Dream World

 

Photo courtesy of morguefiles

The racing brain came to a grinding halt

at the edge of consciousness,

jostling the passengers inside.

Riders recomposed, shaking off a reverie

Collecting their belongings,

each one disembarked at the junction

between reality and dream,

marching off to their offices of creation

to begin the nightly tasks of fantasy.

 

 

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Easier Navigation

There has been increasing interest in my cancer posts from several folks. To make navigation easier, I have subcategorized the archives of these posts in the order in which I originally posted them. They can be found under the categories to the right.

Picture Gallery- Tamales from Start to Finish

I spent the day making traditional Mexican tamales. It took four hours of preparation and 2 hours of cooking. I now have delicious tamales to eat.

Yum!

Soak the corn husks and clean them

Soak the chilies and clean them

Tomatoes, onion, garlic, and chilies for salsa

Puree chilies for salsa

Add chilies to tomatoes

Add onion and garlic

Finished salsa

Add salsa to meat and add seasonings

Meat is ready

Ready for assembly

Fill the leaves with masa then meat

Roll the corn husk around the tamal

Assembled tamales, ready to cook

Put the molcajete in bottom of pot upside down

Add about an inch of water to pot, and cover the water with corn husks

Place tamales on molcajete, open side up. Don’t let them touch the water

Cover tamales completely with corn husks

Seal the tamales with linen

Steam for and hour and a half or so

Open and check and when done let rest for 30 minutes

Tamal is ready

Enjoy!

Great Marketing

I saw this at a hockey game and just had to take a picture.

What great marketing!

Poet of 2010 Award

Check it out. I received the Poet of the Year Award for 2010. Congratulations to the other winners and runners-up. Thanks to all of you who voted for me. I feel really privileged. The recognition is nice. A special thanks as well to Jingle, who devotes hours of her time coordinating the Poets Rally and tallying votes. Jingle, you do a great job.

My prize: a gorgeous virtual car!