Wild flowers in a storm

Feeling cooped up in the apartment yesterday, with Antonio playing soccer, I decided to go out and rent a video. On the way I took a path through a forested ravine area and started noticing all these flowers along the path. Individually their colours didn't make a bold impression, surrounded by so much green and grey sky, but when I gathered them together in an impromptu bouquet, they looked stunning. I brought them into the video store where they seemed out of place and then walked them back home against some grainy winds, black skies and random drops of rain. Very thirsty by that time, I relieved them by giving them water, and now they are cheering up the apartment, and me, on our coffee table! I'm hoping they will inspire and encourage me through the stacks of readings that await me...

Learning to be a teacher...

Friends and bloggers alike, sorry for my long absence! This is a lentil salad with roasted turnips and onions that I made today when I returned from school (from Jack Bishop's book "A Year in a Vegetarian Kitchen") which was really good served over some salad greens, with some leftover sfincone on the side...
Teacher's college is going to take up all of my time and more, unfortunately. It is also frustrating when your teachers' toe the conventional line! Thankfully, not all of them do, and social justice issues are at the forefront of several classes. More updates to come. Happy fall to all readers!