Sarasota FL
Today, we took Pat with us to see the movie “Did You Hear about the Morgans?” It was cute, but no surprises.
Pat has taken in a roommate – a personal trainer and life coach named Anthony. He insists that she eat a vegan diet, with raw foods only. She really enjoyed eating a soft pretzel at the movies.
Later, Kelly and I went over to Barb and Brenda’s house. We shared dinner with them, and four other women. We ate pork Brenda had roasted with aromatic herbs, sauerkraut baked with a bit of brown sugar, black eyed peas cooked with onions and spices, and rolls with butter. Her dinner was so good - one of those times when conversation ceases until plates are empty. My father taught me that eating pork and kraut on New Year’s Day ensured luck throughout the coming year. It was comforting, in this physical and spiritual place of semi-chaos, to eat familiar and lucky foods. Dessert, by the way, was vanilla ice cream with bits of red and green mint candies in it – a tradition from Barb’s family.
The holidays are filled with traditions, old and new. Each of us comes to new friends with our old traditions, while making some space for the new traditions. Sue gave us some cookies that may not have been part of my heritage, but cookies seem to be pretty universal at this time of year. My dad never put brown sugar in his kraut (He preferred carrots and caraway seed.), but it meant so much to me to eat kraut today. I enjoyed hearing Barb’s story of the special holiday ice cream and felt comforted by our connections.
Kelly and I hope the new year will bring all of you health and happiness. We hope to stay connected to our friends and family while we make new friend across the country.
Today, we took Pat with us to see the movie “Did You Hear about the Morgans?” It was cute, but no surprises.
Pat has taken in a roommate – a personal trainer and life coach named Anthony. He insists that she eat a vegan diet, with raw foods only. She really enjoyed eating a soft pretzel at the movies.
Later, Kelly and I went over to Barb and Brenda’s house. We shared dinner with them, and four other women. We ate pork Brenda had roasted with aromatic herbs, sauerkraut baked with a bit of brown sugar, black eyed peas cooked with onions and spices, and rolls with butter. Her dinner was so good - one of those times when conversation ceases until plates are empty. My father taught me that eating pork and kraut on New Year’s Day ensured luck throughout the coming year. It was comforting, in this physical and spiritual place of semi-chaos, to eat familiar and lucky foods. Dessert, by the way, was vanilla ice cream with bits of red and green mint candies in it – a tradition from Barb’s family.
The holidays are filled with traditions, old and new. Each of us comes to new friends with our old traditions, while making some space for the new traditions. Sue gave us some cookies that may not have been part of my heritage, but cookies seem to be pretty universal at this time of year. My dad never put brown sugar in his kraut (He preferred carrots and caraway seed.), but it meant so much to me to eat kraut today. I enjoyed hearing Barb’s story of the special holiday ice cream and felt comforted by our connections.
Kelly and I hope the new year will bring all of you health and happiness. We hope to stay connected to our friends and family while we make new friend across the country.
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