unseasonal

accidentally waited until 2:30pm to eat, today.

made seared maitake mushrooms with sauteed green garlic, kale, spring radish, and a duck egg, seasoned with freshly grated turmeric and ginger, salt and pepper, and a drizzle of olive oil.

also cooked a beautiful root vegetable soup that is the most delicious thing. sweet and savory: purple onion, parsnip, garnet yam, carrot, golden beet, and a couple tablespoons of dried rosemary, a little salt and pepper and just a small a handful of spring scallions and cilantro leftover from last night's dinner I made for josh.

the soup is so, so comforting and lovely.

got a pumpkin spice latte at the cafe, in my Zero mug, while wearing halloween socks. I guess this april snowfall all over the budding flowers has me feeling a bit out of season, apparently spring + winter = fall in this confused brain?

this is the first recorded accumulation of snow in April in Portland, since record keeping began.

I thought we might see a flurry or two at some point, but no one expected anything to stick. this is bizarre.

medicine woman.

María Sabina is regarded as a sacred figure in Huautla and considered one of Mexico’s greatest poets. She did not take credit for her poetry; the mushrooms spoke through her:


Cure yourself with the light of the sun and the rays of the moon.
With the sound of the river and the waterfall.
With the swaying of the sea and the fluttering of birds.

Heal yourself with mint, with neem and eucalyptus.

Sweeten yourself with lavender, rosemary, and chamomile.

Hug yourself with the cocoa bean and a touch of cinnamon.

Put love in tea instead of sugar, and take it looking at the stars.

Heal yourself with the kisses that the wind gives you and the hugs of the rain.

Get strong with bare feet on the ground and with everything that is born from it.

Get smarter every day by listening to your intuition, looking at the world with the eye of your forehead.

Jump, dance, sing, so that you live happier.

Heal yourself, with beautiful love, and always remember: you are the medicine.

From The Caribbean Housewife and in gratitude to tristia for sharing this quote on her insta story today.

(time for hot cocoa with cinnamon)