Beef stew Monday

 

I have never understood many things...

like daylight savings time and what time is it really?

My brain just can not adjust.

So these days when  the time does change I am a bit off.

I have been a bit off anyway so I am more than a bit off.

Yesterday we took a drive up to the north coast of Mass.

to visit new friends and their wonderful restaurant.

I only ever order fish and chips when I can have GF

and they have been making it GF since 1914.

So I was in good hands.

The company was even better than the food.

Standing in the kitchen of a 1800 home by the sea, beautifully maintained

that just felt so cozy and having someone pray over me was

a changing moment.

As  we chatted I was so interested in her amazing story

and how they live such a simple life yet fuller than most people

I know of. 

I have missed being with a mentor -

 someone who is before me in time with wisdom

to share...

Saying goodbyes were hard but it is a long drive back.

We are hoping for a visit  from them this winter

On the way home I just kept thinking of what she said to me.

I suppose I will be thinking of it for a long while.

I can't count the hours that I have spent in my old

kitchen listening to, visiting and caring for others.

Kitchens are the heart of the home.

It is where we all grew up by our mothers sides

some of us emulating her cooking or doing the ironing...

What important years in ones life.

But....

Do people even care about such things anymore?

Do integrity and values, wholesomeness and wisdom even matter anymore?

I sat in silence on the way back.

In my lifetime it has changed so much.

We honoured our elders and loved them deeply.

We protected our families as much as we could from 

a world bent upon breaking them.

Now it seems no one actually cares for family as much as 

they care for what is trending on TikTok .

We lost the golden thread to our history by allowing the

outside world to creep in , eroding morals.

Morals to me are the building blocks of humanity.

Anyhow...

That was my Sunday.

I just put up a huge crockpot of beef stew.

I sauté the meat in a skillet and transfer it to the pot with just an onion,

potatoes, carrots spices and bayleaf .

Simple.

Mondays I also do laundry, a bit of paperwork and boil up eggs for lunches.

I set the house right for the rest of the week.

But that is also done each night before bed- most nights anyway.

I have spoken about this, putting your kitchen to bed and I do believe

that it makes a huge difference in ones day.

***

God has been working on my heart lately, placing just the right

people in my path to help me onward.

I pray that you all have a good week.

Blessings,

Raven

xoxo