Thursday, October 27, 2005 at 02:22PM Our vet just called. Eve's tumor was completely benign and the lab says they got it all! Only thing left to do is have the stitches taken out in a week or so. We are so relieved and so HAPPY!!
Thanks to everyone who prayed!
Thursday, October 27, 2005 at 12:34PM 
THAI CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP2 TB vegetable oil
1 med. Onion thinly sliced
3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
2 poblano or Anaheim peppers, seeded and julienned
1 or 2 cayenne peppers, whole (remove before serving)
Salt and pepper
2 carrots, shredded
1 stalk celery, sliced very thin
6 cups chicken broth
1 ½ pound cooked boneless, skinless chicken—cut into bite sized pieces (I microwave the chicken and cut it up after it's cooked.)
Chinese noodles (one bundle)
3 TB fresh parsley, chopped
15 fresh basil leaves, rough chopped (I use less)
1 limeHeat a large heavy bottomed soup pot with vegetable oil over high heat. Sautee vegetables in oil 2 minutes. Add carrot and chicken broth. Cover with lid and bring to a simmer. Add chicken, simmer 5 minutes, then add noodles and simmer 5 minutes more. Remove soup from heat and add the herbs and the juice of 1 lime. Remove cayenne peppers.
Thursday, October 27, 2005 at 09:45AM 
No frost so far, but can it be far off?
This may be our final harvest from our little garden. Slim pickings, to be sure; a few cayennes, an anaheim pepper or two and some almost ripe cherry tomatoes. I don't remember picking this late into the season since we left south central Kentucky.
Thursday, October 27, 2005 at 06:59AM 
October 27
Ye are My friends if you do whatsoever I command you.--John 15:14
OUR Heavenly Father, we bless Thee for Thy great gifts to us, Thy children--that there is provision for all our needs. We thank Thee for the power given to men to bless and gladden one another by the warmth of love, the truth, and tenderness of friendship, and to support each other in all good. May we accept this great gift with a sense of responsibility. Let not the wealth of human love bestowed upon us be wasted or despised--the tender care lavished on us in our early days, the love of parents, the patience of teachers, the wisdom of counsellors, all the sweet charities of home, the joy and strength of true human intercourse.
As we have received of love, so may we give. May we learn the deep lessons of love--self-denial, patience, helpfulness, sympathy, and growth in gracious living. May the discipline of love train us in constancy and true virtues. May we use the love with which we have been dowered to panoply us against evil, to preserve us under the manifold dangers and temptations of the world.
Bless our friends--may they and we be friends of God. Above all, may our experience of earthly love bring us nearer to Thy love, O Thou Lover of our souls!
Amen.
Hugh Black, D.D.,
New York City
