All is well.
A gift of homemade bread from a fellow tenant - I'm on their regular list of donees. I say they, as her husband does the baking and she delivers to a favoured few in the building.
I was wondering whether there is a magic age for us oldies to be described as "sharp as a tack". Turning 80, 90? And to not be described as such would mean dripping some marbles? It's like the expectation is for a shedding of same marbles as we cross the hurdle of another decade? I've yet to hear an oldie described as thick as a plank. And surely those outnumber the rare "sharp as a tack" crowd? I'll keep my ears peeled for further research on this matter.
Did you all know about green onions? You buy a bunch once a year for a $1 or so and they last for the year when you put them in a glass of water and top it up once in a while. Just keep clipping and fresh new spears appear. I use a scissors.
I'll have to try that onion tip. Thanks.
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Thank you for that beautiful snow photo.
ReplyDeleteI think I'd be in the "thick as a plank" class, since I'm clearly not the fastest thinker on the planet, nor as "sharp as a tack".
I've never kept green onions like that. I buy a bunch, chop them into salads or other recipes and have to buy another bunch the next week.
Yes, try this River. It is amazing. They keep on giving and giving.
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I use the whole onion, bulb and most of the green part.
DeleteHuge thanks for the snow.
ReplyDeleteNot sharp as a tack (or as a whip) here.
I like those onions (which I know as spring onions) but like River I buy and use them. I may have to experiment.
Well worth it EC! I hope the snow cools you down!
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Thanks for the onion info. lovely photo and that obituary was wonderful.
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome EC. Yes it was a marvellous obit, may we all live so well and authentically.
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That onion trick ... how often do you change the water? Every time I try, the onions turn into a slimy, stinky mess very quickly - or is there another trick, I do not know?
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I change the water every week and also only fill it enough to cover the roots.
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We began describing my mother in similar words as sharp as a tack after an extended hospital a couple of years ago when she refused to do physiotherapy and ended up on a walking frame.
ReplyDeleteI know it is not always like this picture post card photo but it does look fabulous, including the distant snow too.
May we all be sharp as a tack, Andrew and I am glad your mother is.
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Good tip about the green onions. I usually chop them up and freeze them in a ziploc bag.
ReplyDeleteThese are fresh all the time Gigi!
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If anyone called me sharp as a tack, I think I'd walk away as fast as my cane could thump. Don't you think it would be demeaning to be so discussed. My grandma kept a collection of marbles in a glass candy dish, for the purpose of being able to tell anyone she had not yet lost her marbles.
ReplyDeleteI love your grandma, and yes I too find it demeaning Joanne. Also 75 years young, etc. Nothing young about 75 and "acting young" phew. I'd rather act old. I have packed in all these life experiences.
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Whenevr I get frustrated with an elderly person, my son offers up a gentle "old people" as a rebuke to me, clearly thinking I should have more patience. Maybe people do just think more slowly or something but I have never accepted age as an excuse for poor logic or willful ignorance or other kinds of willful stupidity.
ReplyDeleteSo, no, I don't talk ever about old people as sharp because it's what I expect until there is a reason to expect anything else
DeleteThank you Kylie. Exactly. I've been with others, far, far younger, who can't figure out Facebook or Google or do quick mental arithmetic.
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ReplyDeleteSince I live in India, green onions are available round the year and we use them regularly in our cooking. We also use shallots and regular onions regularly.
ReplyDeleteI am going to try your green onions tip, as I like to cook with them but rarely use the whole bunch since I cook for just me.
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