You wouldn't think that is a good thing, right? But actually it is. I became so engrossed in reading the Sunday paper and a flashy new local magazine that I stopped sipping.
Two laugh out loud comics on the absurd truth of life are worthy of clipping and mailing to a friend with the same weird sense of humor. A photo and recipe for fresh cherry margaritas that might add some dazzle to my menu for the book club dinner that I am hosting. With a snap of the I pad camera, I can send the recipe to my niece who is a professional mixologist and see what she thinks of it.
The home and garden section gets me excited about adding some pots of flowers to my deck to freshen up the all green color scheme. The local craft store has silk flowers on sale! Great. It's time to do the window boxes on the front of the house. After providing several feasts for the local deer, I have had to keep the live flowers in the back yard, tomatoes and herbs planted behind a fence on the sunniest side of the house, and only artificial flowers in the front window box. Hey, no one can tell from the street and the faux blooms lend charm to a pretty ordinary house.
The new Robert Redford movie THE COMPANY YOU KEEP starts next Friday. Instant flashback to 1973. THE WAY WE WERE starring Himself and Barbara Streisand. The new movie may be described as a thriller, but trust me, with Robert Redford, it qualifies as a baby boomer chick flick!
The Food and Wine section has gotten my creative juices flowing. Time for stream of consciousness cooking. I may experiment in the kitchen today baking flat bread from a pizza dough recipe. Brush it with olive oil, sprinkle on chopped garlic, a little coarse salt. No, nix the salt and add sliced Kalamata olives and slivers of sweet onion. Bake until golden then dust with flakes of fresh basil and drizzle on some sour cream laced with grated Parmesan. My stomach is now growling a reminder to eat breakfast.
Time to pour a hot cup of coffee......world news can wait until after an omelet.
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