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Dear Reader,
Introduction
I hope you’ve had a good week. Mine was busy. Work was mostly back-to-back meetings, and I’ve been cleaning at home a lot.
I’m taking leave from work for the next two weeks. I may not post next weekend. I’ve got a lot happening, so stay tuned if you’re interested.
I’ll be spending time with Kathleen, so it’s going to be wonderful.
How is the foot?
What’s happened this week?
Apart from some paraesthesia and stiffness, the foot and ankle are okay. I’ve been doing some walking, and I feel that my foot, ankle, and knee will improve as I continue to walk.
Over the next two weeks, I’ll be on my feet a lot, so I’m hoping all goes well with the foot (as well as the knee).
What have I been watching?
Masters of the Air
Masters of the Air is an Apple Original show about the crews flying the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress platform in World War II. The miniseries is based on the 2007 book by Donald L. Miller and follows the actions of the 100th Bomb Group, a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber unit in the Eighth Air Force in eastern England during World War II.
What have I been listening to?
Change your diet, change your mind.
I’ve started to get into this book by Georgia Ede. I like how she explains psychiatry in the context of neurology. The author can explain the anatomy and physiology of the brain and then speculate on its relationship with psychiatric disease. (Ede, 2024)
The book emphasises how what we eat affects our mental health and wellbeing. This book connects naturally with other books I’ve been reading about human nutrition and metabolic health.
The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis, narrated by Ralph Cosham
“The Screwtape Letters” by C.S. Lewis is a satirical novel written as letters from a senior demon, Screwtape, to his nephew Wormwood, a junior tempter. Their goal is to lead a recent Christian convert, the “Patient,” away from faith and toward damnation.
Through Screwtape’s advice, Lewis explores how demons exploit human weaknesses like pride, vanity, and anger. The “letters” offer a perspective on faith and the subtle ways temptations can lead us astray. (Lewis, 2009)
Recipe — or not
In preparation for two weeks away, I’m eating out my refrigerator, so I don’t have a recipe to share today.
My meals have been the routine meals I mentioned last week, namely, eggs, butter, minced beef, and steak.
Photographs
Final thoughts
- Do you eat everything in your refrigerator when you prepare to go away?
- Do you have a fascination for the tools used for war?
- Have you read “The Screwtape Letters”? What did you think?
Disclaimer and comments
This post and other posts on this blog are not medical or health advice. I’m sharing my personal experiences from my lived experience. My opinions remain mine.
For health advice, see your regular medical practitioner. For diet advice, consult with appropriately registered professionals.
References
Ede, G. (2024). Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind: A Food-First Plan to Optimize Your Mental Health. Hodder & Stoughton.
Lewis, C. S. (2009). Screwtape letters. Turtleback Books.
It’s great your ankle and leg are healing nicely and have a wonderful Autumn holiday from work. I try not to buy too much before going away and give any fresh vegetables to my Mother before leaving so there’s no crisper surprise on return to the kitchen.
Oh, yes, crisper surprises aren’t fun, especially if there are large moulds involved 😆
Have a good break, stay safe brother. Eat good. 🙂
Hi Brother,
Thanks, I will eat well.
You appear well. Less single. More yummy. I look forward to your future writings.
Thank you
that salmon looks so delicious Gary. hope you are feeling better soon. Have a good break.
Hi Sherry,
Thank you very much. I am sure I will enjoy the break from work.
As long as you aren’t going on a skiing holiday you will be okay Gary. A good way to minimise fridge food guilt is to eat what you feel like on the run up to the holiday. When you come back fling the old mouldering food in the fridge in the bin.
Hi Katharine,
Thanks. That’s what I’ve been doing. Now that I’m eating more meat and less fruit and vegetables, I don’t have much that can spoil. Today will see me through the last of the beef in the refrigerator and then I’ll be right I think.
Ha, no skiing for me, not even water skiing. 😊
Have a great time…I’m trying hard to guess…..
Hi Alice,
All will be revealed…eventually. 😊
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Well, I do hope you are strong enough by this stage to have two successful weeks away hopefully working at things you enjoy! All the best. big smile food-wise will only say it is good to see a few days of fish cookery! (Not that this is of any importance whatsoever but meat-eater tho’ I am don’t think I have wanted or eaten a steak for 2-3 years – too much exciting else !!!) Your Qs – I have not been away from home long enough for a while to empty the fridge. The freezer usually remains on and a multitude of sauces et al which almost do not needva fridge + many pickles e tal remain with the power on. Having been thru’five years of war on s similar level as what the poor people in Gaza are experiencing I know a fair amount about what s used but would never do extra reading! No osane person who has been thru’ daily hell would. And I read A LOT . . . but it is politics,current affairs, finance, history, psychology and natural medicine and biographies and auto-biographies by the truckload ! have a productive time!!!
Hi Eha,
The best thing about the next two weeks is that I’ll be spending time with Kathleen. That’s the important thing.
Whatever my shortcomings I do not lie, so – I did guess and privately I am guessing a few more matters! Am glad for you you are getting your life into a pattern which will suit you . . . best!
Enjoy your break from work.
Thank you very much. I know I’ll enjoy it enormously.