Recipes for Living:
Life Is Full Of Firsts From our very first breath we begin to accumulate first experiences. I find it sad whenever someone stops trying new things. I like traditions and routines; they serve a very important purpose in life. But there is no point in becoming stagnant when wonderful opportunities abound to become involved in something new. You might find it to be worth repeating as a new favorite or simply a once in a lifetime memory. Perhaps a new hobby is needed or travel to a new place. In spite of the many times I’ve heard someone say they are ‘too old’ to try something, I’m not convinced yet. A dear friend of my family decided to take music lessons when in her forties. One of my relatives learned to drive when in her early fifties. True, these are not the usual ages for such, but I still admire them for deciding what they wanted and not letting anything stop them. I have a not-so-secret desire to learn I don’t have that talent. However, over the how to play a new musical instrument. Sadly, years of searching for interesting recipes to there hasn’t been much opportunity to try it. I share, I have developed the ability to read an may be retired before I get a chance to put some ingredient list and just know it will be good. action behind my words. This is where the first comes in. I found a One of my most recent firsts was a surprise. tasty-sounding recipe and did my usual test To help you understand why, please let me run before writing about it. The ingredients are back up a bit. My grandmother had a very expensive, it took a long time to prepare and it acute sense of taste and smell. As a result, she was ridiculously unhealthy. But wait, there’s could take one bite, or sometimes two, of a new more! After all that, it was very messy to eat dish and tell us exactly what was in it. Adand didn’t even taste all that great. So, it was a mittedly, some things are easy, but she could no-go. detect even the most miniscule amount of any ingredient. I may or may not tinker with it to make it worth the effort. If I get it perfected, I’ll be
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