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🍝Hello February 2626🍜

Error in the auto generated image below: but it is quite a number to look at. 2626*. That’s 600 years down … oh my, will there be Blogs? Where’ll you and I even be?

*Not what I was thinking on, while doing this Post. Was having a calm Day2 here, complete with two cooing pigeons in our balcony. We have a lady often, from Shanghai (Pati Pae – name changed)

🍜GRATI-STEWD🍝

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70+ years old. Between singing “Give thanks with a grateful heart”, and doling out mixed fried rice hot from her stove, she once eyed the pigeon in our balcony and grinned, “There’s some people I know who’d make a nice pepper fry out of that!”

I fell in love with cooking, after getting to know Pae and her way with pots. But more than the food, I’ve loved her Joy of living. Not that she didn’t have her share of hurt. She just rode thru it. First she had found her peace in well positioned mirrors, oh an indoor mini waterfall, her white onions stewed with oranges, tofu, prayer beads, red lanterns…. then she and Jesus happened at a prayer hall where her knees were healed she told us with tiny tears in her little eyes like diamonds now she sings all day. There’s two like her in our vicinity, but this is about Pae.

Pati Pae is four feet tall, a petite eagle. When I told her about local and global terrorism, she replied with the sweetest smile, “Why don’t they just come here and finish it off no?!” She wasn’t joking. Her hard life just got harder but she mopped her floor thru it. These days she cooks thin soups with a bowl of salad. Some sad details too much to say. We discuss the weather, and food. Or a local papaya tree. And potatoes with or without jackets.

You don’t get to wish anyone a Happy February. I feel like saying that, so here’s my blog- offering. If a Post were a Recipe, this one would be a one pot meal ~

One Pot Meal : “GRATI-STEWED“

• In generous pot full o ‘Faith‘
• Count in, every blessing you recall
• Stir – till the Aroma of Grace hits you
• Toss in Super pinch of Peace
• Sprinkle in Gentleness
• Pepper in Patience
• Layer with Cream `a la bonte (Goodness)
• Garnishing: elf control
• Serve with Love

Bon Appétit

Set your table, candle lit with

🍝Chef Recommends : Not forget serve self too🍜

Happy Febrewary 2026. May we leave heart prints enough to overwhelm the darkness with light. And while we’re here, may we find true love, light, life, may our purpose be clear. May we not yearn for riches and fame, but give what we can to those we might be able to. May we know Whose we are, who we are. May there be Prayers and answers, may there be hearths warm and full of reasons to be grateful today. May we be chronic stopldss spreaders of peace, may we evangelize demons, and be the cause of at least one 360° smile a day. Thank you for reading this one. Those who’ve “liked” my Posts, or this one, thank you so much.

God bless you

RN

Daily writing prompt

What’s your favorite thing to cook?

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