Go-to -- food and word.
Let it known: carrots are one of my go-to foods. In their own right & as a touch of color in a dish sorely in need of such. Right now, "grandmother" is my go-to -- word, voice, shorthand.
COMFORT FROM AN IMAGINARY GRANDMOTHER
saute' carrots in olive oil,
when brown & golden add walnuts, fresh rosemary, twist of pepper
to which can be added grated Parmesan cheese
if time & energy, toss with pasta
Hypotheticals (continued)
ReplyDeleteA circular vessel was brought into the main room
and they stood around while the priest sang
The child cried with the agony of displacement, incomprehensible language, heat
Talk of a longer ceremony was tempered
so the merchant and his daughter could exit,
return to their garden in back of the store
and sip wine, recall a time last summer