After saying this was not going to be about the weather, today is going to be all about the weather. First of all, the wind cried Mary all night long with on and off brief showers, but slowly getting more and more windy.
By the time Cwim was calling for breakfast I knew there would an abbreviated sunrise. She's been going crazy(er) all morning. Some animals hide in closets, she, not unlike myself, seems to get extra boosts of energy from all those bouncing ions in the air. We like it...to a point.
Actually, it is our 'so far' lack of weather that is making this morning feel so full of potential, because nothing much is going on other than a too warm wind and cloudiness and a few momentary sprinkles. It just FEELS like something is going to happen. Each time I walk out the door to wander around the yard, Cwim cries out as if to say "WHERE do you think you are going??? Oh dear god, I'd better go with you to make sure you don't get in trouble." She races back and forth to the door as if reminding me how to get back to safety and then patiently waits on the table in the gazebo until I've stopped my foolishness.
Maybe I'll rename her Lassie. Then I'd need to find a Timmy. Never mind.
The movie Julie & Julia is making huge waves, which, as a long time fan of Julia Child's, doesn't surprise me much, and yet, does. I do know that the most popular blogs are food blogs, and we are a world, not a country or culture or hemisphere, but a world obsessed with food. Whether you have an overabundance or a scarcity or none at all, food defines our lives - our health, our well being, our sense of comfort and satisfaction - on so many levels (especially in stressful times, and these are those) that the mind boggles, just spinning off on possible tangents. So I'll try not to. Really.
I have friends in the states who are gleefully taunting me with their *I just got back from seeing Julie & Julia* emails and postings, knowing for me it won't be until Netflix has it that I'll get to enjoy the show. My daughter Sarah called me last night, describing the dinner she had made, one of Julia's recipes, her adaptations due to ingredients and the delicious results. Half of what she used I can't get here, even with the veggie guy around. No matter, she has powerful descriptors and I was full by the end of listening to them. She will see the movie this weekend. I think she is one of probably thousands who were and are cooking Julia's recipes these days as a cooking legend is rediscovered by a new generation.
Of course, my poor children don't have that as an issue. In the summers of their littleness, most every week day was designated as a Day. Library Day, Science Center Day, Cooking Day. Cooking Day meant that the child whose turn it was could cook anything (within reason and budget) they liked. Which meant, they chose something they'd never tried and they were guided by me, verbally channeling Julia Child. My son could make better omelets than I can still, when he was 10...and I bet he still hears the echos of Mama & Julia when he makes them...
I think, when Netflix finally has the movie, we'll have to make a Movie Night out of it. We'll decide who has the biggest screen and the biggest kitchen, as we all enjoy cooking almost as much as we enjoy eating...maybe just as much or even more. Good drinks, cooking and eating good food and a guaranteed good movie with friends. I think Julia would approve!
How Julia Makes an Omelette (there are LOTS of videos of Julia on youtube.com to enjoy, choosing just one was a task)
How can anyone not enjoy this woman? Her lack of pretension, her obvious passion for cooking, just those alone without her talent, make it worthwhile to check out the movie and her cookbooks (can you imagine a TV chef today cooking on an electric stove with a teflon pan? and encouraging the less expensive pan over the more? Sacrebleu!)
Suddenly, the quiet is shattered with all sorts of activity out there in the sea! Since I post weather on stormcarib.com and gotoculebra.com, I'll leave using the blog for otherwise Culebra bits and pieces...unless what is happening on Culebra is about the weather! There, that makes sense. Sure it does, have some more coffee!
In the meantime, the sky is shiny bright and the sun is making it hot, quite a difference from the clear blue of yesterday, which apparently was all over the islands. Three scouts are umbrella hunting for me today on the big island (how crazy is that and how lucky am I?), hoping for success!
BIG NEWS!!! The Gulf station will be getting gas on Wednesday (all things going well, like weather) and be re-opening. After years of working on getting some pesky issues worked out, the road ahead looks like it will be a good one for the Co-operative. Point being, will have two operating gas stations again! A good thing.
