The Yoga of Cooking

I've been hooked on watching the Food Network... for quite a while now
It's like watching artist create their master pieces... things that you can imagine creating or enjoying with your teeth :-)
There is even a guy named Alton who breaks down cooking into the science of combining molecules..,
My latest favorite show is Chopped!

It is a clever spin off of Iron Chef I guess,
Pitting several chefs with crazy combinations of ingredients...
Competition and the time factor make it a fun watch.

Flexibility and cleverness with bringing together elements that might not seem to go together...
Like a class full of Ninja-Ashtanga yoginis and Stiff White guys!
Finding a way to feel good about what you present and having your "audience" feel satisfied :-)
(please refrain from betting on who wins)

Reflections...

I had to work a GradFest last night...
Bunch of High School Seniors just released from @12 years of lessons from our "Church of Reason"
I can remember mine... not having a clue what was next though I had gotten a good job months before.
Though its been some years, I still don't let age (trips around the Sun) cloud the bigger picture.
It was fun to talk with them as they tried out climbing...
Made me think of how nieve I must have looked, but also maybe how mature I was for that time...

It was kind of a surreal day since I had to be prepared to work till 5am
Was surprised to see almost all 300 climb our rockwall!
Which helped to keep us busy and less tired :-)
But it is crazy working "the graveyard shift"...
Driving home at 5:30am looked just like the freeway at 8:30pm!
Would have been cooler to be riding through a sleepy hollow...

Got home in time for a pre-dawn surf... but not enough swell :-(

Summertime Shift (somehow)

Haven't posted lately, though have had things to say... or type :-)
Part of what i like about my lifestyle lately is that there are "seasons"...
Not so much to do with weather,
but phases of responsibilities as I assist others in their pursuits of education somehow.

Like i spoke of in an earlier post, The Sower...
i imagine that i am like Johnny Appleseed,
Planting seeds of Truths and personal revelations so maybe IT will grow and assist someone else later.
As others have done for me...
Paying IT forward somehow.

So during summertime, I only have to focus on yoga once a week and kids learning to climb...
Never would have guessed to BE here, but that is Life,
"Mysteriously" providing what makes us Happy somehow.

This month has been about creating a summer break "bucket list"
ThingS I would like to DO in my free time...
SO many ideas, places, people and adventures.
Putting them out there so they can manifest SOMEHOW :-)