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Wow. A lot has gone on in the last 5 months since I've made a post. I started belly dancing again. I took a month off running. I started up a traditional diet. I set a tentative date for my PhD. I wrote a first draft of a novel that might eventually see the light of day. And with all this, I managed to lose track of my poor, neglected food blog. Well, I'm going to try to be back. Maybe starting tomorrow (or Tuesday, since Monday is belly dancing). I haven't been cooking much exciting, but I have been cooking.

And, oh, what cooking there has been. I started what is known as a traditional diet in September. Basically, the first thing I did was cut out all high fructose corn syrup and hydrogenated oils. Then I took the step to try to cut out refined sugars and oils. Then, I bought a copy of Nourishing Traditions, by Sally Fallon and Mary Enig, and tried to incorporate more of that in my life. I soak grains. I cook with animal fats. Today, I rendered a pound of beef fat from pastured cows. I eat a lot of butter.

And I'm feeling great. I'm almost off all medications, and I've had fewer than a migraine a month. Well, I had headaches 4 days in a row over Christmas, but I'm reasonably sure that was one long headache. So there are more adventures in the land of cooking.

I also tried to quit running. It started as a break. That got longer. And longer. It lasted about 5 weeks, but I got back on the wagon 2 weeks ago, and am going strong at 9 miles per week. I'm hoping to work up to 15 in the next couple of months. Yes, I still like running long, but I think half marathon is going to be my personal limit. It's the longest distance where I still felt like I was having fun the whole time.

Sorry for no pictures this time, but I only have one recent project to model, and I doubt everyone else is as excited by tallow as I am.