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

July 19, 2026 Breakfast - Pork Fried Rice Egg Foo Young. Lunch - Chicken with Tabouli. Dinner - Bao Sa and Pasta

July 19, 2026 Breakfast - Pork Fried Rice Egg Foo Young. Lunch - Chicken with Tabouli. Dinner - Bao Sa and Pasta

I woke up at 6:00 and made stir fried rice egg foo young with pork for breakfast with Green tea.

Then I watched Stage 15 and ate a slice of toast spread with peanut butter and honey with chai and Collagen.

Then around Suzette and I rode around the neighborhood when we returned I watched the end of the race.

Evanpoel out sprinted Del Toro at the line and Tadej could not catch him that put him second to Tadej when Vingegaard crashed out of the tour.

Suzette cleaned mint from several gardens which created enough mint for her to make mint syrup.

Then I made tabouli with parsley and mint from the garden plus tomatoes, green onion, and cucumber I bought yesterday at EI Super.

Jim came at 1:00 and Suzette made a pitcher of mojitos that we sip through the first half of green World Cup final between Spain and Argentina.

Then Suzette reheated the four baked chicken thighs and we ate lemon tarragon chicken with tabouli for lunch at the half.

The final was not very exciting until Spain scored a goal in the last added 15 minute period to win.

We said goodbye to Jim and I lay down from 4:15 to 5:00, although Suzette derived us each parfait glasses filled with warm bread pudding with whipped cream that was terrific.

We then drove to Lowe’s and bought new ceiling fans for the TV room.

When we returned I heated two Bao Sa and made a dipping sauce with soy, mirin, sesame oil and green onions.

Suzette heated some of leftover pasta.

We watched Miss Fisher, Patience, and Grandchester and went to bed at 9:00, I to blog and read and Suzette to sleep.

Bon Appetit

July 18, 2026 Breakfast - Lax on Bagels Lunch - Boiled Shrimp. Dinner - Sautéed Salmon Fillet with Yu Choy Fried Rice

July 18, 2026 Breakfast - Lax on Bagels Lunch - Boiled Shrimp. Dinner - Sautéed Salmon Fillet with Yu Choy Fried Rice 

I got a good night’s sleep and awakened around 7:00.

I turned on Stage 14 of the Tour and toasted 1/2 bagel cut into two slices horizontally and spread them with cream cheese and garnished them with slices of red onion and Gravad lax and drank a cup of chai with collagen for breakfast.

Tadej put another minute on the field by launching aphis attack 2 km. from the top of the last of four mountains.

We then drove to the farmers’ market and I bought a loaf of French country bread and we bought  five ears of fresh white corn from Wagners’ Farm in Corrales.

We then tok several cases of bottles to the recycling center on Menaul and drove home.

It was nearly noon when I drove to El Super to shop. I bought mangos, cucumbers, Persian cucumbers, limes, lemons, celery, broccoli, green chilis, tomatoes, tortillas, requeson, shredded mozzarella, red chili, chicken quarters, pork chops, smoked pork cutlets, green onions, and a pound of large shrimp.

Everything to made tabouli, Calabacitas, chicken enchiladas fried pork chops and eggs for breakfast, plus an extra vegetable.

When I return home at 1:49 I had missed most of the first half of the World Cup Bronze medal match between England and France and England was ahead 4 to 0 by the half.

Suzette steamed the shrimp and made cocktail sauce with catsup and lemon. We ate about six shrimp each and refrigerated 8 for a shrimp omelet for breakfast. I also ate the last 1/2 of a several day old toasted croissant and we drank the last two glasses of the French Sauvignon Blanc, Vielles Vignes.

We then watched one of the most exciting second halves of football I have ever seen.

France scored three goals to come within 1 point of tying. Then England scored again and then France scored to bring the goals to 5 to 4 and late in the game Bellingham scored a 6th English goal to secure the victory.

There were many superlatives in this match and several questions.

Mbpape went two goals ahead of Messi in the golden goal competition, Saka scored a hat trick, England scored the most goals ever in its history of World Cup play. Why did England not play Saka against Argentina and why did England play so badly against Argentina and not guard Messi better?

After the match I rested and Suzette made blueberry Bread pudding.

Here is the recipe.

This is the second amazing dessert Suzette has made in the last 17 days. The first was the lemon tiramisu for my birthday party on July 2.

When I got up around 5:00 we made Calabacitas and dinner.

I diced a yellow squash and a zucchini from the Center’s garden plus 1/2 of one of the Anaheim chilis and 1/2 of a Vidalia onion and Suzette cut the kernals off two ears of corn. We put the ingredients into a enamel casserole and cooked it on the stove.

Suzette picked four or five stalks of oregano in our garden and I stripped and chopped the leaves and put that approximately 1/2 cup of oregano in the pot of Calabacitas.

Dinner -then I peeled and minced four cloves of garlic from our garden plus a small piece of ginger root, and chopped and seared the green leaves from the white stalks of five or six Yu Choy and thinly sliced three large green onions.. Suzette stir fried the garlic and ginger and then added the white Yu Choy stalks and then two cups of cooked rice, the green onions, and chopped green leaves. Finally we added a seasoning sauce containing Chinese rice cooking wine, soy, sesame oil, cornstarch and some water.

About 1/2 hour before dinner Suzette had marinated a 1 lb. salmon fillet in white miso, white vermouth (instead of sake), and mirin. She then sautéed the salmon fillet in peanut oil.

She presented the sautéed salmon fillet on a pile of fried rice with Yu Choy.

It was a delicious dinner. I drank green tea and Suzette drank a beer.

I blogged this entry from 7:00 until 8:00 when we watched Father Brown and then Death in Paradise until 10:00 when we went to bed, although I slept through much of the latter.

Bon Appetit