Today was a spectacular day, despite having to get up in the six o'clock hour to shovel and the roads being treacherous.
Today I reacquainted myself to an old resource that an old friend once told me about and lent me, The Wanderer's Handbook. While its name might imply some greatness to it, its humble cover always had a sort of austere quality. The wanderer's handbook simply put is a book about those that don't feel they belong, which in todays society is many people, whether or not they are willing to admit it.
The wanderer's handbook (by Carla Lisbeth Rueckert) is a bit unorthodox in its approach to why people feel ostracized by society or why they don't feel like they belong. Its a book on spirituality (in a sense) and other phenomena in the world and the universe.
While it offers its unique approach to the world in and of its self its kind of meaningless. I just thought that the book offers different views depending on how you choose to interpret it, and sense I've been trying to change my views of life I decided to try to look outside the box.
I hope that all of you can someday do the same if you choose to.
Until next time,
~Wayfarer
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Friday, January 18, 2008
Delayed posts
Sorry for the delay in posts.... I've been having some computer issues, mainly my physical memory dying... and as a result several rants got pushed back... This ones gonna be long cause its really three in one....
For Thursday 17-01-2008 Rant 1
Well this morning was was really pretty. It started to snow this morning so I really couldn't help but take pictures today. I didn't really go anywhere out of my usual but I decided to take pictures of cool architecture around the city and while I was headed home from dropping my sister off at school. It was breathtakingly beautiful in the snow. The quiet was very calming and had a almost tranquil quality. I wish that I could have spent more time aimlessly roving about in the wondrous weather...
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For Thursday 17-01-2008 Rant 2 : RICE
So some time later after admiring the outside a bunch I came back inside and sat down to think. Today I was thinking about food and how I often take the very food I eat everyday (or don't eat depending on the day.... >.<) and how I've been so fortunate just about all my life, I can always get food when I need it, its good food too. I feel for the people who can't eat everyday because of local economic hardship or a myriad of other factors like poverty and such. After pondering that I started thinking over some of the basic food staples though out the world, mainly rice, potatoes, and corn. Each of these plants are wonders of evolution and science. Each thing can make nearly limitless variants of food and if one would want to one could eat it every day and never eat the same thing twice. I wanted to make something with one of these food items, and seeing as I didn't have enough corn or potatoes I went with rice. Now its by no means fancy, because I had almost no food in the house, but with a little bit of thought and two other ingredients a person can make some very good food. I decided to make fried rice... with eggs.... and thats about it, technically I did use some oil and soy sauce but thats just semantics. They turned out really good and only took about eight minutes to prepare once the pan had been sufficiently heated up. Here are some simple directions.
First crack one to two eggs (depending on the amount of rice) into a bowl and scramble them. Once thats done set the egg bowl to the side and start heating up a pan with some olive, canola, or vegetable oil on the stove at medium high heat. While the pan is heating up take some leftover rice (it doesn't need to be leftover it just needs to be dry, but previously cooked in some way... it is do-able with recently washed rice just let the rice dry... a lot.) and crumble it onto a plate or bowl. (You need to do this step because you don't want clumps and when wet rice cools and dries it tends to stick together depending on what its stored in.) Then set the rice to the side and pick up the egg(s). By now the pan should be fairly hot, scramble the egg in the tbs of oil and break the egg into small (think pinky nail sized) bits. Then add the rice to the egg and stir evenly mixing the eggs into the rice. Next you add soy sauce to taste into the pan, the rice should be a light to medium brown in color. Stir the contents of the pan well to make sure that everything gets distributed evenly. Carefully serve. Remember its gonna be hot.
You can add other ingredients like meat and other vegetables to preference. If you do that cook the eggs first then any meat then vegetables. I would have added other things but I didn't have any ingredients.... sorry... next time maybe.
This post is getting really long. I suppose I should put off my thoughts and pictures of the capitol off until next time, perhaps tomorrow, depending on the weather.... (If its nice I'm gonna head over to the library to work on my research, if its not I'll be stuck inside because of the cold and thus I'll probably post).
Appreciate the things in life that are always there, remember you never know when they might not be there next time.
~Wayfarer
For Thursday 17-01-2008 Rant 1
Well this morning was was really pretty. It started to snow this morning so I really couldn't help but take pictures today. I didn't really go anywhere out of my usual but I decided to take pictures of cool architecture around the city and while I was headed home from dropping my sister off at school. It was breathtakingly beautiful in the snow. The quiet was very calming and had a almost tranquil quality. I wish that I could have spent more time aimlessly roving about in the wondrous weather...
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For Thursday 17-01-2008 Rant 2 : RICE
So some time later after admiring the outside a bunch I came back inside and sat down to think. Today I was thinking about food and how I often take the very food I eat everyday (or don't eat depending on the day.... >.<) and how I've been so fortunate just about all my life, I can always get food when I need it, its good food too. I feel for the people who can't eat everyday because of local economic hardship or a myriad of other factors like poverty and such. After pondering that I started thinking over some of the basic food staples though out the world, mainly rice, potatoes, and corn. Each of these plants are wonders of evolution and science. Each thing can make nearly limitless variants of food and if one would want to one could eat it every day and never eat the same thing twice. I wanted to make something with one of these food items, and seeing as I didn't have enough corn or potatoes I went with rice. Now its by no means fancy, because I had almost no food in the house, but with a little bit of thought and two other ingredients a person can make some very good food. I decided to make fried rice... with eggs.... and thats about it, technically I did use some oil and soy sauce but thats just semantics. They turned out really good and only took about eight minutes to prepare once the pan had been sufficiently heated up. Here are some simple directions.
First crack one to two eggs (depending on the amount of rice) into a bowl and scramble them. Once thats done set the egg bowl to the side and start heating up a pan with some olive, canola, or vegetable oil on the stove at medium high heat. While the pan is heating up take some leftover rice (it doesn't need to be leftover it just needs to be dry, but previously cooked in some way... it is do-able with recently washed rice just let the rice dry... a lot.) and crumble it onto a plate or bowl. (You need to do this step because you don't want clumps and when wet rice cools and dries it tends to stick together depending on what its stored in.) Then set the rice to the side and pick up the egg(s). By now the pan should be fairly hot, scramble the egg in the tbs of oil and break the egg into small (think pinky nail sized) bits. Then add the rice to the egg and stir evenly mixing the eggs into the rice. Next you add soy sauce to taste into the pan, the rice should be a light to medium brown in color. Stir the contents of the pan well to make sure that everything gets distributed evenly. Carefully serve. Remember its gonna be hot.
You can add other ingredients like meat and other vegetables to preference. If you do that cook the eggs first then any meat then vegetables. I would have added other things but I didn't have any ingredients.... sorry... next time maybe.
This post is getting really long. I suppose I should put off my thoughts and pictures of the capitol off until next time, perhaps tomorrow, depending on the weather.... (If its nice I'm gonna head over to the library to work on my research, if its not I'll be stuck inside because of the cold and thus I'll probably post).
Appreciate the things in life that are always there, remember you never know when they might not be there next time.
~Wayfarer
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Today was the first time sense this started that I worked specifically towards being a wayfarer. A wayfarer is a traveler on a journey, esp on foot. While I don't really travel on foot, I do want to travel, even if those travels are just in my own little home town of Madison. I really wanted to get a picture of the sunrise and capital today but due to traffic this morning that wasn't possible with out risking an accident. I suppose I shall have to wait until the snow thats headed into the region tonight melts.
On the upside today was deliciously sunny for a winter month.
In other news I got to play with a cute little lovable birdy Willow, of the lovebird family. She's a beauty and lots of fun even if she does have a mildly bad biting habit, if your careful no major injury will be sustained.
I learned to appreciate the beauty that are birds today a little more today.
May you too find beauty in your travels and sojourns,
~Wayfarer
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
New Beginings
Hi. I'm the Wayfarer. Wayfarer's Ink, as the name refers to is the electronic rants, dialogs, monologues, pictures, notes, and research of my and my travels, even if those travels at this time aren't so far away. Today (15-1-2008 21:51 GMT -6) marks the first day in my spiritual and possibly physical journey. A new start as a whole.
My current goal at this point in time is to post sporadically (but at least once a week) when ever things of interest occur.
Best of luck in your travels,
Till the next time we meet,
~Wayfarer
My current goal at this point in time is to post sporadically (but at least once a week) when ever things of interest occur.
Best of luck in your travels,
Till the next time we meet,
~Wayfarer
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