Today's good thing is the grocery store. Last night I went to Meijers and got some groceries for the week. Everyone at home was in the mood for fruit, so I bought some peaches, mangoes, a papaya, bananas, plums, avocados, grapes, and apricots. What an abundance of fresh fruits from all over the world!!! We have a selection available to us that no previous generation has ever had.
In addition, I was able to purchase all the ingredients necessary to make sushi -- the seaweed binder, the special rice, the rice vinegar, everything -- right there in the store. So now Kate and I can put to use what we learned at our sushi making class last Saturday.
When I was in graduate school, I had a good friend who was Latvian. She had been raised in America, but her grandparents were still living in Latvia under Soviet rule. When her grandmother came to visit one year at Thanksgiving time, my friend told the story that they ran out to a convenience store to get some butter and the store was out. It was Thanksgiving and a lot of supplies were running low. The grandmother was triumphant and seized on this as an indication that there were shortages in America, just like in Latvia. They could never convince her that all they had to do was go to a different store to find some butter.
We're very lucky to live in a country and a time when so much is available to us. So, grocery stores are a good thing.
My meditation this morning was so interrupted it was almost comical. I settled down with Pepper in my lap and Sam on the floor beside me. After about two minutes Sam was suddenly alerted to one of his phantoms. He doesn't hear very well at all anymore, but sometimes he starts barking for no discernible reason. He can't hear us telling him to hush, so he continues until he feels the danger has abated. He got Pepper all riled up and she went to the door and rang her bell. [We're teaching her to ring a little bell on a string hanging from the door knob when she wants to go out. So, of course, when she rings the bell we're highly motivated to open the door and reinforce that behavior.] They both went out to deal with the impending doom. After about six minutes, they were back, wanting to come in. I guess their mission was successful. I let them both in. Well, it turned out that Pepper was coming in just to see what Sam was doing and she started ringing her bell to go out again. I ignored it twice and then figured I'd better open the door for her. I got to meditate for a few minutes and she started scratching at the door to come in again just about the time the meditation timer bell began to ring. So much for peace and serenity!!!
In addition, I was able to purchase all the ingredients necessary to make sushi -- the seaweed binder, the special rice, the rice vinegar, everything -- right there in the store. So now Kate and I can put to use what we learned at our sushi making class last Saturday.
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| Kate's sushi |
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When I was in graduate school, I had a good friend who was Latvian. She had been raised in America, but her grandparents were still living in Latvia under Soviet rule. When her grandmother came to visit one year at Thanksgiving time, my friend told the story that they ran out to a convenience store to get some butter and the store was out. It was Thanksgiving and a lot of supplies were running low. The grandmother was triumphant and seized on this as an indication that there were shortages in America, just like in Latvia. They could never convince her that all they had to do was go to a different store to find some butter.
We're very lucky to live in a country and a time when so much is available to us. So, grocery stores are a good thing.
My meditation this morning was so interrupted it was almost comical. I settled down with Pepper in my lap and Sam on the floor beside me. After about two minutes Sam was suddenly alerted to one of his phantoms. He doesn't hear very well at all anymore, but sometimes he starts barking for no discernible reason. He can't hear us telling him to hush, so he continues until he feels the danger has abated. He got Pepper all riled up and she went to the door and rang her bell. [We're teaching her to ring a little bell on a string hanging from the door knob when she wants to go out. So, of course, when she rings the bell we're highly motivated to open the door and reinforce that behavior.] They both went out to deal with the impending doom. After about six minutes, they were back, wanting to come in. I guess their mission was successful. I let them both in. Well, it turned out that Pepper was coming in just to see what Sam was doing and she started ringing her bell to go out again. I ignored it twice and then figured I'd better open the door for her. I got to meditate for a few minutes and she started scratching at the door to come in again just about the time the meditation timer bell began to ring. So much for peace and serenity!!!
2 comments:
Yep. They will us that bell to train you too. LOL
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