First of all, I glad we actually "talked" and I think we might benefit from the advice of my Druid friends that I ran into yesterday: relationships should NOT be worked out, played out, negotiated, etc. on a computer and esp. not on LJ of all places. I now see what they mean regarding how NOTHING, truly, can trump an actual "conversation," which even the best email can never, ever duplicate. Now how come you didn't realize that as a computer geek? And how come I didn't realize that as a writer? Oh well, live and learn. . . anyway. . . my mother's advice regarding cooking as my mother is a most excellent cook who will NEVER be able to tell you the exact measurement of any recipe. It's very frustrating as I was the child/daughter who REFUSED to learn how to do anything associated with "women's work". Instead, I spent more time jumping up and down, begging my father to take me on his hunting trips (which he never did. Still mad about that. He took my brothers only and I boycotted learning anything from my mother in the kitchen in protest for, well, my entire life! LOL!!!! Now you know why I can't cook . .. well, I can "cook" in other places and in other ways, but . . .we're talking about food, yes?. .. My Mama says (and Mama is ALWAYS right): cooking is one part CREATIVITY and another part IMAGINATION. That's why she can't tell you how she puts into anything. And that's why, no matter how hard I try and no matter what she tells me on the phone, I can't duplicate any recipe she's given me to where my finished product tastes anything like hers. Oh well.
Chill. My Mama (an excellent cook says. . .)
relationships should NOT be worked out, played out, negotiated, etc. on a computer and esp. not on LJ of all places. I now see what they mean regarding how NOTHING, truly, can trump an actual "conversation," which even the best email can never, ever duplicate.
Now how come you didn't realize that as a computer geek? And how come I didn't realize that as a writer? Oh well, live and learn. . .
anyway. . . my mother's advice regarding cooking as my mother is a most excellent cook who will NEVER be able to tell you the exact measurement of any recipe. It's very frustrating as I was the child/daughter who REFUSED to learn how to do anything associated with "women's work". Instead, I spent more time jumping up and down, begging my father to take me on his hunting trips (which he never did. Still mad about that. He took my brothers only and I boycotted learning anything from my mother in the kitchen in protest for, well, my entire life! LOL!!!! Now you know why I can't cook . .. well, I can "cook" in other places and in other ways, but . . .we're talking about food, yes?. ..
My Mama says (and Mama is ALWAYS right): cooking is one part CREATIVITY and another part IMAGINATION. That's why she can't tell you how she puts into anything. And that's why, no matter how hard I try and no matter what she tells me on the phone, I can't duplicate any recipe she's given me to where my finished product tastes anything like hers. Oh well.