glimpses

You know how it is… you wonder if you are really getting through to those kiddos.  This applies to school at our house as well.  Then you have mornings like today. 

Up at 5:30.  Groggy.  Moving before your feet touch the floor.  Shower and dress.  Grab and go.

“Mom.”  Sleepy boy speaks.  Still slurred.

“Mornin’, Bud.”  Whispered.  “I’ll see you up at church after breakfast.”

“Mom.  What are those things with lioras?”

“Huh?”

“What are those things with like or as?”

“You mean similes?”

“Yeah.  I have one for bowling.  I speed the ball down the alley like the wind.  It hits the first four pins and sends a ripple of pins crashing down like waves.”

“Buddy.  That’s a poem.  You want a title for that?”

“Oh yeah.  Bowling with Similes.”

kale chips

CSA 2012 began today... happiness!

 A friend of a friend was starting a new CSA program this year, so we made the switch from last year's farm to this budding business.  On the way to the pick-up site today I caught myself dreaming about what would be in that box and promptly reprimanded myself for daring to hope for beets.  Surprise for me... beets!  See, what do I know?!

The hope this year is to use EVERYTHING in the box.  Tonight we start with kale chips.  Last year these babies came out of my oven greasy, lived a week in my cupboard, and ended their life in the compost heap.  This year... less oil... and voila!  Kale chips that won't make it until morning.  Sorry kids.  Mommy ate your veggies.

Wash, de-rib, and tear up the kale.  Toss with a LITTLE bit of oil and salt.  Bake for 20 minutes at 300.