Dread Nought

It's coming: the thing they dread.

The thing that wakes them up in the night moaning.

School.   (Or if you're my wife, Football Season.) 

Too bad! Like the setting of the sun, like fall after summer, it comes whether you are ready or not.

Be glad, therefore and embrace your chance to learn, to broaden your horizons, blah, blah blah, because your parents are doing a little happy dance regardless.

Hot Salsa

Summer means hot and hot house food. Nothing tastier or simpler than making salsa. There are a bazillion ways to do it, it's just a matter of taste. Freshness is the key - as long as it's fresh, it's gonna be good.

Today's experiment involved some beefy yet flavorful tomatoes my sister gave me (variety unknown), home grown banana peppers, green peppers, Carmen peppers, jalapeno peppers, Vadalia onion, garlic powder (sorry, no real garlic), kosher salt, cumin, fresh chopped cilantro, and a long squirt of ketchup for a touch of vinegar and sugar.

No proportions, just chop and eat when it tastes good!