I also made a pot of chicken noodle soup - even added celery and I hate celery. Dad ate two giant bowls and loved it. I thought it tasted kind of meh. I never really liked chicken noodle soup, but there has to be variations in the recipe to liven it up some. I did add ginger and even red pepper, but I thought it had little flavor.
The rest of the day I worked, problem-solved, advised, responded, double-checked, attended, and prayed. Also go ta walk in with Karal, which was nice because it was above 30 degrees. Dad had baseball movies on all day. In fact, he found his own way to turn on the t.v., which is very unusual. It's been at volume 48 ever since (I'm sure you can hear it...just open a window and take a listen).
Also got to spend the evening with Nic Stone and Dr. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz (two of my favorite people I've been fortunate to meet). They were in conversation about Nic's books for adolescent readers and th way it all connect with Yolie's theoretical understanding of knowing thy self, and the necessity of archaeological work.
And back to Dad's tv-watching. All day long, movies play that have always been in the backdrop of my life, but I never had time to watch. I still don't watch, but I listen and have to look up from time to time. The actors in the movies are 30 years older than the age I probably should have watched such flicks. Now, at 53, it's sort of surreal and have flashbacks of the cinema that every day people watched.
If you are a teacher, you don't have time to keep track of the ways generations are entertained. You're too busy doing the job you signed up for...so watching flicks from the past, I simply have to laugh at how foolish a generation of entertained beings have been. It's precious and all I can say is, "God Bless Our Species."
TGIF.
