My Future Contains Mashed Potato

[poliphilo]

Having the family here and going to Alice's and having the clocks go back an hour has knocked me out of my groove- which is probably a good thing. Last night I slept for ten hours straight.

Yesterday, after Ma and Jenny and Ian had set off for home, I sat in my big chair and read Many Bodies, Same Soul by Dr Brian Weiss. Alice  lent it me. Weiss is a hypnotherapist who takes people back to their former lives and also forward to future ones. I want to believe everything he says is true, but when a person whizzes straight back to Jerusalem on the day of Christ's crucifixion I'm not sure I can. For what it's worth, Weiss's hypnotic subjects say the world is going to pass through a dark time in the 23rd or 24th century and will emerge on the far side as a green, underpopulated Eden.

I'm going to mash some potatoes for lunch. Ailz bought me a potato ricer (after we saw one being used on TV) and I'm eager to try it out.

Comments

[zoe-1418.livejournal.com]

I love the juxtaposition of "mashed potatoes for lunch" with all that heavy past/future life thinking! ;-)

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

:)

I like to mix it up.

[zoe-1418.livejournal.com]

I wonder what the history of mashed potatoes is... of course, I'm sure I could find it online...

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Up until now I've been using a potato masher which- basically- just stomps the potatoes to mush. The ricer is so much more efficient- and produces an end product with a lovely, fluffy texture.