St Patrick's day

515 am.  It is nice to have woken upwithout something immediate hanging over my head.  The next deadline is 4/15; an important, but unlikely program although i have been working hardest towards it.  I have another dozen likely that will come up.

My runway has been extended for quite a while on this project; my monthy expenses are going to go down; but i still have a lot to deal with and this is shifting things around and not eliminating them.

I spent another 15 dollars on a radio that operates with solar or a crank and whcih can charge a cellphone.    Watching the weather in new orleans.  One can imagine the conditions that would make the radio useful.  I have around 30.00 in this stuf, not exactly an insane amount, but i am likely insane anyway.  It will rain tomorrow.

The snow is melting everywhere.

The war goes on, making absurd purchases a little less absurd.  The lines of cars evacuating, the touching stories of displaced children being welcome into schools, the sad comparison with the african refuges, the guns on the street (it looks like texas) the horror stories as european cities, with their american looks, are reduced to smouldering ruins.  Eratic threats and a proxy war, a youtube channel that covers everything 24:7.

So if i have rice, beans and the type of radio that might make sense for hurricanes, how weird is that.  I wonder what effect this would have on us, i would very much like to go somewhere and ignore this; but then there is our science and more to do yet.

 Have I mentioned the gulf by jack Davis?  It's not a fast read but it is brimming with trivia and history of the gulf and reeks of the happiness we don't have apart. 

I wish I could wax on about my concerns with the other book in reading. I want to use some of my free time to finish one of the books or start on another. 

Where are you?

Am I too late to be posting a recipe for tomorrow, St. Patrick’s Day? 🍀

Corned Beef and Cabbage Soup - 4 servings

Ingredients:

1/4 cup diced onion

2 cloves garlic

2 stalks celery diced

1.25 lb. lean corned beef brisket (rinsing the brisket first will remove some of the sodium, but it is still fairly high and should be used only occasionally)

2 cups water

2 - 14.5 oz cans low sodium chicken or beef broth

1 bay leaf

1/4 cup chopped parsley

1 small head cabbage, cored and cut into 1 inch wedges

1 large turnip, peeled and cubed

1/4 tsp ground black pepper

Directions:

1. Add all ingredients to slow cooker, and toss to combine. Cover and cook on low for 7-8 hrs or on high for 3-4 hours, or until beef is tender and shreds easily.

2. Remove the corned beef from the slow cooker, place onto a cutting board and shred into bite-sized pieces with a fork. Return beef to the slow cooker and stir to combine. Remove bay leaf and serve warm.

Counts as 1 lean, 3 green, and condiments