Chicken BBQ

I ate my last sandwich with chicken bbq that my Mom brought from Bessinger's in Charleston. It sure was good with all of that mustardy bbq sauce. I had been craving some chicken bbq which makes me think my body must need the protein to recover from all the chemo I've had. Well, I'm giving it what it wants I guess.

We just got back from the Farmer's Market in Raleigh. I had never been and Mom has wanted to go there everytime she has been up to stay with me. There was quite a range of fresh goods still available what with all the NC mtn apples (we both bought big bags of the Pink Lady variety), collards and other greens, turnips, and more kinds of sweet potatoes than I've ever seen. She bought a big box of those too. After reading the Barbara Kingsolver book "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle," about her family's experience with growing or buying only local food, I'm feeling all virtuous about getting NC grown stuff. Believe me, after you read that book, you want to go to every farmer's market and buy whatever they have just to reward the farmers for staying in business and bringing the food right to you instead of of some big agri-business deal with shipping contracts from here to Calif or worse yet, Chile or New Zealand. I'd have to quit my job to grow as much food as they did during their year of eating locally, but fortunately, we have not 1 but 2 Farmer's Markets here in Hillsborough not to mention all of the local stuff available at Weaver St Market.

I did a run this morning though it was quite cold. I need to get used to this cold weather and toughen up. It's been a little hard without hair, and the chemo does make one colder natured too. I'll just have to dress in more layers than usual and wear alot of wool. It really helps. I have a little beanie cap that someone knitted and donated to the Bone Marrow clinic. It was made with a lightweight cotton yarn, and I use it to cover my head indoors when I feel a draft. That helps alot too.

Photo: Quig doesn't care much for the cold either and has now take up residence in the bed, all wrapped in covers to stay warm.