Temporary re-cluttering: this morning I put a mylar cover over the jacket of a favorite Middle East cookbook that I give to people every so often. Usually I order it and wait and then give it (like three last xmas, when one didn't arrive in time). A friend was asking for a recommendation and I decided to order a couple of extras. This way I have the leisure to wait for them and they're at the ready if an occasion arises.

The boxes in my sun room seems to be reproducing while I'm away. Time to flatten a bunch and take most over to the recycle bin (which was in theory emptied yesterday so should be easy to drop my stuff into now).

Note to self - avoid bottled fruit juice "drinks" with more than one ingredient. They sometimes have additives that don't agree. Like yesterday. My consumption of processed foods is very limited, and the list of foods to avoid is growing. I don't think America can claim to have a great food supply when so much of it has little chemical ticking bombs as sweeteners and preservatives and thickeners and color preservatives . . . Dannon yogurt has (but doesn't list, apparently) titanium dioxide to make it look extra white. I think toothpaste also does that, but I don't swallow toothpaste. I think an iteration of NutraSweet (aspartame) got me yesterday. They keep renaming things so they look innocent, but the gut knows what the gut knows.

Off my soap box.