July 25, 2026 Breakfast - Pain au Chocolate snack - Tabouli and Chicken. Lunch - Nuchols in Santa Fe. Dinner - Tabouli and Chicken

July 25, 2026 Breakfast - Pain au Chocolate  snack - Tabouli and Chicken. Lunch - Nuchols in Santa Fe. Dinner - Tabouli and Chicken

I woke at 3:15 and watched the beginning of Stage 20 of the Tour, which clearly was the most difficult stage this tear and perhaps in modern history with three over category climbs including Galibier with over 4000 feet of climbing to over 8000 feet of elevation.

Around 7:30 I ate a pain au chocolate with a cup of hot chocolate, my all time favorite French breakfast.

All the winners were decided today, including the green jersey for sprinters, the polka dot jersey for climbers, the young rider, and the three podium places, so a very meaningful stage.

At 9:00 after the stage I ate some tabouli and chicken and we wrapped the new Ron Davis piece and returned it to Charlotte Jackson’s Gallery in Santa Fe’s Rail yard to be repaired and went to Kitchen Angels, a kitchenware resale store. Walter we left the piece with Charlotte, we walked through the Farmers Market where we bought a bunch of leeks to Nuchols on the north end of the Railyard where we ate lunch. We shared a hamburger with French Fries and a Spring Salad that included pineapple, toasted sliced almonds, cherry tomatoes, arugula, spinach, red bell pepper slices, and Pickled cucumbers slices. We requested olive oil to balance the vinegar and it was better, but a long way from wonderful. Suzette drank beer and I drank apple cider.

We then drove to Owings Gallery to see the women’s exhibit but it was at the Palace street gallery and it started raining so we drove back to Albuquerque and then to Ari’s studio in Corrales to view the conservation of the Eskimo print and the Candy Wells watercolor. We decided on new acid free mats for each and I paid for the conservation and we drove home.

We rested until 6:00 when we decided to simply eat the chicken and tabouli with a yogurt, honey, minced mint, and olive oil dressing.

Then we watched the Michelle Obama documentary, Becoming, and the some news and the summary of 20 and went to bed at 9:30.

Bon Appetit

July 24, 2026 Breakfast - Lax and Bagel. Dinner - Chicken Enchiladas

July 24, 2026 Breakfast - Lax and Bagel. Dinner - Chicken Enchiladas

I attending a video seminar on water law today from 8:30 to 4:30.

At 9:30 I toasted a bagel, spread it with cream cheese, and garnished it with thin slices of red onion and Gravad lax.

Breakfast was so filling I did not eat any lunch and did not get hungry until 4:30. 

Dinner - Suzette worked at home today and went to her exercise class at 9:30 and she had not eaten lunch either, so we decided to make the chicken enchiladas we had planned for dinner. 

In the morning I had brought in the 24 oz. container of mild red chili that had partially thawed. Suzette put the chili into a sauce pan and melted itl she then deboned and chopped half of the four chicken leg thighs while I sliced about eight mushrooms and fetched the requeson and Monterrey Jack.

Suzette sliced an onion and then sautéed the sliced onion and mushrooms in oil with an added handful of dried oregano from our garden.

Suzette fetched a Pyrex baking dish abd spread a thin layer of chili on the bottom.  We then combined some red chili and chicken stock in a small skillet just large enough to hold a corn tortilla and I soaked six tortillas in the sauce and placed them in a layer on the sauce.  Then Suzette laid a layer of mushrooms and onion and poured a bit of red chili and sprinkled the layer with both cheeses.

Then I added six more sauced tortillas and Suzette spread the chopped chicken and cheese on this layer with a bit more chili.

Then I added six more sauced tortillas which got the layers close to the top of the baking dish. There was just enough space left for a sprinkle of ground cojita cheese and a bit more red chili and chicken broth to fully fill the baking dish.

We then baked the enchiladas for about 30 minutes at  350 degrees to melt the cheese and integrate the ingredients. I fetched a Negra Modelo for Suzette and a Bohemia for me and Suzette fetched the container of sour cream and we had a delicious dinner.

I was really tired and went to bed at 8:00, which worked out great because I woke up at 3:00 in time to watch the start of Stage 20 of the Tour.

Bon Appetit

July 23, 2026 Breakfast - Fried Rice and Egg Foo Young Scramble. Lunch - Mary and Tito’s. Dinner - Sashimi and Sushi rice

 July 23, 2026 Breakfast - Fried Rice and Egg Foo Young Scramble. Lunch - Mary and Tito’s. Dinner - Sashimi and Sushi rice

The two big events today were a major breakthrough in dematerializing my Indian bank shares and a major meltdown in the market. Also, I transferred my brokerage accounts from Wells Fargo Advisors to Schwab.

For breakfast I scrambled the leftover fried rice with pork and the shrimp omelet.

Then I had a long conversation with Mehdi and helped Frank with a corporate matter and watched Stage 18 of the Tour which the Ecuadorean Carapaz won on a 5 km. breakaway at the end of the stage.

At 1:30 I drove to Mary and Tito’s and ordered beef enchiladas, but could only eat 1/2 of them because I had eaten so much for breakfast. The flower arrangement on the table was lovely.

When I returned home I called Tim and he helped me move my Wells accounts to Schwab.

I then responded to the request for information from India and obtained the final construction agreements from Rahim.

Finally, at 5:30 I joined Suzette in front of the TV, who said she had not eaten lunch and was hungry, so I started preparing dinner.

Dinner - I made a cup of sushi rice that is regular rice plus a tsp. of dehydrated dashi, and 2 T. each of rice vinegar and sugar plus a dash of mirin.

Then I sliced 1/2 lb. each of Aji tuna and salmon plus five small sea  scallops. In the morning I had peeled and sliced the daikon I bought at Smith’s and pickled 1/2 in the sweet pickled ginger bottle with an addition of mirin and the other half in the jar of saltierJapanese pickles.

For dinner I filled one bowl with pickled daikon and another with pickled ginger. I also filled dipping bowls with soy sauce and fetched wasabi.

When the rice was ready I filled two rice bowls, made green tea, and Suzette fetched a beer.

We ate a lot of fish. The tuna steak had been cryovaced and was really particularly fresh.

After dinner we watched Midsomer Murders and at 99:30 Suzette went to bed.

I stayed up to watch a terrific episode of George Gently until 11:00 and then went to bed.

Bon Appetit  

uly 21, 2026 Breakfast - Shrimp Omelet Lunch - Avocado Toast Snack - Leftover Vietnamese Noodles. Dinner - Sautéed Pork Chop, Apples, oregano, onion and pomegranate

July 21, 2026 Breakfast - Shrimp Omelet  Lunch - Avocado Toast Snack - Leftover Vietnamese Noodles. Dinner - Sautéed Pork Chop, Apples, oregano, onion and pomegranate 

I slept 8 hours last night and I was more alert today and did not need a snap.

I made an omelet with 9 large Shrimp, onion, a tomato diced, beech mushrooms, four eggs whisked, and Gruyere cheese for breakfast. Suzette ate some but I put 1/2 of it in the fridge.

Then I worked at my desk. It was a very productive day that included time on Rahim’s transaction, finalizing the California easement letter agreement, and best of all, a call from Mehdi telling me he would help me get my shares in the Indian bank dematerialized.

I have been trying for over two years to get that done. I am almost unable to accept that it could happen but Mohamed and Mehdi have dematerialized and sold shares, so I am forced to believe it will happen.

At 11:00 Alex the electrician came and spent the next two hours installing the new ceiling fans we bought for the TV room.

I was happy Suzette was at home so she could check his work and pay him, as I was busy.

At 1:00 when Alex left, Suzette spread a very creamy avocado on slices of toasted baguette for a light lunch.

After lunch I drove the bike to Two Wheel bike shop to be repaired and then stopped at the bank on my way home.

When I returned home around 3:00 I ate most of the leftover No. 30 from yesterday’s lunch at Vietnam 2000 and gave the last bit to Suzette.

Then I checked my portfolio and found that it had a really good day rising 1.75%k within about 2.5% from a new all time high. Which may never happen due to the Market’s volatility due to Trump’s failed War with Iran that has opened the door for China to pass the US economically.

I then meditated from 3:30 to 4:00 and then watched Ari until 5:00.

We decided to cook the chicken I bought for enchiladas, so I chopped two carrots, 1/4 onion, and two stalks of celery and added the four leg quarters and enough water to cover the chicken and simmered the chicken for two hours.

While I was preparing the chicken for cooking, Suzette boned and diced two pork chops and picked and seeded and sliced three or four small Granny Smith apples from our tree in the garden and sautéed those ingredients with some oregano from our garden with the seeds of 1/2 of a small pomegranate from our garden.

She also heated the Calabacitas that we made yesterday and we ate a pleasant dinner of the deconstructed pork tapa on a pile of Calabacitas with glasses of Red Tail Ridge Dry Rose that was a pleasant wine without any fireworks of flavor.

We then called Willy to tell him there was enough food left for him and he came over around 6:45 and ate the same dinner with a glass of Luis Gordonus ??? Rioja Tempranillo.

We watched Finding Your Roots and then Willy left.

Suzette went to bed at 8:00 and I followed around 9:00 after a cup of chai, with a sip of cognac mixed with Grand Marnier and two squares of dark chocolate with almonds.

Bon Appetit

July 20, 2026 Breakfast - Pork Fried Rice Egg Foo Young Lunch - Vietnam 2000. Dinner - Lamb Kebabs with Tabouleh

July 20, 2026 Breakfast - Pork Fried Rice Egg Foo Young Lunch - Vietnam 2000. Dinner - Lamb Kebabs with Tabouleh 

I recycled the leftover fried rice Egg Foo Young with more stir fried rice and chicken and then added the leftover Egg Foo Young from yesterday and another egg to bind these ingredients.

Suzette shared some and afterwards we went bike riding but a tire on my bike flatted and Suzette rode home and fetched the Highlander for me and the bike.

The market was up and then around 11:00 it started going down, with my portfolio ending down .5%

At 11:30 I met Robert at Vietnam 2000 for lunch and we discussed cases. He has had a particularly difficult case for 6 years with a grifter like Trump.

After lunch I drove to the bike shop but it was closed and then the bank to make a deposit and then home.

I was 1:30 and I lay down for an hour nap.

When I got up I worked at my desk until 4:00 when I lay down to watch Ari and the news until 4:30 when I joined Suzette and we watched the news and discussed dinnerl

Dinner - We decided to make lamb kebabs to use some of the Afghan spices Luke sent us for my birthday, including a chili pepper, black cumin, and sumac, plus some of our z’atar to season the kebabs.

We did not have any pitas, so we heated flour tortillas and filled them with yogurt, taboulleh, and kebabs.

We drank a 2021 chilled Rioja Tempranillo red rated 94 points that was very pleasant.

I also ate several pickles I prepared last night by adding sections of Persian cucumbers abd red cabbage to my bottle of Japanese pickling medium.

After dinner we watched two hours of Antique Roadshow and went to bed at 9:00.

Bon Appeti