NANO ZEN

I’ve been rather quiet of late. Still going through one of those information overload and reclusive periods where I just turn off instant messaging clients, twitter, put off reading email, and ignore the telephones. This of course means I’ve been less than inspired in my writings. Wouldn’t call it depressed so much as seeking silence.

I really should consider a get-away to the mountains with fresh cool air, pine trees, chilly lakes and streams, less than 10 people per square kilometre, and where the only Internet access is TCP/IP by Carrier Pigeon. Some place like Evian-les-Bains, France; Sweden; northern Quebec; or maybe Cicely, Alaska.

Cannes is a smallish city compared to Nice 35 Km away, but when the film festival and summer high season comes about, the place just swells with tourists that have a tendency to leave their brains at home. Oh hum.

Thankfully, I have a road trip to England to visit friends beginning of August. Hope it rains the whole time I’m there. Yes I’m tad odd.

Been a while since I made a post about anything. This weekend I’ll prepare a Haiku update.

Today though I’m making my first pot of chillie con carne of the season, in preparation for the Beaujolais Nouveau wine coming out on Thursday (always the 3rd Thursday of November) and its been a kind of tradition ever since I’ve lived in France. It should taste very good in about two days once the spice have diffused throughout the pot and should go very nice with the wine; nice contrast of tastes between savory chilli and the sweet fruity wine. Mmm.

A Saturday night home, alone, dinner, wine, a DVD of Stealing Beauty. Wondering, wandering, dreaming, despairing, and forever hoping.

@amykate is so sweet and really knows how to do a spread. But laying it all out can be a bit risky, especially come morning. But in the end, nothing like inviting the whole gang to join in.