Cooking Goddess
Chef Extraordinaire
I've had many little speed bumps along my life's road (who hasn't?), but two of them were real doozies. The first was giving birth to twins! when my plan was to have an only child - maybe. I was an Only, I liked it, and figured I had just enough patience and stamina for one. Well, I got an only son and an only daughter. No time to do anything but care for babies for the first couple of years, then spend the rest of my life trying to get back all of the sleep I missed.
My second upheaval was having to move from my lifelong home when Himself's job was relocated. Like Ruth, I turned to cooking to heal. My best day was when Himself came home from a business trip to Canada, finished up the gourmet-ish meal I had cooked (a scallop dish) and told me it was better than something he had eaten at a high-end restaurant in Montreal!
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My second upheaval was having to move from my lifelong home when Himself's job was relocated. Like Ruth, I turned to cooking to heal. My best day was when Himself came home from a business trip to Canada, finished up the gourmet-ish meal I had cooked (a scallop dish) and told me it was better than something he had eaten at a high-end restaurant in Montreal!
After we were in MA a few years, I finally was in a place where I wanted to get out and join the human race again. I went back to doing community theatre for a while, something I had done in OH. It was fun getting together with a group to create something for others. Much more social than staying in my kitchen and cooking for two....DH suggested that I join the Master Gardeners, so I applied the next year (2013) and was accepted. Now, much of my time is spent volunteering for this fun group, educating the public on sustainable gardening techniques and related topics. I'm looking forward to when we can meet in person again.
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While that's a great suggestion, I think I'd pass on trying to remember to show up for the discussion. I function best way late at night, and I'm pretty sure most of you are off to dreamland by the time I pick up my book for the evening. Besides, how would we pass the snack platter?...I think the only way to get deeper into books or have more authentic discussions would be to have face-to-face discussions. I'm willing to set up a zoom call if people would want to do it. However, finding a mutual time will likely be very hard to do...