Musing over Granola
I made another batch of crunchy granola this week and
thought about you. This upcoming autumn is harvest-bake-preserve-long walks
time. Time to imagine being a
homesteader.
In that imagining, I also remember how busy we were, not
only with the preparation for the next season rushing at us, but also raising a
family, building a house constantly, and struggling to gather funds to
help maintain the life we chose.
It also reminded me of how the Times have changed so quickly
(or so it seems). All my writing in those days were labored out of a
typewriter, a non-electric typewriter with a little bottle of white acrylic on
stand- by to make corrections. Do the many-steps to mail the story –
take the package someplace with a copy machine, copy, stand in line at the
post office: include a return envelope –
stamped – (a small assault to the psyche because we don’t want the manuscript
returned, we want them to buy the thing!). Go home, file the copy and start
another piece for another market. It might be six weeks before hearing from a
story submission. Ah, those were the days.
I like this much better. The changes have come so fast that
I know our nostalgia repertoire is skipping over a few bumps in time that may
never be acknowledged. No matter. In this brave new world we are looking
forward culturally, looking for the next new thing instead of lingering in a
land fill of old negatives. Maybe that is good. Maybe the new generations will
expect change instead of being frustrated by it. Maybe they will reject
traditions that drag us down to levels of oppression of others even those we
love deeply. Everything from our social interactions and institutions to how we
use our planet gifts are a big part of the shift. Maybe John Lennon’s Imagine
foretold the happening.
Thanks so much for stopping by. Hope you are enjoying the
richness of homemade crunchy granola. Hope you get a chance to read the book – A Homestead Decade, How Crunchy Granola Changed My Life, Amazon e-book,
cheap 2.99.
Love, Helene
Fade out to sounds in the kitchen
