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Printed from https://web1.writing.com/main/profile/blog/nordicnoir/day/9-1-2025
by Ned Author IconMail Icon
Rated: 13+ · Book · Entertainment · #2199980

Thoughts destined to be washed away by the tides of life.

I've been studying my cover photo for a while now, and it seems to me that it is more than just a photo of what is there that can be seen, more than just three white rocks stacked on a beach. It contains an important question about the future, about what happens long after the photographer has gone. What will happen to our pile of stones when the tide comes in? Will it topple or has the architect built this structure at a safe distance?

I don't know what will happen to these words that I stack here on the sand. They may prove safely distant, or they may be swallowed up by a rush of self-doubt. They may be here for a season. They may lose their balance and be scattered by the shoreline, or be hidden away under shifting sands. Perhaps someday, the tides of life will reclaim them.


Or maybe that's just a bunch of poetic, romantic nonsense. After all, this is just a blog.




September 1, 2025 at 5:06pm
September 1, 2025 at 5:06pm
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So, I've tried making egg white wraps two ways - with protein powder and with xanthan gum. I am surprised, but I like the ones made with protein powder better. They have a sturdier texture. The xantham gum ones seem a bit jelly-like. Like a wrap made out of a jellyfish. Well, maybe not a jellyfish, but like a creepy thing and not a crepey thing. I used Bob's Red Mill unflavored whey protein powder. I got the xantham gum from Walmart. The eggs came from chickens.

If you do want a crepe and not a sandwich wrap, then use vanilla protein powder. Then wrap them around some sliced strawberries and whipped cream.

The best thing about making egg white wraps is that now I have all these egg yolks left over with which to make lemon curd.


Don't you hate it when people start a blog post with "So"? It's to create the atmosphere of casual conversation, as if we were just chatting over coffee. Presumptuous, really. But I think I will go make coffee. Talk amongst yourselves.


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