Good evening at the 14th off August, 2022.

 Good evening everyone, 

It's sunny and hot outside. Tomorrow there will be thunderstorms and rain and I'm looking forward to it. I just hope this entire autumn and winter will be very rainy to solve the drought. I don't mind if people are going to complain a lot about it- It's a necessity if this place doesn't want to be as dry and death as the Nevada desert (I wrote 'dessert.' somewhere. But it's a bad idea to think you can eat desert sand and dry ground after dinner. So I wrote it wrong. And it's better not to dive into it with a spoon after a meal. 😉)

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Officially today is half a year untill Valentines' day. Let's hope it's rainy that day too. I hope there won't be too much gloom this winter from rain and thunderstorms, but dear goodness- we could use it. 

Am I planning things with Valentines' day? Nah, just bake something special for that day and make a few lonely souls at de Boed a bit more happy. It's all a single old spinster like me can do. I'm not expecting something, I just take note it's only half a year away from us and it's probably better than scorching summer heat.   

Today was for ordering food. I didn't feel like 'Zaans geluk voor gevorderden.' This evening so I ordered a Shawarma dish at a local restaurant, sided with fries and garlic sauce. That's closer to my personal idea off real luck for dinner. I love middle eastern meat with garlic sauce for dinner. I also ordered some baklava for dessert. (In this case, it's a good idea to have that after dinner.) 

I have been finishing Wabi Sabi by Fransesc Miralles and Héctor Garcia and I wrote a positive review on the site I bought it from. (I've been reading it pretty fast.) It made me feel that positive, so I thought they'd deserve it. I never write reviews on items on that site since I don't consider myself an expert on things. But this made me feel so good, it deserved 5 out off 5 stars. 

I have been thinking off a concept for a TV-Show: Top Gear for kitchen tools. You know, that legendary British car program from the BBC? Something like that for kitchen tools for an every day user / hobbyist / noob / specialist / anyone who loves to cook would be great since there is a lot on the market and I have to find my way in it when I search for the best 'gear.' for what I'm making. There isn't such a thing as a guide for baking molds, springforms and cookbooks. (Maybe something more subtile like a monthly paper guide would be also great.) Given there is quite something on the market and everyone needs those tools, and things come out new every day, I foresee material for TV-shows for over 20 years. To keep it from being boring, it needs humor and a spicy twist like Top Gear. But maybe it's a bit unrealistic. It was a 2 A.M thought at midnight when I couldn't sleep. 

Today not much happened: I had coffee at de Boed, I got home for an afternoon nap, then finished a book. (I couldn't sleep during that nap. But a bit off rest was nice) Ordered food and then wrote a review for Wabi Sabi. There's another book out there with the same title. Maybe it's worthit also ordering and reading. 

I don't know if I'm suitable for the concept off Wabi Sabi. I don't crave perfection and I could do in a world without that strive since it would make me more comfortable. But I'm somewhat off a perfectionist when it comes to baking since that is my Ikigai. I wish to strive for better results each and every time I'm at it. But the relaxed way Wabi Sabi makes people think, accept and handle the world around them when it's not perfect, is a great way off wisdom. I just love it despite thinking I would be bad at it. Another book on the subject hopefully wouldn't do bad for me. I'm curious for it. I wouldn't do bad practicing it since it would also get a hold on my perfectionism when I would do so. My eternal strive to do better each and every time, and my strive to display these things I earned and the love off all that praise it often gets. I'm a bit off a show off sometimes. Do I have an ego or what? I just love people complimenting me. It's just in the field off baking. On all other aspects off life I could truly live a Wabi Sabi mentality. I would be 100% fine with it. Would I? I'm somewhat doubting it. But it's a perfect book to make people think. (Also people like me, who would do hard practicing it completely.) 

I'm not a perfectionist on most things, except for my creativity. 

But that's a personal issue and I don't know if insights from Wabi Sabi can truly solve it. Still I'm positive about the subject and I love the feel-good book I've been reading about it. I own almost all works from Fransesc Miralles and Héctor Garcia in the Japan-wisdom series. I love reading them and they're truly inspiring. Just like green tea- this is Very Good for your (mental) health. 

It's probably a good idea to read even more on the subject off Wabi Sabi. It can't be a bad thing to order that other book out there on the matter. It makes me feel positive to read eastern philosophy and not much in this world has that capability, to be honest. 

Let's continue this journey on eastern philosophies since I just love it. 

Allright, that's about it- 

Thank you for reading.