Micah 6:8
1 Corinthians 15:50-52
Yes, your life matters.
Some of you are still sheltering in place, but fear not: I'm here to keep you sane and entertained.
One could hardly ask for much more than that, now could one?
Before I get to today's writing prompt, here's a quick Carnage du Jour (or perhaps Potage du Jour), courtesy of Heidi.
Jacki & Gary are up to do more clearing of crap from Dad's house, so Heidi volunteered dinner the first night of their stay - a crock pot full of white chicken chili.
This was made from a previously cooked chicken (you could use a rotisserie chicken from your favorite market) which also supplied a delicious, homemade chicken stock as the base. (Sorry, you're on your own for your stock. The boxes aren't bad ... they're not great, but they're not bad.)
Anyway, sautéed onions, peppers, and celery went in, then steeped with the shredded chicken in the stock in the crock pot for a long time. Cumin and garlic were among the spices. I know something with a kick was in there, but I'm not sure what - perhaps cayenne. Then, toward the end, in went a can of white beans (I think great northern, but they might have been cannellini) and a couple garnishes - cilantro in the pot and sour cream and shredded cheese on the side.
Jacki made some cornbread and dinner was great.
Today's freewrite prompt word is Classified
Isn't it interesting how some words seem to have two nearly-opposite meanings? Cleave, for instance. One can cleave to something, but one uses a cleaver to cleave something apart.
It's similar with the word classified. I had two immediate connections - Top Secret stuff and Classified Ads. One is kept from nearly everyone and the other is meant to be seen by nearly everyone.
I suppose the secret version is really a matter of common usage and a bit of misunderstanding adding a connotation to a word whose denotation didn't really support it.
Remember when yonder just means "over there" rather than the sky as some now take it. That's due to the Air Force's going off into the wild blue yonder. Listeners took blue to be an adjective and yonder a noun, when blue was actually the noun and yonder a preposition of place. They were headed into the wild Blue. And where is that wild blue, my friend? Oh, it's over yonder. That's what it was about.
Back to Classified as Top Secret: things are classified top secret - classified is the verb there, not another adjective. Isn't English wonderful? As English speakers, we can make verbs into adjectives; we can make prepositions into nouns; and we can verb nouns like crazy.
English ftw.
Keep Calm and Don't Stay Away.
I'll be back tomorrow.
The mental health issues related to our insane lockdown and the pandemic are especially hard for people with depression. NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, has a 24 hour helpline: 800-950-6264.
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