Split Pea Soup

I made a crock pot full of Split Pea Soup with ham and ham hocks. I let it simmer for about 20 hours on low. It turned out pretty good. The soup you see will go into the freezer for cold days in the future. The containers are from the deli when the kitchen was too hot to cook in. I am a mild hoarder. I try to get at least one or two uses out of everything before I have to toss an object out. Next, I will make a crock pot of bean soup for the freezer. I need to go back to the store and get a couple more ham hocks for flavoring. I already have some ham. The book is a book I have had for 25 years or more and is full of all kinds of useful information.

Last night I was able to watch the "local fireworks" from my back patio/porch. I think every young person and a few not so young, spent big bucks on pyroclastics. Before the week is out a lot of them will be going to the Salvation Army for meals and food. You can count on it because this is not a wealthy neighborhood and right around the corner is public housing.

There isn't much to write about here in the slow lane. I don't lead an exciting, eventful life. I did drive down by the river because I wanted to take some pictures. Even that was boring.

There is a good show coming up on the Discovery Channel. It is called AFTER DARK and is study of why we are afraid of the dark and the history of of man's fear of the dark. We don't really know what "dark" is anymore because in our society and culture there is usually some light somewhere. The whole of the North American Continent can be seen from outer space as the earth "lights up" at night. What would you do or how would you react if when the sun goes down the predators, man or beast, come out to play or seek a good meal? I guess most of us would crawl into a hole and pull it in over ourselves. Anyway, I will try to watch it.

Tomorrow, Tuesday, is Doctor Day. I will go in and get my prescriptions renewed. Good old Medicare in all their generosity, just now paid my Dr. for a visit in January. Will it get better now that our President has saved the world? Probably not. I'll bet Michelle even ties the shoes for the president in the morning and sends him on his appointed rounds of TV appearances and continual flying about and politicking. Give his his own set of wings, God, because he may be our next black Saint and be wearing a lovely golden halo. Oops, I forgot-he doesn't really care for Americans that cling to their religion and guns. My bad-no halo for a disbeliever. He may get his wings though and he will need them when he gets tossed out of the White House in the next Presidential election. GO YE FORTH AND DESECRATE the American Constitution, oh faithful son of Socialism. H! I'm a prophet-tess!