Take me to our forest
Where the cedar fills the world with Earth beyond our bodies
Where birch trees stand like soldiers
Protect our games of hide and seek
From souls who have forgotten how to play
And the mist conceals our pasts
Separate trails that brought us here at last
The dew will collect on our shoes
Revealing our progress on stones
Slowly they evaporate in our wake
The way breath betrays silence
We are alive
And your hands are rough from time,
But warm and where my body seeks refuge
Enchanted eyes will have no mind for nostalgia
Our fairytales will have no endings
Nor will they begin to match
The reality of nature in our veins
Like leaves shimmering on a coursing river
Sunlight catches your creases
Insistent from years of wonder
Left a map for my eyes to trace around your face
Beds of moss and years of fallen seasons
We sink into the dirt with no reason to stay clean
Unafraid to lose our modern gleam
My jewels slip off and your instruments are basic
In the best way
Braids come undone as branches comb through this mass alongside your fingers of silk
Skillfully we scratch our facades in the tiniest ways
Revealing smiles and uncertainties as materials test our faith
Our faith in bondage to set us free
Our love of freedom to keep us close
Our need of closeness to stay a part
A part of the magic
The magic of the forest where finally we can sleep
The sleep that fails to interfere with dreams
The dreams that cannot lie
The truth that keeps on dancing
Through the darkest of nights
Follow Kevin and me on our journey through lasagna land....
ROASTED VEGETABLE LASAGNA
(fun
instructional video starring me & a friend on youtube.com/thetopofmymind)
serves
8
what
lasagna
pasta
ricotta
cheese
1
kabocha squash (acorn squash) or other similar squash
leeks
capsicum
mushrooms
garlic
onion
gruyère
(or mozza, any cheeses which inspire you)
rosemary
olive
oil
salt
& pepper
oven
tray for roasting
pan
for baking lasagna (I’ve used a deep le creuset frying pan and made a circular
lasagna
any veggies which are
nice to roast and in season which inspire you are suitable too!
how
preheat
oven to 235°C
place
large pot with water to boil (salt and oil optional)
cut
the squash into fourths
cover
with oil and season with salt and pepper
roast
for about 10 minutes or until slightly soft and deeper in color
meanwhile
halve
the well-washed leeks, fourth the capsicum, scooping out seeds; and peel and
fourth the onion
pop
these into the oven with the squash at the 10 minute mark, oiling and seasoning
roast
for another 10-15 minutes or until all ingredients are well-softened
meanwhile
clean
and slice the mushrooms
cook
in oil on medium-low heat, adding rosemary near the end and salt at the very
end
set
aside
meanwhile
cook
the lasagna to al dente
then
when
roasting is done, chop the leeks, onion, and capsicum together creating a jam-like
consistency
scoop
out the meat from the squash and mash with the ricotta cheese until smooth in
consistency
put it all
together
start
by smoothing out a layer of squash-ricotta at the base of your pan
carefully
lay lasagna across the base
add
a layer of the veggie jam
add
a layer of mushrooms
add
a layer of pasta; continue to the final layer of pasta, shredding a good
covering-layer of cheese on top
bake
at 180°C for 20 minutes
ENJOY :)
My heart's been broken, my heart's been stifled, it's been lost amidst foreign languages, habits, and rules. It's been drugged and drunk, slowed and sparked with the touch of another's heart, behind a chest these hearts of ours rest and when they magnetize for real, out comes our best, flying us into the heavens on Earth where we seem to need to be so bad, so good, for the best
It's been stomped on, thrown to the wall, fallen to the floor, shed invisible tears, it's lost its beat every now and then through the years,
it kept going though it may have been deaf to my ears
My heart's felt joyous gratitude and sorrow with loss, regret for times its owner wouldn't let it talk, saddened time and time again when things didn't go as planned, my heart still sticks to it's dreams, even when my hands wander through other scenes...
The ancients told me that my heart is where the true mind lies
though my heart's been off while my mind ran the show, it watched,
undercover spy
Blocked, bruised, banished, ignored and angered, there it goes beatin' away, my heart waits with work to always do
And as time goes on
And as we fade
Our hearts ache on, push on, shine on
Til the final resting day
Wake it up
Give it a hand
Tell your heart
Baby, you understand
Listen to its stories
Move to the rhythm it gives you
Meditate to heal that heart
Piece it back to whole
Don't forget it needs you too
Don't forget you're all
You're all it's got to be
Lovin' you n you n you n you n you............
It's been stomped on, thrown to the wall, fallen to the floor, shed invisible tears, it's lost its beat every now and then through the years,
it kept going though it may have been deaf to my ears
My heart's felt joyous gratitude and sorrow with loss, regret for times its owner wouldn't let it talk, saddened time and time again when things didn't go as planned, my heart still sticks to it's dreams, even when my hands wander through other scenes...
The ancients told me that my heart is where the true mind lies
though my heart's been off while my mind ran the show, it watched,
undercover spy
Blocked, bruised, banished, ignored and angered, there it goes beatin' away, my heart waits with work to always do
And as time goes on
And as we fade
Our hearts ache on, push on, shine on
Til the final resting day
Wake it up
Give it a hand
Tell your heart
Baby, you understand
Listen to its stories
Move to the rhythm it gives you
Meditate to heal that heart
Piece it back to whole
Don't forget it needs you too
Don't forget you're all
You're all it's got to be
Lovin' you n you n you n you n you............
