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July 30 BakingThis afternoon I baked bread. Years ago...before we had a son, I baked bread almost on a weekly basis. I have an old bread cookbook that I have loved. It is Beard on Bread, compiled by the late chef James Beard. Today I made Anadama Bread. I contains molasses, cornmeal, and whole wheat as well as bread flour. It is still cooling on a rack so we haven't eaten any of it yet. We used to love it toasted with scrambled eggs. The next recipe I plan to reprise is Cracked Wheat Bread. Hope I can regain my "touch." July 29 Always a mother I guess one is always a mother. When I woke up this morning I was dreaming that I was at a very large wedding for a friend. My son John was there with me wearing a yellow polo shirt and khaki shorts. After a bit, he wanted to go off on his own, as is usual for 12-year-old boys. Then I couldn't find him. Time went by. Hours went by. The wedding was at 11am, and it was now 3pm. I kept asking people if they had seen him. No one had. (I don't know how I expected anyone to know whether they had seen him. None of them had ever known him.) Just as I woke I remembered a bicycle shop down the street from the church and was planning to go look there. I was optimistic about finding him. I never panicked. What produces this anxiety in our dreams? John is 31 years old and has two children of his own. July 24 How will I know?? While
I walk on the track at Milestone Fitness, I listen to podcasts that I
have downloaded from NPR, NY Times, or Scientific American. This
morning I heard an interesting and blogger-appropriate quotation. "How will I know what I think until I read what I wrote." attributed to Scotty Reston, news columnist. July 15 Living Living Wills and Powers of Attorney.....Those were our tasks this morning. Husband and I are certainly old enough that we should have done this long ago. Somehow it is like the shoemaker's children who have no shoes. In this case it is the lawyer whose family have no living wills. Well we took care of that, and it is done now. . Of course, we made each other our health surrogate and gave power of attorney to each other. If we are unable to serve, our son, age 31, is designated. I feel quite confident in him. One time a couple of years ago, I told him that I knew I had better be in my daughter-in-law's good graces since she would choose our nursing home. His reply, "No, she won't. I will, and I'll get the best." Just what a mother wants to hear. July 12 Sometimes I lie awake.... As I was drifting off to sleep a couple of nights ago, I wondered about the cars I could hear occasionally going down our street."Where ARE they going and why at this time of night?" Then I thought about how I look at people's lighted windows as we drive along at twilight and how I wonder what sort of life is going on inside those houses. Different styles of architecture and small, unique houses attract my attention the most. I often wish I could meet the people living there and see inside their houses. Does anyone else ever have this curiosity? I mentioned my desire to know to a friend once as we rode a train from downtown Chicago to her home in the suburbs. She dismissed such thoughts with, "Oh, I imagine it is pretty predictable." |
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