Global issues are magnificently complex, I get that. But, when neither pundits nor professors are credible in their prognostications about topics that ping my life, I experience bewildered anxiety. The Tea Party and four-page, 5 point font pharmaceutical ads also throw me into bewildered anxiety.
So, grasping for something I can handle, today's focus: Crock pots. Crock pots are recurrent in my life. I received seven as wedding gifts, one of which I kept and have used sporadically for years. When my grandmother died, she had my name on her crock pot cookbook collection. My mother recently down-sized her kitchen and gave me three. Three?
What the crock pots teach:
1. Tenderness (Cosmic/Astrological lesson)
2. Work early, enjoy later (Puritan lesson)
3. Slow down (Psychiatric advice)
4. It's a crock (Cynical point of view)
5. With enough time, flavors blend (American melting pot myth)
I think there's a lesson about passing a smell-test, too. On that one, crock pot(s) might be more credible than pundits, professors, Tea Party and Big Pharma. But don't believe everything you smell. For instance, my garden tells me that Raw Is Better. And, I believe it.
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Jonesborough, Storytelling Festival needs you up on their stage! Have you taken any of these deeply rich stories and told any of them?? Wow, I didn't know you had a blog...I feel like I have just gotten to visit with you, but as in person, I was sorry to see that the entrees ended. I could keep reading way into the night, as I see is the time for your most creative spurts of genious. I can see now that I was lucky to have been in your presence when I did so long ago. Are you telling anywhere? You have always had the makings of a great teller. Maybe someday I will get to hear you up on stage. Wishing you well, Rosalee
ReplyDeleteRosalee! How amazing to see that someone actually read my teensy tiny blogspot! I do most of my writing with a pen in a notebook so this is a new endeavor for me. I really, really need the feedback to feel it is worth continuing the effort so as always Dear Friend: Thank you, deeply and appreciatively. Love.
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