The Mothership

This can be a stand alone dish or a side dish  Ingredients: 1 spaghetti Squash Olive oil Salt, dried oregano leaves, and powdered garlic 1-2 big slicing tomatoes, sliced into at least 6 slices  1b of ground beef or meat substitute  Salt, Oregano and garlic 5-8oz. Of a spicy cheese, shredded Fresh basil Chopped red onion Warm oven to 425. Slice squash vertically and remove seeds of squash so it is in two halves. Brush some olive oil on the inside of each half. Season with salt and garlic powder. Place squash with insides facing down on cookie sheet. Bake for 40 minutes till squash is aldenté and able to pull out in shreds.  Towards the end of the squash cooking, begin cooking your ground beef; or I used a meat substitute. I sauté the meat in the pan, adding salt, garlic, pepper, and oregano till fully browned. Set aside Grease a 7x11 glass pan. Slice tomatoes into 12 or so slices. When the squash is finished baking, let it cool for a few minut...

This woman and I have parted ways before…   The first time she was gone for a week at camp.   When she left for college.   When she moved out of our apartment and married her husband (how dare she).   When I moved to New Jersey   the countless vacations she dare to take without me.  Each time I am sad. I deal with my sadness in many ways but more than likely my sadness moves with tears. Tears as I sit and think about the countless ways she has supported me most recently and pretty much all my life. Tears of the fun adventures we have been on and now take our families along too. Tears of the times I dared be upset with her. Tears of how she is ALWAYS putting other people before herself. I can’t even remember the last time she said, “no! That’s a bad idea.” to me because she is always along for the shenanigans.  She is just lovely.    She is leaving me again. And the tears are rolling. They have been rolling for weeks. It stings a lit...