2019 - Day 224/141 - Monday...Pescatarian...

Today was the hottest day of the year...so far...and luckily, I have not had too much of any need to be outside. Okay, I was outside for a while this morning in the dark, watering pots and stuff that has been recently planted. BUT, after the sun came up, I have probably only beed outside a total of 15 minutes. Otherwise, I have stayed in the air conditioned comfort of offices and automobiles, and that is just fine with me. There was a news report on the radio that, a road crew was putting asphalt on one of the county roads, and it was too hot for the asphalt to set, and it was sticking to the cars as they drove over it, so they had to close the road. Suffice it to say, it is hot here in central Texas. My 'work' day started by guiding a broadcast class on emotional support animals and service animals. Then it was off to the office for some power real estate, then a couple errands on the way home. Nothing fancy. BUT...just FYI, on this date six years ago (August 12, 2103) Jody and I were married by a Republican Justice of the Peace in Glastonbury, Connecticut. I think it was a Tuesday, but it turned out to be one of the best days of my life. The picture in this post is of the moon over that farm, and if you look closely, you can see Saturn at about 'five o'clock' below the moon.

Pescatarian -- Noun. one whose diet includes fish but no meat. The cafe menu included fish tacos and salt cod po'boys, so Fiona's friends, both pescatarians, would have options when they joined her for lunch.

Did You Know? The word vegetarian sprouted up (get it?) in 1839. Fruitarian ("a person who lives on fruit') ripened (get it?) by 1893. In 1944, vegetarians who consume no animal or dairy products began calling themselves vegans. Then, in 1993, those who eat fish but no other meat chose pesce, the Italian word for "fish,' to create the designation pescatarian. In that same year, meatatarian was served up (get it?) as a word for those whose diet includes mainly meat; that word is rare (get it?), however, and is usually used in informal and humorous ways. Another fairly recent dietary word is flexitatian, a person who follows a mostly vegetarian diet but occasionally eats meat or fish.