About food: 1st morning.vacation, potato cakes studded with garlic and green onions

Fog, Winter solstice

In bloom

Starts and stops, course changes, directional abnormalities - don't organisms, if given the choice, grow on a path of least resistance? is the ability to constantly adjust in order to meet external demands innate? can it be learned? Is it taken in by osmosis, or by careful observation, or some of both? Good improvisational skills are earned through trial and error, and some folks are more adept at handling disappointment. Lots of disappointment in a life with lots of starts and stops, switchbacks, and course overhauls can lead either to giving in, bemoaning the gnarled path, or to taking, with both hands,  the blessing and the strength of a life led through well practiced improvisation, and blossom.

Spicy sweet potato bisque, chorizo over braised purple cabbage.

Sweets roasted with o.j. concentrate, turbinado, coconut oil, and grated ginger. Souped up with veggie broth, sauteed onion, pineapple, jalepeno, red chili, white wine vinegar, et al.. Oh me oh my what a way to create some light this dark late autumn night.

About food - muffins

More muffins; my easiest way to get a baked good for breakfast, or anytime. These made with rice flours, millet,quin,potato starch,xantham, etc.  +coconut milk so they're dairy free. A mixed variety of dried fruits stirred in, drizzled with honey.
They're soon headed out the door for a work holiday to-do.
Me too! Cheers