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    2010 Hindsight: A Year of Personal Growth, In Spite of Myself
    2010 Hindsight: A Year of Personal Growth, In Spite of Myself
    2010 Hindsight: A Year of Personal Growth, In Spite of Myself
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    2010 Hindsight: A Year of Personal Growth, In Spite of Myself

    By Sharon E. Cathcart

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    Author Sharon E. Cathcart started 2010 with two resolutions: take more exercise and learn French cookery. Instead, she found herself on a journey of personal growth as she rose to unanticipated challenges.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSharon E. Cathcart
    Release dateJan 25, 2011
    ISBN9781458112019
    2010 Hindsight: A Year of Personal Growth, In Spite of Myself
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    Sharon E. Cathcart

    Award-winning author Sharon E. Cathcart (she/her) writes historical fiction with a twist!A former journalist and newspaper editor, Sharon has written for as long as she can remember and generally has at least one work in progress.Sharon lives with her husband and several rescue cats in the Silicon Valley, California.

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      2010 Hindsight - Sharon E. Cathcart

      2010 Hindsight

      A Year of Spiritual Growth, In Spite of Myself

      By Sharon E. Cathcart

      Copyright Sharon E. Cathcart, 2011

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      To discover more eBooks by Sharon E. Cathcart, visit her Smashwords profile at https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/fiona64

      Contents

      Acknowledgment and Appreciation

      January

      February

      March

      April

      May

      June

      July

      August

      September

      October

      November

      December

      Resources

      About the Author

      Acknowledgment and Appreciation

      Many thanks to Molly, Stacia and Martha, for all I learned from them.

      Ah, 2010. We in so-called Western Civilization do love our tidy little decades, don’t we? That’s why it seemed like a perfect time for me to accomplish two New Year’s Resolutions: to learn French cookery and to get in shape. Instead, I found myself on a path of spiritual growth, despite my own best efforts. I keep a weblog, or blog, and it chronicled some of the things I learned along the way. The blog entries are unedited, with the exception of correcting typographical errors. (Be advised that I sometimes lapse into obscenity, and that I deal with adult matters in this book.)

      January

      Two Vaguely Related Things

      Jan. 12th, 2010 at 8:40 AM

      -- I can no longer read the Prop 8 coverage on the Sacramento Bee website; the attendant hate speech makes my stomach churn. I'll be reading on www.prop8trialtracker.com, which is a service provided by the wonderful Courage Campaign. I wish I had some spare $$ to give them right now.

      -- I agreed to provide an essay for Angie Bowie's (yes, that Angie Bowie) AIDS Begone writing project, the end result of which will be a book that is sold to benefit AIDS research. See www.angiebowie.net for more information. By the way, Angie is amazing.

      ***

      One of the earliest lessons I learned in 2010 was to mitigate my own personal damages. If I wanted to remain in a compassionate space, I could no longer afford the mental energy that went with combating zealous ignorance. Zealous ignorance has no desire to change, to learn something new. Better that I spend my energy and time in places that might make a difference.

      Proposition 8 was the ballot initiative that removed the right for same-sex couples to get married in California. Having been active in the fight for marriage equality for upwards of a decade, I could not ignore coverage of the trial to determine the measure’s validity under the United States Constitution. I could, however, select for more congenial company. Choosing to associate with purpose was a repeated theme throughout 2010.

      I also discovered some amazing allies in the world of the rich and famous. While Angie’ Bowie’s book project faltered due to funding issues, she continued her hard work on behalf of people living with HIV/AIDS. I included my essay in my own anthology, Sui Generis.

      Progress Report: French Cooking

      Jan. 24th, 2010 at 9:25 AM

      You may recall that I have two resolutions this year, and one of them was to learn French cookery. So, here's the progress to date. Cookbook titles are in parentheses.

      Roasted asparagus (Joie de Vivre) -- Ooh la la. Fairly easy, and absolutely delicious.

      Herb-crusted chicken (The Phantom Cooks Again, a cookbook from the Broadway POTO cast, benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS) -- Came out fairly well. Learned some lessons, like not sprinkling extra breading to cover up gaps in it after dredging. Some spots had way too much crust. Will not do that next time.

      Ratatouille (What's Cooking, turned into potage de legumes with an immersion blender and with additional spices added from another ratatouille recipe found in Lunch in Paris): Another success. I like the spices from the second recipe, and will include them in future ratatouille preparations. Also, using the immersion blender to make soup and then freeze leftover ratatouille eliminates texture issues when the dish is thawed.

      Gougere (French Cooking For Those Who Can't) -- Another success. Making choux was made much easier with the explanations in this book. The writer is somewhat irreverent in her text, which makes for humorous reading, but she gives excellent explanations for technique and I will definitely be doing this again. I served it with the potage de legumes. Go me!

      Key lime pie (Joy of Cooking) -- No, it's not French. This was an impulse born of finding key limes in the grocery store near my sister-in-law's house. I love key lime pie, and I thought, How hard can it be? after reading the recipe. Well. Let me tell you something. This was yesterday's project; we still haven't eaten the pie, as it had to chill overnight after cooling entirely. The project also featured a pan of scrambled eggs for the dogs, as it took me half a dozen eggs to get the necessary four egg yolks (broken yolks) and dragging Jeff in to help zest and mince 20 of these ridiculous little limes to get the necessary amount of juice. I am not exaggerating. Key limes are significantly smaller than Persian limes; they are, in fact, about the size of a large strawberry. Good grief. I would still be juicing and zesting if Jeff hadn't helped. By the way, it is much more efficient to juice a key lime with a garlic press than a juicer ... as we discovered. I doubt

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