WELL I WISH EVERYONE A VERY HAPPY EASTER.....THE RENEWAL OF THE WORLD, THE WINTER IS BEHIND US, THE LIFE IS BREATHED INTO ALL PLANTS, AND THE REBIRTH OF ANIMALS....
EASTER AND PASSOVER BOTH ARE SYMBOLIC OF THE CHANING OF THE SEASON....BESIDES THE RELIGOUS STORIES THEY BEHOLD. RENEWAL,REBIRTH,REGENERATION.....
lAST NIGHT I COOKED A BIG BOT OF DIET SOUP....MADE WITH CABBAGE,DICETOMATOES, CARROTS, ONIONS, GARLIC, WORSCHESTER SAUCE, DALT, CILANTRO, A BIT OF SPLENDA, SALT, CELERY AND SELERY SEEDS AND A TABLESPOON OF CURRY, TABLES[OON OF TOMATOE PASTE, IT BAKED,...YES BAKED IN AN IRON POT AT 400 DEGREES FOR 3 HOURS.... TODAY, ONE OF OUR CUSTOMERS WAS AN INDIAN MAN, AND HIS UKRANIAN WIFE....THEY WERE WARM AND WONDERFUL..I ASKED THEM IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO TRY A LITTLE JUICY CURRY....ALTHOUGH ITS A SOUP, I SERVE IT AS A MAIN DISH BY ELMINIATING MOST OF THE SOUP...AND ADD SOUR CREAM OR YOUGURT. THEY BOTH WANTED TO TRY IT..I EXPLAINED THAT IF THEY DIDNT LIKE IT....I WOULD UNDERSTAND...AND THROW IT AWAY...I ASKED HIM IF HE LIKED TI SPICY OR MILD..HE SMILED....AND SAID SPICEY...SHE WANTED IT MILD.....I ADDED MORE CURRY AND HOT SAUCE AND GARLIC TO HIS , AND HERS AS ORIGINALLY MADE. THEY FINISHED IT ALL,...AND SAID THEY BOTH LIKED IT....SHE SAID, WITH HER UKRANIAN ACCENT...:ITS INDIAN BORSCHT...WITH THE SOUR CREAM...
THE OWNER OF THE FABULOUS RESTAURANT "THE CITRIS GRILL IN AIRMONT" ,WHO IS GOING TO MOVE INTO THE BUILDING RIGHT IN FRONT OF US...(ITS IN PROGRESS OF BEING BUILT) CAME IN TO VISIT US...AND THE NEW SITE.....i OFFERED THEM SOME DRINKS AND FOOD...HER SON SAID HE LOVES CURRY, AND SCOFFED UP A LARGE BOWL...AND GOT THUMBS UP FROM HIM. HE SAID THAT HE CAME IN WITH FLUE SYMPTOMS...BUT AFTER THE SOUP...HE SAID HE FELT SYLPTOM FREE AND HAD A HUGE SMILE..... MAYBE THE SOUP CONTAINED MAURYMYICIN OR GRANNYCILLIN?
MOST OF THOSE WHO KNOW ME...KNOW THAT I AM VERY ROBIN-WILLIAMESQUE. VERY SERIOUS...WHICH CAN TURN TO VERY SILLY AND BACK. AND I AM VERY CREATIVE...AND VERY SENSITIVE....AND IN COMPLETE CONTACT WITH REALITY...BUT I DO NOT LIKE REALITY....AT ALL...THAT IS WHY I WRITE ALOT....TO BRING TO THE FOREFRONT...ALL THE INJUSTICES OF THE WORLD...WHICH IS WHAT REALITY IS ALL ABOUT.
ONE OF THE CENTRAL THEMES OF MY LIFE IS NOT ONLY CREATIVITY, BUT TRYING TO MAKE THE WORLD A LITTLE BETTER BEFORE I LEAVE...I WAS A TEACHER, WHO TAUGHT NOT ENGLISH...BUT TAUGHT MY STUDENTS HOW TO THINK, WHAT IS IMPORTANT IN LIFE..AND LEARNING.....I EMPHASIZIED INCREASING VOCABULARY, HOW TO EXPRESS YOURSELF, THE IMPORTANCE OF READING AND LEARNING AND BEING CREATIVE...AND OPEN TO NEW IDEAS....ETC
I NEW THE KIDS LIKED ME THEN...BUT ONE NEVER KNOWS WHO IS BROWN NOSING YOU, OR WHICH ONES WERE TRUTHFUL...AND I ALWAYS WONDERED, HOW MY STUDENTS WOULD FARE IN LIFE.
WITH THE MAGIN OF THE COMPUTER, THE INTERNET AND FACEBOOK, I AM FINDING MANY OF MY STUDENTS...WHO WERE 12 WHEN THEY WERE IN MY CLASS AND NOW SOME OF THEM ARE GRANDPARENTS...(THIS MAKES ME FEEL 100).
I HAVE WRITTEN TO MANY OF THEM AND ASKED IF THEY REMMEBRED ME AND ASKED TO THEM TO WRITE BACK TO ME AND LET ME KNOW HOW THEIR LIFE HAS GONE. TO MY WONDERMENT, ALL OF THEM ,NOT ONLY WROTE BACK, BUT ASKED, "HOW COULD i EVER FORGET YOU" nOT ONLY THE COMPLIMENTS FLOWED IN,BUT 40 YEARS LATER, ALMOST ALL OF THEM WROTE BACK FINE DETAILS OF PARTICULAR DETAILS OF LESSONS THAT WE SHARED...." tHEI WARM AND KIND WORDS MADE MY EYES TEAR...THAT PART OF MY DREAM OF CAUSING A POSITIVE EFFECT ON THE PLANET HAS BEEN MADE.
sO MANY OF MY STUDENTS HAVE DONE SO WELL: dRS,lAWYERS, wIRTERS, AND MANY HAVE GONE TO THE IVY LEAGUE COLLEGES.....AND ARE VERY INTELLIGENT AND CREATIVE...
TODAY, THE SAT BEFORE EASTER....OUR TV COMMERCIAL WAS SHOWN ON HGTV...AND WE HAD A FEW CUSTOMERS WHO NEVER NEEW ABOUT US... ONE OF TODAYS NEW CUSTOEMRS WAS A BASKETBALL STAR......WHOSE NAME I THINK I SHOULDNT PRINT..SO THEY WONT GET MAD...BUT IT WAS NICE.....TO HVE A NAME BRAND PERSON...
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