Come back…

I only took off a few days. It was needed. Our family meal was steaks for Jim and brother Kevin, and sides for the rest of us.

We had spaghetti squash with garlic and parmesan. Pasta with asparagus and shallots. I messed that up with too much pasta partly because it was cappellini and things get lost in it. It’s OK, I’ll do better next time. We were shopping from the pantry, not the grocery store.

The question is, when will be the next time. Cooking and eating have always been mainstays of our familial relationships, to the point that non-cooks who happily eat our food complain that we always talk about the next meal. If you have a good name for these people who eat our creations but complain about us planning or making meals, write in now. Nudges is an option, nood as in hood. Not necessarily a good one.

I’m so tired from hospice, travel, and not sleeping or eating that I have to go to bed now. Just tucked Jim into bed with a hot water bottle for his back. He’s snoring so is OK.

If I’m going to leave you, I’ll tell you so. Just needed a few days off and look what good stuff I got! Life is a mess but I have to get the blog back!

Please come back to the blog. I don’t intend to be here one day, gone the next. I used airplane time to read Michael Ruhlman’s “The Making of a Chef.” Crying time shouldn’t be held against me as my mother and muse may die tomorrow and I won’t be there for her. I already told her that many of my childhood memories/recipes will make it here on this blog.

I wish you well and hope you do the same. Dee

Thanks for those who stayed. The numbers are down but please stick with me – there’s more to come. Dee