Thinking and Pie Making

I have a birthday party to go too, and i am preparing myself, for it, I think of it as social building for my daughter. Also, it is at six in the evening so i am not gonna eat much, which I find works best in my life to not really eat anything in the evening, however, i have lunch around three in the afternoon, so I am not starving. Now, yesterday, i made an apple pie, and the trick to apple pie, is simple, twelve whole cloves, and no cinnamon, and sprinkled brown sugar in it, kind of just gave the apple pieces a toss, in there, and coated them, i also put thin semolina on the bottom of the dough in the pie to take up any extra juices.
I made a lattice around the opening made of leaves, all those art classes in University about ten or so formal studio classes have not gone to waste. It turned out well. I made courgette meatballs, i wanted fallafel but figured where am i gonna get those beans, to grind, and the spices, and i don't feel like doing a mix from a box. Anyway, the trick with these is to put something heavy on them while they drip the water out of them for a while, you gotta get them as dry as possible. I have also, used them like crab meat in the past and put them into mushroom caps bigger ones, and baked them with olive oil and they are so good that way. A meal in itself with a nice bread which is crusty.
Luckily we have fairly good breads in Athens, so i don't have to bake my own. But, i wouldn't mind doing it.
I have also, been highly interested in my neighborhood with this asylum, type place, i am so fascinated with Mental illness. Its a convalescent home of sorts. I have been of course studying and reading Carl Jung again, and can't help but, be intrigued with his premise that behind even very degenerative chronic illnesses, like schizophrenia, there is a healthy personality in the background that sometimes comes to the surface. I also, like his own attempts at kind of going into his sub-conscious, but, he did state he was playing with fire, and that he had his feet firmly planted in the "real world"with responsibilities etc.. that kept him from staying there. He was for me a very interesting writer.
more on this later...