Heliotropic List #19

6am romance and blue cigars

Morning! I know, it’s not Sunday… but I wanted to get another list to you. Back to the usual programming next fortnight. This fortnight’s list features an audiobook, recipe, some astro-content and some op-shop inspo.

1. Listen - audiobook called The Science of Storytelling by Will Storr (free with a Spotify subscription). Super interesting read.

2. Watch - a friend sent me this cute lady Pam Gregory this morning who shares a New Moon in Gemini update for this week. I loved her explanation. She said to ask where you were 12 years ago and where Gemini sits in your chart and that this energy is currently repeating itself. Gemini is my South Node (what you need to move away from) and Sagittarius (travel/new experiences/intuition) is my North Node or your purpose and what you’re supposed to embrace. According to Facebook, 12 years ago I was studying Barcelona sucessfuly steering away from my South and toward my North Node. I love making these connections.

3. Recipe - Thai sweet potato soup. I made this one up with what we had in the fridge and it turned out so delicious. The kaffir lime leaves and crunchy baked lentils and lemony/garlic yoghurt are a must. In the pressure cooker it only takes 10 minutes — but if you’re doing it on the stove just wait until the sweet potato is soft enough to break down when stirring with a spoon.

   

   Thai sweet potato stew

   1 brown onion

   3 cloves garlic

   2 x Kaffir lime leaves

   1 x tbspn corriander root

   1.5 tbspn Ayam Thai Yellow curry paste

   Ayam coconut cream

   5 small sweet potatoes (or two big)

   1 cup red lentils

   Salt to taste

   Lentil croutons

   Can brown lentils

   Salt, tumeric, cumin, corriander powder

   Spread out on tray and wack in oven for 30 mins

   Yoghurt

   4 tbspn Greek Yoghurt or Coconut Yoghurt

   1 clove garlic minced

   Juice from half a lemon

   Salt

4. Look - this beautiful work by Polish photographer Sonia Szóstak

   

5. Songs on repeat this week

   this one…

   this one…

   and this one…

6. A thought:

7. Oppy finds - it’s been a minute since I posted these.

Most blazers don’t suit me, but I finally found one that works. I think it might be because of the wide lapels.

I walked straight to the jacket section with this exact style bomber in mind and it was the first thing I picked up. I love when this happens.