Forward

Walking uncertainly

into a new phase

I stand still slowly 

so I can see memories 

fading into the distance.

“Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time.”

~ Steven Wright

Moon Songs

When the moon rises in the east, arcing over the sky til morning, the night sings a softer song

When the moon shadows its arc, the sky fills with stars, the night whispers whimsical songs.

From the darkness below

to look up to the night sky

is to be enchanted by the beauty.

“Go slowly, my lovely moon, go slowly.”

~ Khaled Hosseini,  The Kite Runner 

A Good Start

Cooking with Potatoes is the beginning of another creative journey. This is not the cookbook I had planned to begin with, but I have an overabundance of the starchy spuds! So I melded two goals together - use up the potatoes and begin my at home cooking lessons. I began with Potato & Meatballs in Spicy Sauce. Despite the name, the potatoes, the starchy element, are mixed with meat and spices.

I have been cooking from childhood til today. One of my early kitchen memories is watching mom or one of my sisters preparing and cooking food. I don’t often use recipes, even though I have more cookbooks than I need. Tonight, I followed the recipe, almost perfectly. I have potatoes, just not mealy potatoes which the recipe called for. The meatballs should have been made smaller than I made them. So, while the flavours were delicious, the meatballs fell apart. Not a bad start, just a lesson learned. Don’t overcook the potatoes - get’s rid of all the starch needed to bind the meat.

The result was my supper, as well as two freezer meals. A good start!

“What I say is that, if a man really likes potatoes, 

he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.”

~ A.A.Milne

Candy Cane Memories

Picking up the pieces of this candy cane time has left my fingers sticky with the sweetness of nostalgia and new memories. My memory file stretches backwards through time. I wash away the stickiness and close the file. The sweetness remains to be savoured another day or time.

“How quick and rushing life can sometimes seem, 

when at the same time it’s so slow and sweet and everlasting.”

~ Graham Swift, Tomorrow

Traditional

Publisher: Blue Orange Games

I learned a new board game tonight! 

Played with strategy and puzzle pieces

Participants: 1 seven year old and 3 adults.

Since I was old enough to move the marbles on the Chinese checkerboard, our family has played Crokinole, Risk, Chess, Monopoly, many, many different card games, and more that have drifted to the bottom of my memory. This new one may look like a silly child’s game, but it has a good strategy to it, and designed with youthful colours and pictures. I had fun. And more delicious food and wonderful family company. What a satisfying Christmas gift!!

“In every conceivable manner, the family is

 a link to our past, and a bridge to our future.”

~ Alex Haley

Christmas Day at Home

Reading

 Resting

  Visiting across the wires

   Watching movies

     Snacking

It’s all good!

“At some point, you gotta let go, and sit still, 

and allow contentment to come to you.”

~ Elizabeth Gilbert,  Eat, Pray, Love

Merry Christmas to all………….

 …..and to all a good night!!