Cookin' Lite with Lurlene

As you may well have noticed...or not...I took a little break during the month of October.  I did indeed continue writin' but just never got around to postin'.  It was my Jubilee birthday..and I threw that high protein diet right out the door.  But like a boomerang it's back.

 

I am just beside myself...it seems my month of birthday celebratin' has finally showed up in the midsection. I hate it when that happens. But with the eatin' season knockin' at all of our doors I thought I would share some of my most important calorie cuttin' tips. I do hope they work for you. I'll "weigh-in" with you on them later. Here's oneI tried last night.

Pretty is...

Back in the 80's I undertook a project...partly due to my social work background and partly due to my love of the work Dorothea Lange did during the depression. Not that anything I did could match her. But I believe that in all segments of life...joy and pride can be found. I spent a summer taking pictures in the trailer parks in and around Richmond, VA. Some say I took my life in my hands...and there were one or two moments when I had to decline an invitation to "step inside". I think out of hundreds of negatives...I showed twenty prints. I shoved them back under the eves in an old portfolio and stumbled upon them last week. They have deteriorated somewhat, but due to the fact that the Book of Lurlene seems to be "not writing itself" I decided to share some of these. This is my favorite...it seemed everyone was looking in a different direction...except for that little angel...so proud of her rose dress. I wonder how she is doing today? I pray she is still as proud and confident as she was in this moment.

Bad Seeds

And then there are those that get stuck in your teeth...won't even go there, that's a whole 'nuther story!

Space-Cadet

These days...I have very little personal "space".  You know it's strange when you actually enjoy waiting at the dentist.  I think that has been one of the hardest parts of this phase in my life.  While I am the flaming extrovert, few know how much I need a defined time that belongs to me and me alone.  Miss Universe has helped me to understand that it is there..I need only claim it as it presents itself...like at the dentist. 

Princess Planet

Is it just me...or are folks just gettin' so self involved that they do not realize this planet is indeed shared with others? I wanted to "jerk a few knots" today...seriously, I could have ended up on the front page of the Richmond paper given my agitation level. Anybody who knows me knows...I am NOT the Princess of Patience, but I will make you smile as I rush by and I will always say "cuse me" and thank you so much.

I hear the train a'commin....

You know...sometimes it's hard to sit back and watch a train wreck...it's like some folks ignore all the signals...the whistles...the flashing lights....the bells....folks on the side jumpin' up and down and flappin their hands. 

 I suppose, when you've said all you can say...concern can start to look and feel like just plain "meddlin". It's hard to know when to step back and mind your own.

The Memory Bank Progect

So I'm layin’ in bed the way I do after the cat has gotten me up for a snack, and I’m thinkin' what can I do to support this effort to end Alzheimer’s? Well, no sooner questioned, than answered, through the memory of Mother Theresa’s quote:

"We can do no great things, only small things with great love."
as it is with my hopscotch brain, that morphed into; “small change adds up” and that into, The Memory Bank Project®.

So just for September, (or longer if you so desire) won’t you join me in makin’ nightly deposits in an effort to help make the big changes in research, policy, and care that are so desperately needed by the 35 million (and counting) folks living with Alzheimer’s Disease.

So go pull a nice glass jar out of your recycling and stick today’s card in it and start makin’ change!

At the end of the month, simply count the “change” you made and write a check to your local Alzheimer’s Foundation. You can find it at www.ALZ.org

. along with some other great stuff.

Next year, who knows…I might even have some purple pigs made up for ya’ll.
Share if you know somebody who just might be interested. I’ll contact the Association and tell’um to start looking for the checks!
  All the love, TL