Catfish in the Cellar - The Cypress Celler

I have never had catfish before and there was just something about the name that made me ask for salmon instead. But there comes a time when one must expand ones self imposed culinary boundaries and today was, once again, my day to jump into the pond.

My life saver and preserver in this venture was this engaging young lady with her Mardi Gras smile and Hurricaine charm. She said Try it, you will love it and if you don't love it I will get you something else. Now that is a gamble that even I am willing to take. The food at the Cypress Cellar is Creole, Cajun, Carolina and inCredible. It is cool weather comfort food with a spice and crunch that warms your body, heart and soul. The catfish with pecan sauce was li te tres bon!
These lovely people just happened to be nestling in for a late lunch about the same time as I and although entereing as strangers we left feeling as friends. Much love, fun and blessings to you as you travel back to Old Fort, North Carolina.

Bob and Fran Leave for Thailand

Most of us spend our whole lives searching for meaning in life. Others appear to have found it and still others create it in their simple act of sharing. So this is Bob and Fran. The weekly gathering of health seekers will be temporarily postponed until these two return from their annual pilgrimage to Thailand. A land so far away, so exotic, that most of us never dream of going let alone living there for half of each year. So for a minute I just wonder, are there kindred spirits waiting on the other side of the world for their return, just as we have gathered here tonight to wish them bon voyage? It's just a thought.

Tonight we all shared a delicious meal at the China Dynasty in Horse Shoe NC. Hendersonsonville is the meeting and melding of multicultural experiences for those who seek to find them. And so Qi Gong is not just a physical exercise class although is does involve stretching. It is, by experience, the stretching of ones personal boundaries from self to selfless, from limits to limitless and as posed creating the smiles in these pictures, from saying cheese to chi. It is the energy of Qi Gong with Bob and Fran that has brought this group together and their energy will be missed.
Namaste, Bob and Fran
Namaste