Today I have been thinking about how much I am enjoying Substack (I have been off all social media for 18 months - more on that in a future post) and what exactly I want to use this space for and I realized it is just really about talking about becoming …

I was telling my therapist earlier that I have been noticing this new desire to cook lovely meals for myself. At 63 this is BRAND NEW! When I was married, cooking was about the family and what I could make that everyone would eat. After my divorce in 2011 cooking was about assembling a pre-assembled salad 😂, opening a can of soup or popping a bag of popcorn.

I seem to have fallen into my epicurean for moi era, obsessively adding recipes to my NYT cooking app and thinking about what I can create (operative word) from what I have on hand.

So I thought I’d share tonight’s yum: sautéed carrots and squash in Roa’s butternut squash soup and the other ½ of the decadent grilled cheese I made this morning after Starbucks subliminally triggered my grilled cheese impulse with today’s email.

Tonight will be about reading my new book “how to love better” by Yung Pueblo and maybe watching a bit of TV - either Severance or The Pitt - btw did you catch that promo pic for formula one 🤭- also yummy.

Anyway, I really appreciate you following along. Not many people here and that’s ok, I just love to create with words and images.

Do you ever.cook for yourself? What show are you loving?

TTYL, Cindy the “Psycho” Therapist