August 6, 2026 Breakfast - Granola. Lunch - Enchiladas with beans and rice. Dinner - Leftover Stuffed Eggplant with Sautéed Tomatoes and lamb over orecchiette pasta.

August 6, 2026 Breakfast - Granola. Lunch - Enchiladas with beans and rice. Dinner - Leftover Stuffed Eggplant with Sautéed Tomatoes and lamb over orecchiette pasta.  

Dinner was fantastic today. I diced 2 cups of the fresh tomatoes Suzette picked yesterday plus the last leftover grilled lamb chop, 1/8 of a red onion, and she picked fresh basil from the garden and sautéed those ingredients.

The sauce dominated by fresh sweet tomatoes was sublime. She boiled a cup of orecchiette pasta and heated the leftover stuffed eggplant from dinner two nights ago.

I went to the basement and fetched a bottle of Aquino 3014 Chianti Reserva and we enjoyed a great meal.

Breakfast and lunch were the usual blah dishes, good but nothing compared to dinner. Here is a photo of the lunch.

We watched Desert Reef about the Guadalupe Mountains geological history as a preserved 250 million year old reef, then Midsomer Murders and after Suzette went to bed I watched my new favorite show, George Gently Detective, with another gritty plot of humanity as it really exists.

I went to bed at 11:00 when it ended.

Bon Appetit

August 5, 2026 Breakfast - Granola with milk, figs, and blueberries Lunch - Cheeseburger at Monte Cristo Steakhouse. Dinner - Fig, lamb, tomato, cucumber, and red onion salad

August 5, 2026 Breakfast - Granola with milk, figs, and blueberries Lunch - Cheeseburger at Monte Cristo Steakhouse. Dinner - Fig, lamb, tomato, cucumber, and red onion salad

Today I worked on a pleading from 2:00 until 5:00 a.m. and then slept until 7;15. My pleadings are clearer when I can concentrate without any interruption, which is in the middle of the night.

While I was asleep Suzette picked orange cherry tomatoes and figs in our garden.

I ate Granola with milk, figs, and blueberries for breakfast around 8:30.

 At 10:30 I sold 105 shares of Nvidia’s and bought 200 shares at Space X, which many elite investors recommend as a long term investment. One of the factors that convinced me to invest was the progress Space X is making in reducing the lift cost for a kilo of cargo into space that will allow it to create a system of satellites around the globe that will enable world wide communication. That may put existing phone companies out of business.

I zoomed with Aaron and HJ at 11:00 regarding Earn minutes.

  

Then at 11:30 I drove to Monte Carlo Steakhouse and ate a cheeseburger with fried onion rings for lunch with a Negra Modelo with Henry and Richard Elizondo and their friend from Santa Fe, Steve Barela.

Monte Carlo has an interesting atmosphere, almost like a cross between an old fashion saloon and a men’s club. I enjoyed conversation about the history of Atrisco, which Henry seemed interested in.

I thought it was a Hispanic locale, but soon after I arrived Mike Keleher arrived and joined Ran Miller and another gentleman for lunch, so I guess old retired  lawyers frequent it also.

After lunch I drove across the street to El Super and bought lemons, an avocado, yogurt, cilantro, two cucumbers, sour cream, three smoked pork cutlets, green onions, and snow peas.

When I returned home it was nearly 2:00, so after unloading the groceries I checked my portfolio and even though the NASDAQ was down 221 points and AMD lost $36.53, my portfolio was up a small amount thanks to Nvidia going up over $7.00 and Apple going up almost $2.00.

I put the open bottle of Rioja Reserva into the fridge to chill and then napped from 2:45 until 3:55 and then watched the news until 5:30 when Suzette arrived with a bag of tomatoes she picked in the garden at the Center.

Dinner - we had decided to make fig and lamb salad for dinner. I put the refrigerated handful of lettuce from our garden into a bowl and added about 2 cups of the green frilly top of a head of Napa cabbage, then I boned and sliced the meat from two leftover grilled lamb chops, peeled and seeded and sliced 1/2 of a cucumber, and about 3 T. of red onion, while Suzette sliced some of the figs and three or four different tomatoes she had picked and made a slightly sweet balsamic dressing for the salad and dusted the salad with crumbled feta cheese.

I poured glasses of the chilled Rioja that we further cooled with cubes of ice.

We enjoyed this unusual salad for its fresh ingredients from our garden.

After dinner we decided to peel and process the peaches we picked from the tree in our yard, since they were softening quickly.

Suzette rinsed them in the sink and the parboiled them in boiling water to loosen their skin and then Suzette removed their skin and I cut the flesh off the pit because these were not a free stone variety. The result was 16 cups of peach pulp. Suzette filled four gallon freezer bags with four cups each and froze them for future cobblers and jam.

We went to bed at 10:00 after a relatively busy day of picking and processing food from our garden. 

Bon Appetit

August 4, 2026 Breakfast - Granola with milk and blueberries Lunch - Enchiladas with onion, sour cream and beans. Dinner - Baked Stuffed Eggplant with Lamb chop and tabouli

August 4, 2026 Breakfasts - Granola with milk and blueberries Lunch - Enchiladas with onion, sour cream and beans with a toasted and buttered tortilla  Dinner - Baked Stuffed Eggplant with Lamb chop and tabouli

I awakened at 6:30 and ate a bowl of granola with blueberries and milk.

Then at 9:30 I rode around the neighborhood on my recumbent bike and was even able to lift myself out of the sling seat without assistance.

Then I began working on a pleading for the LRGA until 10:00 when I attended the Earn Board meeting.

Then I worked at my desk until 12:00 when I heated some enchiladas and beans with extra chopped onions and sour cream with water and a toasted and buttered flour tortilla.

I kept checking the market today because there was a huge rally with the Dow up almost 1000 points until the closing sell off. Even with the sell off, the Dow and the S and P reached new all time highs. The NASDAQ ended up 671 and my portfolio gained over 2.5%, nearing its all time high again even after several distributions.

At 3:30 I meditated until 4:00 and then talked on the phone, including a telephone conversation from Luke to tell me he was hired for the marketing job he has been seeking at a company manufacturing fashion from discontinued fabric, which is a good fit for Luke.

I rested until 5:30 when I drove to Lowe’s and bought a gallon of milk.

It was my only trip out of the house today but I accumulated over 3000 steps.

When Suzette arrived around 6:00 she found a French recipe for eggplant stuffed with chopped tomatoes, pimiento, bread crumbs, eggplant, garlic, and holy basil. She partially baked the eggplant then cut it down the middle to create a long cavity that she stuffed and baked. It was a very successful new recipe that reminded me of the similarly stuffed eggplant dish we at the Istanbul Restaurant in Honolulu.

Suzette served leftover tabouli and heated lamb chops with slices of stuffed eggplant and I opened another Reserva Spanish Rioja.

We were both tired and went to bed at 8:45.

Bon Appetit

August 3, 2026 Snack - Pain au Chocolate. Breakfast - Range Cafe Dinner - Sautéed Smoked Pork Cutlet and Cabbage, Onion, and Apple Sautéed

August 3, 2026 Snack - Pain au Chocolate. Breakfast - Range Cafe Dinner - Sautéed Smoked Pork Cutlet and Cabbage, Onion, and Apple Sautéed 

It was a busy morning. We left the house at 6:45 for Suzette’s procedure. She had nor eaten since dinner so when she finished we decided to breakfast at The Range on Wyoming near Montgomery.

We both ordered the Monday Special, Huevos Rancheros with beans and cottage fries. Suzette ordered a latte and I drank ice water. Suzette chose a flour tortilla as her bread side and I chose a biscuit with butter and honey. The biscuit was big and dense but also flaky. I like the entire meal and we were both stuffed when we finished.

The Monday Huevos Rancheros was unusually delicious and not terribly expensive at $10.99.

I would go back.

We then drove to the Japanese market at Montgomery and San Pedro where we bought Japanese toothpicks and and a defoliating cosmetic for Suzette.  

We then drove to Pres at 8800 Montgomery for my doctor’s appointment.

When it was over by 11:30 we drove home.

We worked at our desks. I opened a bank account with Schwab and a line of credit secured by my portfolio and ordered a debit card that will not charge me a foreign transaction fee. I got tired around 2:30 and lay down for a nap until 3:30.

I then checked my portfolio and discovered it was a good day with my portfolio up 1.5%.

At 5:00 I joined Suzette and we discussed dinner. Suzette offered two  choices between sautéed cabbage and a smoked pork cutlet and a lamb, peach and fig salad.  I chose the hot meal of sautéed pork and cabbage. We had a half head of chopped cabbage that Suzette sautéed in olive and we added 2/3 of a minced red onion and two apples cut into thin slices. Suzette seasoned the cabbage with the Afghan black cumin Luke sent us for my birthday.

We drank glasses of Trader Joe’s Bandol rose that was really delightful.

I was still hungry after dinner, perhaps because we did not eat lunch,  so I heated the last piece of blueberry bread pudding and ate it with scoops of vanilla ice cream and a drizzle of rye whiskey.

We watched the Road Show and Suzette went to bed at 8:00. I stayed up and sipped a cognac and ate birthday chocolate truffle and went to bed at 9:00 to blog and read.

Bon Appetit

August 2, 2026 Breakfast - BLT Sandwiches with an egg Lunch - Mongolian Beef and Lo Mein Noodles, Snack - Fig Tart with Champagne. Dinner - Pita Pocket Sandwiches with Tabouli, tzatziki, and grilled lamb

August 2, 2026 Breakfast - BLT Sandwiches with an egg  Lunch - Mongolian Beef and Lo Mein Noodles,  Snack - Fig Tart with Champagne.  Dinner - Pita Pocket Sandwiches with Tabouli, tzatziki, and grilled lamb

We worked at our desks much of the day with lots of interruptions for food.

At 9:00 Suzette fried bacon, sliced tomatoes, an avocado, and 4 slices of French Country bread that she toasted. I fetched the lettuce and she fetched the Mayo and fried egg pancakes and we made BLT sandwiches with egg and avocado slices for a rather decadent breakfast with glasses of Albariño.

Then after the news at 10:30 we rode bikes in the neighborhood.

Then we worked until 12:30 when I heated the leftover Mongolian Beef and Lo Mein Noodles for lunch.

I then rested from 1:30 until 2:30 and Suzette worked until 3:00 when we watched The final episode of the Marlow Murder Club and snacked on a slice of Fig and Goat cheese tart with glasses of Gruet Brut.

Then I sliced a cabbage and Suzette filled 4 quart bottles with cabbage, a T. of salt and hot water to make sauerkraut.  

I then rested and Suzette watched HGTV until 6:00 when we watched  Miss Fisher. At 6:45 I sliced two previously grilled lamb chops into slices and at 7:00 Willy came and we fetched the tabouli and tzatziki and heated the lamb and heated pitas cut in half and filled them to make pita pocket sandwiches.

We all watched Patience and Willy opened my birthday box of chocolates and each ate a truffle with the lovely Gran Reserva Rioja I opened.

Then at 8:00 when Willy left we watched Grantchester until 9:00 when we went to bed.

I sipped a cognac mixed with the last of the Geveny herbal liquor and blogged while Suzette slept.

Bon Appetit