September is almost at an end but the weather is so erratic sometimes which makes you think it is still summer. Either the sun goes up early in the morning, heavy rain takes over in the afternoon or the rain comes early when you are asleep and the sun shines a little late in the afternoon. Crazy.
I haven’t blogged for a week, that kind of post that needs at least five hundred words 🙂 Remember that feeling that you wanted to write a post but you don’t know how to start? Remember that feeling when you have lots of thoughts in your head chasing each other to come out but you don’t know where to start? Remember that feeling that you would really love to update your blog but you don’t know when to start?
Maybe I am just feeling oh so lazy. Yes Virginia, that’ s the truth. I am on my 92nd book though, 8 more books to go and I’m done. I don’t always find good ones, some are just easy reads.
We left early to do our twice a month marketing this morning. I was delighted when I found fresh fiddlehead fern selling at P10 a bunch, got three for P25. You’re lucky if a vendor gives you a discount because you are the buena mano. It tastes so crunchy, just blanch it with hot water for a minute or two then add slices of tomatoes, ginger and onion. Instead of ground pork as toppings, I used a can of flaked solid white albacore fried to a crisp. Josef loves it. Then we saw a young stingray being sliced by our suki vendor so we bought a kilo. They clean it and remove the skin at your request. My son is an expert when it comes to flaking the fish, slicing and dicing ingredients. The best way to cook it is in coconut cream with lots of diced banana pepper, julienned ginger and thinly sliced red onion. I am surprised that Rambutan fruits are still in season, a steal at P60 a kilo. I love it when it is chilled. It’s fun to find fresh produce in the market.
We were supposed to celebrate my daughter’s birthday in advance today so I cooked Nate’s favorite sinigang, this time I used shrimp instead of pork ribs. Nate loves anything sour with all the veggies.They were on their way here this morning when Nissa told me that they were going back because her mother-in-law was rushed to the hospital. Nothing serious, she was not confined, thank God. Nate was actually looking forward to their monthly visit here. He said over the phone “see you later Nonna” but he must have meant “see you soon”. More weekends to look forward to.
Lately, I have explored a bit of WordPress, how to blacklist someone who makes those comments which are not really about the post or about the blog but which are not classified as spam by WordPress. They are meant to provoke. I have learned how to delete a follower who is not really into writing, when you click the site, you can’t even find it. Years ago, there was this site who made use of one particular post, changed some words and they made it appear its their own. I called the attention of WordPress to no avail so what I did was to blog about that site for everyone to see. I even learned how to use Copyscape to check everything here, I don’t know how effective it is but at least it is an option. I am glad there is Akismet. It has protected my site from 54,096 spam comments as of this writing. I am grateful to WordPress for that.
Any app you have uploaded to your blog to protect it? It would be nice to hear from you, thanks 🙂
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