It is so much fun,
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