I had been meaning to stop at my friend Nolin's grave for a few weeks. The weather had been not so nice and I find it better to go to a cemetery when it is sunny, less depressing. He, his brother and father have the best location...at the top of a hill overlooking all of the valley and St Paul. Unlike in the US, the cemetery is all stone, cement, he is way at the top. There is a photo of him, the photo I took. There has been all kinds of warring over the grave...family vs friends.
Anyway, I cleaned up the spot in front of his stone and added my beach stone that I had brought. I watered all the plants there and sat and had a chat with Nolin. Perhaps I am demanding, but I asked him to make sure he took good care of Emile till I can get there and be with him. Nolin loved Emile and they left me around the same time.
When I got home I was feeling a bit unmoored. I had the feeling that I had had a "talking to"...it was like Nolin had calmed me. I always feel that I must work, must produce...must always be doing something. I felt calm and not hyper pushed to WORK, shoot, produce. ...find a new home, make a move , plan travel. I was reminded that life is short and my life is about me and what I want at this point. I should be listening to my own inner voice and going at my own speed.
It was a strange feeling, this "talking to" I had without knowing, but I see it as a good thing and a sign.
Meanwhile...there was the sweet potato interlude. I don't eat sweet potato but Rune does. I buy it frozen but at the supermarket today ( before I went to the cemetery) there was local sweet potato. I passed it up at first. It is not very attractive. It looks like it was grown in the motor of a tractor. I passed it up the first time but I decided I could just clean it, slice it and boil and that will work for Rune.
Usual frozen Swt Pot is 2.37 euro for 750g ( one kilo is 1000 gram)....
the fresh dirty sweet potato was 1.49 euro per kilo and I bought 1.91 worth, a much better deal. I can buy the "Eco" brand veg and chicken for Rune at very low prices...I just have to cook it all.
FYI...eggs...I bought 6 Bio Eggs...free Range ( plein air ...open air) e at 2.09 euro. They look to be large and brown. We don't have white eggs in this country.
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