Hello! I'm back again.If only someone invented the self cleaning kitchen I would be so grateful.So here I am with coffee in one hand and a slice of sticky gingerbread in the other. Outside there is a mixture of snow and rain. A dark and dingy day someone might say but I don't mind. I already took Nataniel outside and we sent some photos for my dad for his birthday.I feel so bad for not writing for so long. It's just I've been very busy lately. First of all I probably poisoned my dear son and husband with my delicious bolognese sauce and than I had to cure them for a week. So now I decided to go for more natural cooking. Nigella unfortunately is banned from my kitchen for a while. Now we came back to where we started - simple but delicious food. I have to admit that I'm blessed with such a wonderful son who loves to eat whatever I give him. Last Friday he even ate tofu with vegetables I made. So I make my own yeast free bread now, started to eat quinoa with apples and blueberries for breakfast, made soups with mung and adzuki beans, drink lots of fresh juices. I feel so good, light and with so much energy.
My new book "Mister Pip" is the one I read for the Book Club this week. It's not long. About 220 pages. The story takes place on Bougainville Island (near New Zealand) during the 1990s. It's shaped around a civil war between the natives and the invading redskin soldiers. The main Character -13 year old Matilda - lives on the island with her mother while her father works in Australia. After the invasion the school was closed, many have escaped while they still could. But something amazing happens when the only white man on the island (married to the native) takes up a position as a teacher. He is not trained to do that but I cannot imagine anyone more ready. Mr. Watts, as that's his name, starts to read to the children "Great expectations" written by Charles Dickens. All pupils are thrilled with the story from another world. Every school day is like an escape from terrible things that are happening in their village.I'm still reading the book so please don't blame me for wrong judgements but Mr. Watts seems like a good guy. He befriends Matilda. Very interesting is also the relationship between a girl and her mum Dolores. Dolores is very religious type and disapproves the book reading or rather the impact of the reading on her daughter. For now I can say that I didn't like the mum from the start. She didn't talk to Matilda, she stole the "Great Expectations" with terrible results for the village and she didn't even had dignity to come up clear while she could to prevent the redskins from burning the villagers possessions. It was fascinating to see the relationship people have with the Ocean and it's creatures. It was their whole world and everything depended from the quality of that relationship.One cute example: Grace, wife of Mr. Watts had made a family tree that begins with fish. It's a good read that proves that stories can often have the life changing powers.
My last sentence reminded me about the Northern Exposure. There you can often find a shaman's story that is said to have healing properties. I experience that as with every episode I learn something new, something fascinating that makes me want to think about my life.
As for the weather forecast follow up: It's snowing. Is it a Christmas miracle? I think so!
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