800 books i think, on my shelves at home. most of which are books books, but some, 140 i think, are cookbooks. and of those, i really don’t use any, maybe 3 or 4. don’t ask me, i don’t know… LOL.

at any rate, i have decided, once i get back home, to start reading my collection, one shelf at a time, starting, i think, with ‘the idiot’ by Dostoevsky. seems fitting considering that for the most part, and the better part of the last year or so, that’s what i have been. longer if you include the time before i started taking care of my parents.

going through life without too much thought on the future, yet having the future always present in my thoughts. yeah, i know, that makes no sense to you, but to me, it does.

i’ve begun watching Chefs Table again. No, not the Legends version because, while i do think that he is a talented chef, Jamie Oliver to me, isn’t a legend. Alice Waters, yes, of course, she of Chez Panisse fame. Thomas Keller, French Laundry and Per Se, although i read that Per Se in NYC wasn’t as good as everyone thinks it is.

Anyhow, i’ve been watching the France version, with Alain Passard, Michel Troisgros, Alexandre Coullion, and Adeline Grattard. the original chefs table, had 6 seasons, and for the most part, i might watch one or two episodes as the chefs in the rest don’t give me much enthusiasm, but Massimo, Magnus, Musa, and a few others, really speak to me. plus the BBQ series, as Rodney Scott is pretty cool.

at any rate, my passion for food, although i really don’t cook anymore, is still quite present in my life, and i hope, one day, to get back to the place where i can cook, plate, and watch others enjoy what i make. that’s what is actually partially driving me on this dietary journey. the ability, one day, to be able to just cook, enjoy, and give others some of my passion.

officially today, i’ve lost 10.1kg, so hooray for me i say, kudos and accolades abound.

not a lot else going on, but there are plans for the future. i know some of what that includes, but, like everyone else, the future and what it holds is, for the most part, up for grabs. i know what i want to have happen, in a month, two months, a year, two years, however, the fates may have something other than what i desire in mind.

until then though, i will do what i do, and continue thinking, dreaming, planning, and journeying down my path.

as always, i wish you and yours to be safe from harm, and healthy,

and as always,

i bid you,

peace