Quick notes before the work "Town Hall" that is not a town hall

[elainegrey]

Would you be interested in two cookbooks?

Emily Sarah Lineback and Moravian Archives (Winston-Salem, N.C.), eds., Preserving the Past: Salem Moravians’ Receipts & Rituals, 1st ed, hardback, Little Salem Book (Boonville, N.C: Carolina Avenue Press, 2003).

Amish Cooking: Specialties of Lancaster County, Soft Pretzels and Funnel Cake (East Earl, Pa.: Double Pen Foundation, 2005).

I've skimmed them. The Amish one is fairly contemporary. The Moravian one is intriguing, but making the effort to reinterpret the antique representations into contemporary meaning is a little beyond my interest.

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Yesterday i worked from my folks' house. I grieve because i think Mom is not cognitively or emotionally prepared to put in the work to get better. Friday is the pulmonary appointment where we can learn about fibrosis.

I continue to feel very couch-potato-y, with continued hot flashes. This seems rather decoupled from menopause but i suppose that could be a cause. It is miserably humid outside. Ohio was pleasant compared to here.

Comments

[annie_r]

This is such a hard thing to grieve (and fear), if she is unable to make a clear choice for herself.

The peri-meno stuff is hard, but it has been exceptionally humid. I never knew what was my usual mental symptoms, or life stress, or hormones. Fortunately that part does settle down, though changes continue. A lot of those years is a blur to me now. I could go back and read old LJ entries, but would rather not. I'm sure the patterns would be more clear looking back.

[amaebi]

It sounds very hard to accompany your parents in this. :(