Restaurant quinoa and the last chickpea

4.5 hours of sleep


Clockwise I could have slept two more hours and still made it to the first Zoom I was going to try to attend. But body said nope, nope, nope that was not going to happen. It also turns out that it can take me surprisingly long to get my act together and I still after necessary daily computer incantations barely made it to my first Zoom.


I also had to skip the international Quaker MfW about the war in Ukraine. To make up for that in the first worship I did make it to, I just blurted out a VERY unquakerly suggestion about how to get grain moving so that people in Africa don't starve while nuclear powers are pussyfooting around doing horrible things to civilians, feeding international arms marketers (YES, I DO mean marketers: just watch some of the clips on Youtube. ) but no, not not not going nuclear! There is a longer more cogent rant lurking here. The world can await delivery. 


Or the world can digress to arms marketers and school shootings and mass shootings.


as for the last chickpea, it rolled onto the floor while eating the last salad from the pizza order. Good thing yellow chickpeas contrast adequately with the grey carpet.


and here's a video in case one needs tips on cooking quinoa and / or a break from everything else...

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