My share of the bounty from the local farmers market!
Beautiful day for strolling through the Farmers Market. In addition to fruit, I bought corn, lemon cucumbers, cheese, hummus, smoke salmon and albacore tuna.
I also found some locally made bbq sauce from Felton & Mary’s I haven’t used it yet but plan to grill tomorrow.
Being outside in our beautiful weather, chatting with the vendors and other customers and a nice walk added up to a glorious start to my day.
On the bottom of the front screen of my cell phone there is a daily message from my security software provider.
You are protected. No problems detected.
Yes, my phone is protected against hackers, robocalls and malicious attacks. My home is protected by security cameras and motion detectors. There are no problems detected.
Yet, where is the software that I could wrap around my family, my friends and others so that all of us are protected in the world today? The only software that I know is loving compassion, kindness and respect for all beings.
~Photo Lori Greer, Portland, Oregon, USA.~
It is important to care. It is important to connect.
We have to help those in need regardless of our feelings about them. We feel good helping those we like or the people whom we think deserve to be helped. It’s harder but still essential to help the people who dislike us or resent us or are indifferent to us.*
I find this to be true and worth remembering as I consider my actions in helping others.
There is much to be done.
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*Where I read this, I don’t know. Sitting in my chair by my fireplace reading and sipping coffee, I was moved to record this thought but neglected to cite the souce. My apologies to the author.
I was tired of seeing the graces always depicted as beautiful young things. I think wisdom comes with age and life and pain and knowing what matters. “
This is a comment by Clara, a character in the mystery novel A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny, referring to a painting of three elderly women depicted as the Three Graces.
Today was a new adventure for me in food shopping.
On the red tray is my haul from Coquine , a delightful French-inspired restaurant in SE Portland.
As Coquine is open for take out only. Customers can buy prepared entrees, baked goods and other delicious items from Coquine.
Also, Coquine allows their farmers and other food purveyors to sell direct through their restaurant. The menu is quite extensive with produce, meat, seafood, coffee, tea, eggs and dairy.
It was hard to just order a few things but since I crave vegetables, I opted for a fresh produce bag.
Since I can’t always find locally roasted coffee, I added a pound of Coava Coffee beans to my order. Coava describes their coffee as “northwest coffee roaster notoriously fueled by good folks and Led Zeppelin”. I like their coffee and was happy to find it on the Coquine take out menu. Continue reading “Bounty from Coquine Restaurant in Portland”→
I used to walk my dog Ginny and pop in to make a quick deposit, have a cup of tea or coffee while Ginny enjoyed a biscuit and water inside the lobby. I knew the tellers and they knew me. It was one of Ginny’s favorite stops.
Another aspect of my life that I have to plan…
Really, it’s not such a big deal. Just another change to my way of life.
Lori Greer in Portland 