I am very aware I haven’t posted here for some time. I have been busy on Facebook and some dating sites, one in particular. To date, I have been out with three guys and despite an age difference, they liked me and I liked them, and I followed the well trodden path of one thing leads to another …
I cannot explain why I have always felt comfortable with those younger than myself, maybe a refusal to grow up on my part, maybe their minds are still enquiring and looking at things with a less jaundiced eye than I. Whatever the reason, my ego thanks them for the massage, and I enjoyed every minute of their company.
I’ve been back at work two days and it was nerve wracking the first day. Day two was a wee bit better. The wind and rain have returned as I type this blog. Laing hated the wind. It used to scare him. I would say encouraging words to allay his fears. Now I find I need some comforting as the wind and rain batters against the windows.
Since I returned from Venice, I have even started cooking for myself. I’ve made a sort of kedgeree. Laing would have been proud that I looked at some recipes and then did my own thing, as did he. I still want to go as vegetarian/vegan as I can with my diet, but the main problem is that recipe books always are meals for two or more, and not all of them lend themselves to reheating. You can only warm up (or cook at a low heat in other words) vegetables so much before they become a soggy mess. Do the TV chefs honestly think we only spend our lives cooking for dinner parties of 4 or 6 or 8 and have the time they require on our hands to create these wonders?
Oh and that reminds me, why do supermarkets only ever sell things at a reasonable price when it feeds 2 or more people? I prefer to buy organic, but a bag of organic potatoes is pretty heavy going for me, especially as I only need one or two for a meal.
I shall persevere. The kitchen is now my unwanted domain, but just for tonight, Laing, please give me a hand with how I cook these sodding salmon fillets for dinner.
