SUNDAY MORNING For a moment, dark clouds eased over the sunny aura as a timpani typical rumble feigned turbulence in the near distance. Lawnchaired and only slightly looking up from my Sunday read, I feign a welcomed willingness to accept the days turn of events. My brief unease gave way to a calm delight. Above and right on cue, the sun shone through with a momentary “see ya later” kinda wink before passing behind the days cloud-covered fate.
Three days of sunshine with forecasts, both meteorological & pharmacological, of brighter days ahead, laid bare the folly & futility of predicting future events. Okay then! My sunny Sunday suddenly postponed, picture me— gathering cushions, emotions & materials of import, and flip flopping my way back inside.
Time checking my day, I arrive at 12:39 pm. Feed-the-Fam might be due? What could possibly lie behind yon refrigerator door after a week of meals. The truth? With nary a new item restocked, all that presents itself begins with the prefix “leftover.” Though not as dismal as the day, still, a reckoning. Shall we proceed?
Last nights salmon? Very recently alongside some local asparagus covered in caper berry lemon Béarnaise. Let’s see, I’ll lay that over these errant little gem lettuce leaves. Splash of the “always on hand” homemade lemon vinaigrette. Voilà!
Next up, that half pint of black beans & 5 corn tortillas from the Cinco de Mayo meal. With oven pre-heating, I’m throwing the tortillas in foil, then beans in a bit of my dwindling bacon fat stash. Half avocado, sliced too. And 8 lonely steamed carrots?
Then those ripening red beefsteaks; add salt, olive oil & thank you Ken for the Italian mozzarella! Hit the jackpot with Niçoise olives, Castelvetrano too, little Cornichons and some rippening soft cheese— all hiding, high & low, in that crowded fridge.
Lastly, & not least in anyway, a few nectarines, a pint of Harry’s berries, plus a rhubarb blueberry sauce I’d recently made. A few fresh jumbos too.
One day, the sun is out and we’re celebrating or sitting down to a decadent dinner. Other days we face the reality we’re dealt. Somehow we make it, hand in hand, elbow to elbow we make our stand. All of us, survivors. You know the rest.
MENTIONABLE: peaches, nectarines, apricots, cherries, all berries, dates & figs. Cavaillon melon, sumo citrus, also blood orange & mandarin nice! Nancy is cutting lettuce, herbs, peonies & Lilly of the Valley.
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