I am so so so so sorry that this blog got neglected. Things have been insane here. Firstly, I should tell you that "here" has changed, and I am no longer in Chicago... Boo! I am living in Southwestern Indiana, and it is... well let us just say that it is very different. So what have I been doing? I have been gardening and recovering from some rather majour life events. I will not say too much about those, but here is the gist of it:
- I went through a divorce. This began about the time that this blog went idle. I had been dealing with the personal impacts of this and the only thing I did for a while were some specialised facebook posts to keep friends updated, and the usual nonsense. I do not want this blog to be about nonsense, and since my life was so distracting and drama based, I did not want to bring that here.
- I went through a pregnancy and loss. Not really gonna say much about that, just know that it did not work out, and I have been coping with that for a good while now.
- I had to move out of Chicago as a result of the above events. I moved in with someone I know from one of my Star Trek projects, and while it has been up and down, things have settled down, and we are doing a lot better socially, even though our financial situation is in the dumps.
So here I am in my new place of residence. My oven does not work! The stovetop works, so I have made a few things, especially things like making my own corn tortillas! I will share more about that later. The refrigerator does not work properly, either, so cold storage is sketchy at best. No meats. No frozen anything. And on a budget, that really makes eating right almost impossible.
I made Mole last year, though! I need to post it here so you can see it, that will either be a long post or a series of posts. I am so sorry again for having missed posting that, but wow what an experience! So here is what I am going to do: I am going to try to update here more often, trying to get you caught up on all of the stuff I mentioned, minus the drama, and tell you more about gardening, too. This is still a kitchen blog, and yes, I still use my cast iron lovingly. In addition, I will post a link at the end of this entry to my video blog about gardening called "This Is A Garden", though sometimes I say it as a question, since it is a video journal of my misadventures in container gardening. As a question, you get "This is a garden?" and that always makes me laugh. I hope it makes you laugh too!
Thank you for being faithful, and thank you for bearing with me. Here is the link, and I will see you next time!
-Kim
This Is A Garden @ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs2k1I9d7a-CMjViOvlNuMg
