green leafy things

Last night I cooked and ate two of the varieties of greens that we got in the CSA. I'm not sure what they were, but after doing some research and some process-of-elimination, I think they might have been turnip greens and broccoli-rabe. I sauteed them both (separately) in olive oil and garlic. The first one, I added a bit of lemon juice which did improve it. It was a pretty strong taste, but I liked it okay. The second one, I added some soy sauce, which was good, but I put a bit too much so the soy-sauce taste kind of overwhelmed the greens taste. But it was still good.

Isaac tasted the first one, didn't like it, refused to taste the second one. Well, at least he tried one!

I posted pictures online of three of the others that I'm still trying to identify. Based on responses elsewhere I think they are kale, mustard greens, and chard. ( But you can look for yourself if you like. Pix behind the cut. )

Man, that's a lot of leaves. ;)

June 8

Four years ago today, I was sitting in a hospital room, my heart racing and my head spinning from the wonder drug terbutaline*, my ass aching from several steroid shots**. My world was in pieces, as what had been a pretty uneventful pregnancy suddenly, at 34 weeks gestation, turned all too unpleasantly eventful.

Four years ago today, I had no idea that the next morning I would still be pregnant and would be sent home on strict bedrest. Nor had I any idea that two days after that I would have a son -- a six-weeks-premature, tiny, underdeveloped, thoroughly challenging, but ultimately healthy and eventually delightful son.

"What a long strange trip it's been" is too much of a cliche, so I'll just say...four years seems like a lifetime ago. In every way.

June 8th isn't Isaac's birthday, but it's a date that I'll always remember, because it's when the Isaac Adventure really began.

* used to slow or stop the progression of labor
** used to help baby's lungs develop when premature birth is expected