Copyright Celebration

Song:  After The Fall

Group:  Two Steps From Hell

Earlier today...

I submitted my trilogy for a copyright.

It may take several weeks before I receive the copyright...

but in the meantime...

I will start designing the cover...

as well as writing the back cover.

Anyway...

my elder sister had a BBQ to celebrate.

I started out with this latte and biscotti.

My mother enjoyed the TV while my sister tended the grill.

There is still snow on the mountains.

I ate my fill...

so much so...

 that I started to get sleepy.

My sister showed me some sprout seed packets she just received.

Just before leaving for the night...

James and their dog...Kenji.

As I was taking my mother back home...

it looked as if a nice sunset were forming...

so, I just drove to the end of the street and took these photos.

It was a little chilly out...

so my mother just enjoyed the sunset from inside the car.

My mother is relaxing at home now...

and I will just relax the rest of this night.

I feel so good now.

I just have a few things to do once I get the copyright...

and I will be publishing the trilogy I had been working on for the past six or so months.

It is tentatively titled...

'The Kuma Trilogy'

I will be publishing it on Amazon under my real name...

James Toller

81st Birthday Supper For My Mother

Song:  To Zanarkland

Today was my mother's birthday...

she is now 81 years old.

My elder sister cooked a meal for all of us.

We had Tri Tips and Curry Rice.

It had started to snow in the mountains.

The curry was very good...

as were the steaks.

My sister's gas ceramic infrared BBQ cooked these steaks perfectly in about 5 minutes...

no exaggeration.

It cooks everything so quickly...

and it self cleans afterwards.

My sister sets it to 700 degrees F for 20 minutes...

and no cleanup afterwards is necessary.

The steaks had a nice charred taste.

While we were eating...

it began to snow.

This is excellent BBQ sauce.

I used it for my steaks.

I ate two steaks...

and a good portion of curry rice.

I also had one coffee...

one non-alcoholic beer...

and one very large iced tea.

I then waddled home afterwards.

My mother ate one steak...

and some of the curry rice.

It was just a light snow...

but it was nice.

Breakfast For Bandi / Meat Spaghetti Supper

Song:  Sweet Love (Cover)

Original Artist:  Anita Baker

Performing Artist:  Kent Nishimura

Every week or so...

I vary Bandi's diet by making 8 - 10 eggs to eat for breakfast.

And my mm and I will eat eggs in ramen as an occasional breakfast.

My mom loves this occasional meal.

Eggs are especially healthful several times a week.

Besides having one of the most bioavailable forms of protein...

it has sulfurous compounds which keep the immune system in a healthy state.

Bandi loves eggs.

Bandi often watches me while I cook.  

She loves to hang her paws over the sofa as she looks at what is happening in the kitchen.

A cute but sad side note:

The other morning I heard Bandi barking in the living room.

I went to see what she was barking at.

We have an enlarged picture of Hana on the wall next to her urn on the fireplace mantle.

Bandi was looking at Hana's picture and barking at it.

Bandi still loves to sleep with a blanket with Hana's scent on it.

Last night I made fire roasted ponzu peppers.

My mother loves the smell of freshly cut bell peppers.

I ordered a new fire basket.

This one is much larger than the last.

I started browning the one pound of hamburger for the spaghetti sauce.

I made three batches of fire roasted bell peppers.

Besides the hamburger meat...

I add these ingredients.

The Italian spiced stewed tomatoes also add a great deal of flavor to spaghetti.

I literally add several hand fulls of Oregano.

This adds a great flavor to spaghetti...

as well as a pizza topping.

My elder sister and her husband came over for supper.

We started eating the ponzu peppers as I finished the spaghetti.

Bell peppers add great amounts of fiber...

as well as being highly nutritious.

Fire roasting them greatly enhances their aroma and flavor.

I really like chili ponzu.

My sister made the garlic bread.

AsI try to make a tomato based meal at least once a week...

spaghetti accomplishes this goal...

along with having plenty of beef as well.

Our favorite non alcoholic beer is Coors Edge.

It is strange...

in our family...

the men drink non alcoholic beer...

while my elder sister and my mother love regular beer.