river_kate

In my attempt to eat as healthy as possible, I often rely on snacks. Green grapes, mozzarella string cheese, kefir, gluten-free crackers, almonds and such are way better than eating in a restaurant when I am too weary to cook. My diet is extremely important right now and I buy almost all organic, especially meat. Sometimes I prepare a meal in the slow cooker by just dumping the ingredients in. I love to cook but can't manage it lately.

The last few days, I've been lethargic. Exhaustion is more of a depletion and physical thing; lethargy is like when a huge part of me is busy in some other dimension and a shell-like creature is left here, not exactly tired or numb but not involved in life. Malaise has more soul involvement or lack of it and I sometimes experience that too.

Nibbling on food all day, I figured I might as well do just anything and I chose to do online research for the home my fan fiction heroine is going to live in. Right now, she's staying at the Collinsport Inn; I wanted to get a little Maine coastal cottage for her. Vaguely, I must have thought something along the lines of the English cottage that Kate Winslet had in "The Holiday". I was surprised to find that I thought the decor of the cottages online are hideous. Being attracted to many styles of interiors and loving most Bed & Breakfast's, it is difficult for me to choose a favorite; New England decor is not it, however. Finally, I found something that will have to do and I may post the photos on here soon. They are of a rental, this blog is not widely read and I'm not claiming the photos are mine so I'm guessing that will be O.K. It took awhile to look and makes me wonder how writers managed before the internet.

My heroine is into antiques. I like the look of them and have very little knowledge. I subscribe to a feed from Rare Victorian and look at the pictures mostly. Recently I described an Elijah Galusha chair from the Rare Victorian blog in my novel and will occasionally use that kind of research again. The kind where something just shows up in front of me.

I rarely drink but have a fifth of premium tequila evaporating in my cupboard. A few days ago I tried a mango rum mojito at Old Chicago and it was O.K., but expensive. I got some mojito mix from the health food co-op, put a little water in it, put it in the freezer to get slushy and then added the tequila. I liked it just as well as the one I had a few days ago. That's the lethargic lady's mojito recipe. Being creative with what I've got to work with at any moment is my life right now and I'm calling this a successful day.