Enjoying reading and eating

 A couple of recent books, and food!

This was a library book, with a 14 day limit. But I finished it in 2 days. Nothing better to do on Jan 1! It was most enjoyable, a real "who done it!!" 

A very long book, which is extremely interesting! A former slave keeps on making good on her abilities and relationships.

New year's eve, vegetarian chili, and cornbread! Two quarts put in the fridge after eating, so chili will be a great left over! I still need to clean up the mess I made in the kitchen!

Lunch on new years day...very light!!

Then I had popcorn and a beer for afternoon relaxation.

Today's quote:

I own that I cannot see as plainly as others do, and as I should wish to do, evidence of design and beneficence on all sides of us. There seems to me too much misery in the world. I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and omnipotent God would have designedly created the Ichneumonidae with the express intention of their feeding within the living bodies of caterpillars, or that a cat should play with mice. -Charles Darwin, naturalist and author (12 Feb 1809-1882) [Ichneumonidae: The family of parasitic wasps that deposit eggs inside or on top of the larvae of other insects. Once hatched, the ichneumonid larva slowly eats its host alive from inside out.]