Riding The Zero Hour...

Riding The Zero Hour...

Of the softness of late clocks,

A quiet of sleep's rose-petal edge,

A universe blossoms,

Living it's all between last blink and alarm,

Dreaming of slowing time,

Quantum-entanglement of hush and infinite possibilities.

AquarianM

© 01/07/2025 by Daniel A. Stafford 

Dreaming Of The Ether...

Dreaming Of The Ether...

Credit: Google Gemini prompted illustration (Prompt by Dan Stafford)

I listen,

To the depth of ethereal music,

Drifting,

Without a single step toward the stars,

I live within the cosmos,

The cosmos lives within me,

Intertwined,

Quantum entangled with everything,

The Bang we all came from,

No matter how far-flung,

Everything is us,

We are everything,

An infinite sea of universes,

In this one we're alive,

For when we take the suit off,

We'll see all the seas,

A drop in the Matrix.

AquarianM

By: Daniel A. Stafford

(C) 11/28/2024

Added Some Cousins to 3 Sisters Mushroom Dance...

Added Some Cousins to 3 Sisters Mushroom Dance...

( https://grymwyre.blogspot.com/2024/11/three-sisters-mushroom-dance-stew.html )

Added:

• 2 small boxes raisins
• 1 can great Northern beans
• 1 can mixed vegetables 
• 1 can sliced carrots 

Another  time, I want to cut up and add a smaller sweet potato.

This is the first time I'm cooking this in the slow cooker. I plan to cook it on low for about five hours.

Currently, it's layered, with the "rawest" vegetables like chopped golden potatoes and onions at the bottom.

About halfway through, I'll mix it thoroughly. 

However, it needs to cook down some. As you can see, my mid-size crokpot is full. 

I think next time, I'll use the large oval crockpot.

Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃 

Regards,

Dan

Sweet Apple-Raisin Polish & Sauerkraut Slow-Cooker Delight

This Autumn favorite is delicious and healthy.

Preparation is very simple and easy 

Cut 2 packages polska kielbasa cut in 3" segments (fully-cooked) and place around the bottom of the crockpot.

Core 2 apples and spread out atop the kielbasa. 

Sprinkle one box of raisins over the apples and kielbasa. 

Spread one jar of sauerkraut on top of apples and kielbasa. 

Sprinkle a second box of raisins on top of sauerkraut. 

Add 4-5 tablespoons of brown cane sugar on top.

Add 1/4 cup water.

Cook on low three hours and serve.

Regards,

Dan

Three Sisters Mushroom Dance Stew...

Cook in deep-sided non-stick frying pan with lid

1 apple cored & chopped. 

1 can sweet corn

1 sweet yellow onion chopped 

1 yellow Summer squash chopped

6 baby bella mushrooms chopped 

1 can black beans 

4 small golden potatoes chopped 

Olive oil, butter (Irish grass-fed dairy) - Drizzle olive oil across the majority of the pan, maybe 1/4 cup. Three large pats of butter.

Sprinkle liberally with paprika 

Onions and potatoes and apple, squash on the bottom.

Saute for awhile to mostly cook the raw veggies. (30 minutes or so with top on pan) stir with wooden spoon or spatula a couple of times.

Add cream of mushroom soup and fully-cooked chicken apple sausage cut in 2" sections.

Simmer until fully cooked. (40 minutes with top on pan) stir with wooden spoon or spatula a couple of times.

I'll let you know how it turns out.

Experimental, my concoction.

All ingredients are available at Aldi.

Top with crumbled feta or white cheddar cheese curds when serving.

Regards,

Dan

Update:

Fully-cooked chicken-apple sausage

Cream of mushroom soup

Ready to serve

The flavor is very slightly sweet, but mostly savory. Wonderful, also good cold. Reminiscent of Panera Autumn Squash soup in flavor, but less sweet and more savory.

All Ghosts Day...

All Ghosts Day...

They lived among us,

Most can see them,

Yet they forget,

Until birthday time.

Every word left behind,

Pictures of happier times,

Rants and delights,

These electric ghosts,

I loved how they haunt us,

Remembered.

I'm leaving Ghost Town.

It's not safe here anymore.

Might never be again.

I'll take pictures of my memories,

List them the day after Halloween,

Call it All Ghosts Day,

A yearly reminder.

Even banished from the land of memories,

I will never forget,

Not them or why.

What better day,

The day pumpkin faces go to compost.

AquarianM 

By: Daniel A. Stafford

© 11/13/2024

In My Shoes...

In My Shoes...

If everybody walked,

In my shoes,

For maybe,

Just a mile or two...

If everybody walked,

In my shoes,

For maybe,

Just a mile or two...

They might just do,

Things the way I do.

You never know,

Always guessing,

How much is true,

Like some dream,

That you tried to grow,

Turned and flew,

Somewhere in a sky shaded blue.

If everybody walked,

In my shoes,

For maybe,

Just a mile or two...

If everybody walked,

In my shoes,

For maybe,

Just a mile or two...

You learn to keep,

Or just sweep,

It all deep down,

Swept under the carpet,

Turn that frown,

Upside down,

Walk another mile or two,

'Cause sometimes it's good for you.

If everybody walked,

In my shoes,

For maybe,

Just a mile or two...

If everybody walked,

In my shoes,

For maybe,

Just a mile or two...

Back in the day,

That was the way,

Something too forgotten,

When forgetting is rotten,

A way we need to teach,

While we reach,

For the Sun.

If everybody walked,

In my shoes,

For maybe,

Just a mile or two...

AquarianM 

By: Daniel A. Stafford

© 10/27/2024