Last Friday I must have had a modicum of the blues with current affairs. Amazing how just the slicing of the fresh oranges and the stirring of the slow simmering fruit involved in the making of this orange marmalade cheered me up. But I honestly did not know if I would be as equally amazed when it came time to eating it. Delicious! It was like eating a winter treat on my English muffin one morning while the bittersweet loving thoughts of my Daddy poured into my soul.
Monday, February 22, 2021
bittersweet
"I got the blues thinking about the future, so I left off and made some marmalade.
D. H. Lawrence
What pleasure we can receive from memories of the little things about the people we've loved who no longer are with us. My father enjoyed orange marmalade. As a child I did not prefer this sweet, sticky fruit spread with a bite of bitterness.
Friday, February 5, 2021
the past eight days
Gatherings.
People coming and people going.
Little people, big people, all kinds of people.
Some arrive before lunch and stay for a few hours, others delight us with their afternoon appearance, while others come and spend the entire weekend.
One morning Claire asked me to keep Sophia. The "sweetest five month old in the universe". Truly. I have four children and three other grandchildren and only the word "sweet" describes little Sophia to a T.She rolled over, she cooed, she smiled and she kicked her little feet until she was a nursery rhyme come alive..."one sock off and one sock on..."
We have already finished Book 1 and are well into the second one as we sit and read chapter after chapter until it is time for her to go home.
Chocolate bundt cakes were on my mind two weekends ago as I began hunting for a simple cake recipe to serve to my dinner guests.
What do you say about a chocolate cake that is so good that you bake the exact same cake two weekends in a row? Actually, I wanted more of this cake since it is fabulously delicious. Rose and Ivy arriving for the weekend, bringing another guest with them, provided a perfect reason for baking another one this past weekend!"It's amazing how lovely common things become if one only knows how to look at them."
~L.M. Alcott
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