From the Kitchen Counter…

View from my kitchen counter:

Mood Reading: ZZZ’S (End of a great holiday weekend with old friends!)

Just getting home from a terrific holiday weekend with an old friend I haven’t seen in a while.  Even though it rained (and even snowed), we hardly noticed the weather. The rigors of our verbal calisthenics kept us plenty warm.  It’s always a lovely thing to rekindle a special friendship that has withstood the time and miles apart – like rediscovering a favorite treasure you stashed away for safekeeping in the depths of your garage – a bit dusty perhaps, but when you brush it off and hold it up to the light, still in tact, exactly as you remember, and a delightful, tangible reminder of why you’ve saved it all these years in the first place. Read the rest of this entry »