DAY TWO OF 2024. Tis a Tuesday. Know what that means? A trip to TOP CITY. An Almond Milk Steamer on the way to the city. A few supplies need purchased. Out of cottage chz, coffee cups and organic veggies, etc. Heard that HAWTHORNE BERRY are good for dealing with blood pressure issues. If your pressure is too low, the Hawthorne Berry raises it. If the pressure is too high, it lowers it. Sounds like something I will try so I'll need to go to Natural Grocers to get some.
AS PLANNED: MJ's, LUNCH, Natural Grocers and Sams today.
Tis cold out, but the sun is shining. Hearing birds chirping encourages me to recall that SPRING is coming. Flowers will begin to pop through the ground as GREEN returns. The cold weather months give me an opportunity to work in the house getting settled, make plans about landscaping, get better organized and have thoughts of how to get there.
It will be nice to get out of the house today. I enjoy taking drives across the Flint Hills.
Our New Year's Eve was a busy one as we made a trip to Manhattan to purchase some wood for the back of an antique corner cabinet. Since owning this piece, it has not had a back. WE went to Home Depot because they will professionally cut wood to fit the dimensions you want, but it means the bead board will have to be painted because all they had were white boards. With the outside of the piece being a darker tone, I wanted the inside of the cabinet to be on the darker side.
Also went to MENARDS to purchase a few more storage tubs that are of a size and style needed. While we were there, I picked up some sweets for the evening as it was New Year's EVE. We had a quiet evening eating a meal of Black-Eyed Peas and corn bread. Black eyed peas symbolize having GOOD LUCK for the coming year and the corn bread GOLD. Some eat them on NEW YEAR's DAY.
Some say the tradition of eating black-eyed peas dates back to the Civil War. Northern troops considered the peas to be suitable only for animals, so they were one of the few edible things left behind by raiding soldiers. The black-eyed peas that were “lucky” enough to be left behind would make their way to Southern tables, especially the tables of Southern slaves who celebrated emancipation as ordered by President Abraham Lincoln on New Year’s Day, January 1, 1863. After the war, peas were always eaten on the first day of January.
Today, the tradition of eating black-eyed peas for the New Year has evolved, as many traditions do, into a number of variations – but most hold the theme of luck and prosperity that harkens back to the Civil War days when people felt lucky to have black-eyed peas to eat and help them survive the cold, harsh winter months. Some of these variations include:
- Serving your black-eyed peas with greens (collards, mustard, or turnip), the peas represent coins and the greens represent paper money.
- Cornbread, often served with black-eyed peas and greens, represents gold.
- For the BEST chance of luck every day in the year ahead, one must eat exactly 365 black-eyed peas, no more or less.
- Black-eyed peas eaten with stewed tomatoes represent wealth and health.
- In some areas, actual values are assigned with the black-eyed peas representing pennies or up to a dollar each and the greens representing anywhere from one to a thousand dollars.
- Adding a shiny penny or dime to the pot just before serving is another tradition practiced by some. When served, the person whose bowl contains the penny or dime receives the best luck for the New Year (unless they swallow the coin!!).
If you have trouble remembering those variations, just think of this old Southern saying, “Peas for pennies, green for dollars, and cornbread for gold”.
The evening was spent watching a movie I have been waiting to see, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON.
I'll watch it again. 3 hours and 26 minutes. For being a lengthy movie, it didn't seem like it as it kept my attention with the time passing quickly. A very layer story of Oklahoman events.
Having lived in the Tulsa area, Oklahoma Western interests me. Before moving there, I had not heard of the TULSA RACE RIOTS. After I heard about it, the news stunned me as I hadn't lived very far from the area where this horrid event took place. Reading happened. Same with the Osage Indian MURDERS. Time has a way of covering up horrible events with newer generations not knowing about it. However, the older I get, I understand how the fallen nature of people repeats itself and has not gone away as people are born with it.
While watching the film, I couldn't help but be sad for Mollie losing her family as they were killed. I figured out that William Hale was behind this disgrace. How he pretended to be these people's friend then killing them meant nothing to him as he was after all their money.
He is portrayed as a FREEMASON. From studying about their practices, the brothers turn a blind eye to wrong doing when one of them commits a crime. Ever heard of someone getting away with murder? They did. William would speak of God and the good book to others promoting Christianity, but behind the scenes he was a MONSTER. Not unlike many evil and wicked people behave.
TV Chef and COOK BOOK AUTHOR Ree Drummond's family has ties to the ground that William Hale owned. DRUMMONDS purchased the land while Hale was in prison. Because the Indians were viewed by our government as incompetent to handling their money, they were given wealthy, white guardians to oversee their head rights. The Drummonds were guardians to some of the Osage people which were known to be the wealthiest race of the area. William Hale, the ring leader of the REIGN OF TERROR and his accomplice nephew, Ernest were both sentenced to prison time, but later paroled. Ernest was pardoned by Oklahoma Governor, Henry Bellmon. Osage Indians serious protested the pardons. Convicted murderers pardoned. humph. Convicted murderers. Convicted. SOUNDS DIRTY TO ME.
Justice wasn't served. There are connections between the Drummonds and Hale ground. How did HALE acquire the land? Read up and find out?
My dear Dad told me years ago, that I should know how people get their wealth. He knew full well the ugly deeds some do to achieve power to get their way.
Still working at going through boxes, tidying the Kitchen, doing laundry. Off to TOP CITY I go. I ate my organic saltine crackers with mustard as a hunger saver. Think today I will have a salad for lunch. Needs some greens.
God bless us one and all that are working at getting healthier. I desire to be healthier and that means being PROACTIVE in seeing this come to fruition.
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