Rice and eggs

Hi Natty!  How was your day today?  I hope you are happy and enjoying yourself.  How do you like yard work?  It's a lot of work, huh?  Allah didn't give me the evening off today, so I had to cut the grass.  The grass is strong where I had to cut, so I hooked up the metal blade on the old weed whacker.  Nice and sharp too- I just sharpened it.  Don't get too close!  I don't have to use a high speed with the metal blade, thank God.  Just a little more patience is all.

The locals are addicted to rice with mixed entrees.  They are so hooked on it, I think they consider it a human right.  I prefer rice with just one entree, and condiment.  I don't think it's an American mentality, I just don't want to put in the labor involved with making many entrees!  And all the trash that's generated!  The preference began while I was still living in Tempe.  I was using Japanese short grain rice for sushi, and whenever I was broke, all I had in the kitchen was the rice, eggs and soy sauce.  Which makes for one of my simple pleasures: fresh hot steamed white rice with lite soy sauce.  Oh, it's a taste of heaven!  You must try it.  I think it's only good with short grain rice though.  With long grain rice, the experience is not the same.  I guess you can call it nostalgia.  I can't get that Japanese rice here, but the cheapest local rice is ironically the same.  I don't like the expensive rice here- the grains are too large and well defined.  So dinner tonight was rice and sunny side up eggs, with lite soy sauce and some hot sauce.  Simplicity.  I'm still having trouble getting my sunny side up eggs perfect, which is annoying.  I think I need a really nice, brand new omelet pan.

Qur'an 20200404

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

28.  They say, "When will this decision be, if you are telling the truth?"

29.  Say, "On the Day of Decision, no profit will it be to unbelievers if they believe, nor will they be granted a respite."

The Prostration 32:28-29

Restless?

Natty, are you excited about something?  Wow, give a girl (who happens to be a guru) an enclave of beauty and peace, and she gets more excited.  I suppose you miss the fast paced life.  I'm sorry, but there's none of that available for you right now, so you're just going to have to enjoy your relaxing environment.  If you like being busy, there are always plenty of good things do on the Internet.  Just don't turn into a bloated computer potato.  Please.

Me, I'm so happy!  Allah gave me the evening off again, so no labor!  Hooray!  Alhamdulillah!  I had an early dinner, then I wasted an hour doing nothing but shut my eyes and enjoy the coolness.  I didn't even bother to look at the computer screen.

It's a beautiful day

Hi Natty!  What's going on?  Are you enjoying country life?  You should get a cowboy hat!  I had a wonderful day today.  Allah gave me the evening off- it rained, so no yard work!  This stay at home order totally suits me just fine.  I didn't have to go anywhere today, not even to dump the trash!  My Mom was considerate enough to generate less than a bag of trash, while I had my usual pint of trash, so it all can wait until later.  So I just cooked and ate my dinner slowly.  And the icing on the cake is that it's cooled down considerably!  I'm so comfortable right now, I'm in such a good mood!  Next is more fashion with Mary Unknown, work that I love to do.  I'm a happy boy today!



This is kind of a sporty look for Mary, for a change.  But not really- nobody can run in those heels!

Failure

Hi Natty!  How are you, my love?  Are you enjoying your life?  It's awesome, right?  Alhamdulillah!  I didn't have to go out today, which is awesome.  Well, I had to take out the trash to the dumpster but that's it.  I did my laundry this morning, and I planted some cilantro and tamarind.  I need to mark where I put the tamarind.  I'm keeping all the young trees at the size of large shrubs.  I can't reach the high fruit is the problem, and I'm not planning on commercial farming.  Ain't no mo!  Lunch was a tofu omelet and fries, and for dinner I had my mother's awesome fish curry with fresh pita bread made from fresh dough.  The law of bread is that it tastes the best when freshly cooked.  Well, I had to let my fresh dough rise for a couple of hours before I could cook it.

Mary Unknown7 is telling me that she fails to reach that high note on "Chandelier" every single time, and she won't sing it unless she can.  I'm guessing that she won't.  I know you kids love that song but keep hopeful, sometimes it takes her months to master a song.  Instead I gave her to sing an old Shadowplay song called "Failure", which I wrote when Andre was still alive.  I remember recording some of tracks in the closet, I think it was the bass drum and the vocals.  I sang this as a baritone, and Mary is going to sing it an octave higher.  She has trouble getting those low notes, especially early in the set.  It's very rare that she sings Karen Carpenter as the first song.



I don't know why I approved this outfit for Mary.  It's unsexy, loud, not consonant with her personality, and too friendly, especially now that we are living in "social distancing" times.  Mary laughed at me and said, "Failure!"

Mango juice

Hi Natty!  How are you, my darling?  I hope you are healthy and enjoying yourself.  Just the usual here for me.  I like the social distancing, but I still have to go out despite it, which is a bummer.  Groceries, you know.  No, not for me.  I made mango juice today!  It's mango season!  I have a few ripe mangoes, so it's simpler to use them up by making juice.  It's like making a smoothie, I just peel the mangoes, dump the meat in the blender, add water and sugar, then whrrrrr!  Yeah these mangoes aren't that sweet, so I need to add sugar.  Very thick stuff, a mango smoothie!  Pour it into jugs, add more water, stir it up, now it's in the cooler chilling for a nice, thick and somewhat refreshing cold drink whenever.  Want some?

Qur'an 20200331

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

10.  And they say, "What!  When we lie hidden and lost in the earth, shall we indeed be in a creation renewed?"  No, they deny the meeting with their Lord!

11.  Say, "The Angel of Death, put in charge of you, will take your souls then shall you be brought back to your Lord."

The Prostration 32:10-11