A variety of happenings

Today I went into Borders, the bookstore that is closing. I have to admit that it was pretty bleak looking,seeing all those empty shelves. I am a lover of books and so for me there is something forlorn about seeing a bookstore emptying out. A part of me knows that all those books are going to new places.. perhaps to someones bookshelf. That is the optimistic me.. the other me thinks that someone is buying them only to turn around and sell them at extremely high prices to people who do not know any better. Either way one more bookstore is gone. Yet I will still love the feeling of going into a bookstore(little sad that my options are decreasing) and looking at all the bright new books. I love that feeling and I think I could spend hours just looking at interesting books or sitting observing the happenings around me. It may be that the internet will replace bookstores if that should happen I will be very sad. There is just something neat about looking at books in a bookstore. I feel like I get to know the books there and it is nice to be able to just sit around and read or sit at a table and browse the internet. For me it is the atmosphere and it really gets my creative juices active. 

 

While looking through the slim supply of books at Borders I opened one that was some kind index of dreams. I thought hmm I wonder what it has to say about the image I had in my dream. You see I had this really odd dream(well all my dreams are strange) but I remember that there were crows in it. It said something about how it could represent my darker side or could symbolize escape and tenacity. I found it amusing at the least. You see I actually turned into a crow to help save my friends and family and gathered a whole bunch of other crows  to help in the fight. The dream book was not forthcoming with an answer. Here is my answer. I am often awakened by 5 or more crows. In Star Trek: The Next Generation there is an episode in which Data dreams he dreams of  crow/raven and he becomes the bird. A book I have read before and recently listened to on CD(called The Pyrdain chronicles) has a crow by the name of Caw, he gathers other crows together to help defend friends.  My conclusion is that the recent infusion of crow type stuff allowed me to use a crow in my dream.There is really only one good interpreter of my dreams and that is me. I still plan on making books out of some of my dreams due to their deep creative nature and potential.  

Tomorrow I get to sing in the choir for Stake Conference. I am pretty excited about this despite feeling a little unprepared.  I have been taking the advice of the choir director and taking time to know  the words and understand them. It is amazing how powerful the message is in the two songs we are going to sing. I just hope that the message can be conveyed as we sing. 

Tasty summer soup

Today I enjoyed a favorite recipe of mine http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Zucchini-Cucumber-Soup-235460. I did modify it extensively. I find it to be rather bland when the recipe is followed exactly. I did not measure the ingredients either but I reached what I considered a good balance between the two main vegetables. I did add about the same amount of onion they suggested.  I blended those together with a little bit of fresh New Mexican green chili but still it was not spicy how I liked. So I added  some red pepper flakes and a little bit of  Red pepper powder. I also added two cloves fresh crushed garlic. I did not add as much vinegar as they call for at all but just enough to give it a slight tang. Then I added black pepper and salt but still it did not seem right so I added more Coriander powder(ended up being double the amount they call for). I did not have any creme frache so I just added some Darigold sour cream. http://consumer.darigold.com/All-Natural-Sour-Cream.html. I put the link because it is a certain variety and other varieties will not work if you wish to attempt this tasty summer soup. Greek style yogurt can also work or anything dairy with a mild flavor.  

All I can say is that this soup turned out amazing. It had a nice spice to it and is just perfect for a summer day. 

So if you have an abundance of Zucchinis and Cucumbers in your garden I would try this out(granted you like the two at all). A nice advantage to this soup is it is not cooked and just takes a blender to prepare.  A good night to you and good eats. 

Greetings once more

I decided to make another attempt to write in this blog.  I will keep this one so long as Google does not drive me crazy. If they continue to do updates and changes that make it near impossible to get into my blog I may have to change.

My hope is that through future entries you might learn a little more about me and perhaps be entertained.  My entries prior to this have had less to do with everyday life and more to do with the strange things that enter my head while I am dreaming. As interesting as it might be to post about my dreams everyday..it might also be a bit disturbing since what people dream about is often...well bordering on neurotic. I would much rather save my strange dream sequences for novels or short stories.. since they fit better there.
I am hoping that as I get back into writing my posts shall improve. For the meantime you might have to tolerate slightly less grammatically polished posts.