Thin Slices of Joy

Serenity - you always find the most moving music. I just read about Shetland Pony and was in tears anyway. This is a lovely tribute to her memory.

The music selections are wonderful. My calico especially liked the Song from a Secret Garden. She couldn’t get stop rubbing on the iPad to get closer to the music. Cello is my very favorite instrument, though I can neither read nor play music. Dyslexia has me beaten on that account. It’s a superpower for other things but not music

WOW Serenity. Norah Jones is always good, and then Harry Nilsson. Great mellow music.

Serenity: Sorry I didn't make a note when I originally wrote it down, but is this Korean Pork recipe from you? Special K on the dinner thread kindly let me know she thinks maybe. If it is, what do you serve it with? I'm thinking black rice or Korean Braised Potatoes. Anyway, I finally have all my ducks in a row to make it this week. Just have to finish some left over salmon first.

>>>Wally - it must have been someone else. I copied it to an email file but just wrote "BCO". Hope the OP (original poster) will jump in and take credit. KOREAN PORK: 8 garlic cloves, 1-2" pc ginger peeled & sliced, 1/2 c dry sake (OP used sauvignon blanc) 1/2 c Gochujang, 1/2 c mirin (sweet Japanese rice wine), 1/4 cup veg oil (OP used sesame oil & half that amount), 1.5 lbs pork loin cut in thin strips, 5 or 6 green onions cut in 2" pieces added to marinade. Puree garlic, ginger, sake, gochujang, mirin & oil in a blender. Set 1/4c marinade aside; chill. Transfer remaining marinade to large dish. Add pork; turn to coat. Chill turning occasionally for at least 2 hours. OP cooked on the stove in a pan approx 8 minutes or until desired tenderness, then added rest of the marinade until it thickens up.

Tonight’s Slice of Joy is my precious kitty, Liten (lee-Ton). I rescued her from a flower bed in the pouring rain. She looked 6 weeks old, but later proved to be older. She has always been delicate and smaller than expected. Her name means small/little and I love practicing my Norwegian on her. We lived there a few years when I was a kid and I hate to lose the language skills.Plus Liten never makes fun of my accent!

One of my favorite songs. Wonderful that she is still performing. And really - do any of us really know life???

This is what I watched last night. Anyone else remember The Everly Brothers? Great biography.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsVeGewFL0g

Joni's appearance was so special. She seemed so thrilled by the crowds who sang with her. Seeing James Taylor last weekend again, and then seeing the clips of Joni, I think of James, Joni and Carol King as the trifecta of adoration by so many in my generation (tail end of baby boom). But I think all their music is also timeless and loved by many generations too!

Slice of joy- ,treats from the farmers market