This is how I rewarded myself on this cool, gray afternoon for two hours spent writing. It may not sound like a lot but I didn’t check my email once and I only got up a few times, to refresh a water glass or answer the phone [I only answer when I can just tell by telepathy that it's my parents calling].
So, the writing. It is going slowly, and well. I think it’s like running – every day, your endurance for the quietness and concentration gets better. So last week had a lot of interruptions but a good solid six to eight hours over the course of the week. This week has started out better, and I’m proud of that. Because this is scary, you guys. Two months or so where my only obligation is to keep up my freelancing gigs and write, write, write? After this, I’ll have to find part-time work and I accept and rejoice in that, but once I’ve made the decision to take this break as a godsend and write, well, damnit, that means I have to write like I’ve never written before and pray that the learning I’m doing will only benefit me along the way.
So today, I wrote and then gave myself a cup of tea and three cookies as a reward. I was also going to meet friends in Brooklyn for a Manu Chao concert but the skies, they are threatening and heavy with rain.
Which means I should move my caboose and get to the grocery store – why ruin the quiet satisfaction of a day well spent by ordering takeout? No, no – it’s tacos [recipe being swiped from Deb] and guacamole for us. Now if I just had confidence that I could pick out avocados to save my life. Oh, well, one life lesson at a time.
Today’s life lesson: tea is better with cookies.
monday
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Congrats on finding your stride.
I was just going to say the same as Simon… what isn’t better with cookies!?
congrats on the writing progress.
as for avocados… since they are among my very favorite foods i will give tips. the trick to buying them is NEVER buy them on THE day you need them. you buy them 2-3 days in advance to let them ripen. you can speed up the process in a paper bag with a banana, but still it takes a good day or two. there is the exception and that is a very rare avocado that is already so ripe that you could dent it when you squeeze it in the store. these are rare because once they are ripe they go bad very quickly, like the next day. now, go make guacamole. and… rosa mexicano near columbus circle (there are others too) makes the best guac. i mean, the best.
sorry for the novel.
If you need “day of” avacados though, the trick is that if the stem wiggles like a loose tooth, it’s ripe.
Tea is also good with lemon bars, which are my reward for doing ANYTHING. How’d the guac turn out?
We used to eat those biscuits on the beach when we went to visit my grandmother on Vancouver Island. I loved the brown edges. I wish I could buy them here!
Did you know that the original title for WAR AND PEACE was WAR AND LORNA DOONES?
Hope the tacos turned out well. I made the same recipe this week and found that the chicken tasted even better the next day. I also made the slow roasted pork, which takes a few more hours but is really worth it. Yum!