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Carroll's Stew

it’s five weeks since (get ready:) my abdomen was opened with an 8 inch gash, all the innards rearranged and made all nice again, then sewn up. (ok, you can look now.) i feel really good! i have neither the strength nor energy that i will have once fully recovered, but except for sitting down more often to rest, and the naps (!), i’m in fine fettle! one more week and i can begin driving again. at that point i hope to take on again half the shopping, cooking, and clean-up, start building the fires in the wood stove again, etc. carroll has been carrying more than her share! meanwhile, though, i enjoy her cookery: such as, tonight’s luscious beef stew!