Saturday, June 19, 2010

The joy of Toaster


There are a lot of things that bring happiness. Health, friends, love, things like that. But today the source of my joy is a toaster. Yep, a toaster. To really understand my joy you have to think about your last hotel stay, now consider living there for 75 days with just those things in the hotel room.

No dishes, no silverware, no cleaning supplies, no toaster! Sure, I've got a microwave and a very lovely half-fridge but sometimes you need toast. Warm, crunchy, butter melting on it, honey dripping through it toast. Ahhh...

So, today on a day trip to Bury St Edmunds I bought a toaster AND silverware! Yes, you read it right, silverware! For the past week I have been using plastic stuff from the fast food place (and you know what fine quality those are). I ate lunch at a church rectory today and had a fleeting thought of stealing the spoon and fork but that really seemed wrong so I left them. (The lamb cobbler was so-so but the bread pudding with custard more than made up for it.)

The day also involved a market, the kind with vegetables & fruits and the vendors yelling out their specials ("fresh asparagus, two stalks for a pound - c'mon, give it a go"); A big fresh loaf of bread and some local honey found their home with me!

And now, the big event of the day looms before me. To the toaster!

2 comments:

  1. I'm raising my virtual glass for a toast to toast!

    But lamb cobbler? Really?

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  2. It's lamb everywhere around here. The cobbler part was a piece of bread on top of a lamb and veggie dish.

    The toast was yummy!

    Sunday's coming...

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