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Tabbouleh Salad With Lemon Juice

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800px-Flickr_-_cyclonebill_-_Tabbouleh.jpgIngredients

  • 1/2 cup bulgur, fine cracked wheat
  • juice of 4-5 lemons
  • 3 bunches fresh parsley, finely chopped
  • handful fresh mint, finely sliced (not necessary)
  • 3 medium tomatoes, diced
  • 6 green onions, thinly sliced (include green stems)
  • 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • salt (to taste)
  • romaine leaves, for serving

Directions

1- Soak bulgur in 1 cup of warm water. It will soften and expand.
2- Mix all cut up vegetables and place in bowl.
3- To add bulgur, take handfuls and squeeze out all the water. Then add to mixture.
4- Toss all and serve over romaine.

Ideas: Add to sandwiches, to falafel or as a side dish.
Bulgur is very versatile and excellent to use. It comes in many grain levels from fine to coarse. It is used as a filler, in stuffing chicken instead of bread or rice. It gives a smoky wonderful taste. It can also be made instead of rice as a side dish.

Imajica by Clive Barker

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This isn’t a casual read. It represents a considerable investment in time and effort. Many characters, settings, plot lines and underlying principles to keep straight…. Yet, it is worth the investment of yourself. Even the language is of its own as you need to learn new lingo, so to speak to get the gist of the tale.

Like so many of Barker’s other novels, there is a hidden world behind the our natural world. Barker is such a master at interweaving mundane, and profane, details into the greater fabric of his realities that you find yourself totally drawn in. You find yourself immersed in the hidden reality of this magical tale.

Five worlds, five dimensions or Dominions make up this world. These make up the whole of Imajica. Two hundred years before, there was an attempt to reconcile our world called the fifth Dominion with the other four. This ended in a metaphysical catastrophe so great that almost all of the Dominions great theurgists, shamans, and theologians were killed. The result was that almost all magical knowledge passed from our world and for two centuries science and materialism held us in their disastrous clutches.

You get the picture. An amazing book to sink your teeth into with well written syntax and amazing story line.

Enjoy!

*****

Boogie Board Surfing is Not For Women my Size

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Not Me! Look at him go!

So I decided to go boarding in the beautiful oceans of Hawaii. I mean after all, this is gorgeous! The water is bathtub warm, the sun was shining and the weather was a balmy wonderful 85 degrees.

I took my rented for a dollar an hour, yellow body board and with courage and determination went into the surf. Others were all around me on boards too. They stood up on them, they rode the waves, they tumbled on purpose and started over. What’s the big deal huh? I can do this.

Placing the board before me, I attempted to climb on but slid off like I was rubbed down with oil and soap. I looked around me to learn. They get on the board and paddle their hands, no biggie, right? Wrong! I kept falling off the stupid slick thing into the glorious aqua waters.

I drank some salt water, but hey, intrepid me could not give up. I put the board before me to climb the wave and lo and behold the wave turned and the board clapped me right in my protruding schnoz. Yep, I got hit in the nose. I saw stars for a few seconds but decided that if those people could do it, so can I.

I played in the water for another fifteen minutes battling the foamy brine until my upper arms and neck felt like burning steel. Deciding to get back to shore, I dragged my yellow board which by the way was tied to my wrist, blasted thing I could not even lose it.

As I sat out on the beach under the shade, I looked around me realizing that those little bastards, (they were all little children under twelve) must have some secret to their lithe acrobatics. Though it seems easy, trust me when I tell you, I got the beating of my life in those beautiful waters. I think I will leave the surfing and boarding for the little ones. They seem to have a good handle on things.

As for my poor nose, I had a hard time breathing for two nights and I looked like someone’s nightmare in the mornings, all puffy and eyes closed. I am recovering and not likely to get out there with a board any time soon.

Notting Hill Still Rocks My Boat!

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This is the second movie for Julia Roberts this month. I am featuring her all month on the blog.

An old one but a good one is Notting Hill. If you still love romance, if you want to see romance and need to experience love at a safe distance, this is a wonderful movie. A famous actress, Roberts, meets a book shopkeeper Hugh Grant in Notting Hill and they fall in love.

Call me a sentimentalist! I do not care but this is one of my favorite movies. It stays in the Women’s Romance pack in my home. I loved it from beginning to end.

Phone the girls, make some popcorn, get some candy and watch the love story unfold. Love it.

***** Yep, five stars baby and I own the DVD.

Intercession is Selfless Prayer to God’s Heart

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_MG_7322.jpgWhen God leaves you in the dark never give up hope. Being in the dark is God’s way of strengthening your relationship with Him. He will not feed you bull but He will keep you safe and you need to stay worry free.

When God is silent and you feel you are in the dank spaces of the soul, remember your first love, remember the times you listened and obeyed. Also remember His love for you and what He accomplished in you over the years.

When God stops communicating, start interceding. Nothing soothes the irritated soul than an unselfish prayer for someone else. This is the safe territory where Satan can never impose or attack. It is pure selfless prayer. It results in moving hearts and minds.

When in the dark, pray for someone else.