Saw some serious debate over whisky
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gfrancieI think I am done with Christmas shopping. Let's go with the theory that I am done. I have a few things to wrap. (christmas stocking related stuff for the kids mostly.) I am feeling slightly optimistic about all of that. This morning I went further afield to do a bit of food shopping and see if I could find some things that aren't always found in the nearest town. Lo I did. Morbier cheese isn't exactly found in most parts of Cornwall, but gosh darn someone had it today. It is one of my favorites and usually I have to get it from London. Another fun cheese to add to the giant cheese board at Christmas. At the moment we are at around ten cheeses. I figure some for Christmas Eve, and some for Christmas Day. And hey let's make a cheese ball as well. We are not lactose intolerant, we are lactose excited! Our Christmas food traditions are quite the mesh of... Norwegian/Italian/British. So there is something for everyone. (mostly fish, cheese, fruit cake, and ALL OF THE BUTTERY BAKED GOODS IN EXISTENCE) While it was still morning and a week day in the grocery store, there was definitely that slightly frantic energy you get in a Sainsbury at this time of year. Not quite like the 23rd of December when you think people might have a stroke while perusing the Stilton but close. I passed by the "useless gifts you give for white elephant gift exchanges, and relations you don't exactly know or like" section. Every year there is the section devoted to spiced pears/peaches in slightly attractive jars. I get giving people home-made ones but something about handing over some from the grocery store really says, "I don't know you, and I really don't want to."
The drive home was spent listening to a radio program about the Aboriginal relationship with country music. When the rest of their culture was being taken from them, this was a medium they could use to express their feelings and identity. Illuminating and rather beautiful. It was a way to pass on the oral tradition while appearing respectable and more like the white folk. Subversive and brilliant.
It has been a quiet lazy day. There are plans to do things later in the week, but I like the allowance for time to do our own things, and go with the slow quiet pace of impending winter. Tomorrow is the Solstice. Time to light all the lights and lure the sun back to us once again. Maybe we will have the fire going, and roast some of the marshmallows I made.
The drive home was spent listening to a radio program about the Aboriginal relationship with country music. When the rest of their culture was being taken from them, this was a medium they could use to express their feelings and identity. Illuminating and rather beautiful. It was a way to pass on the oral tradition while appearing respectable and more like the white folk. Subversive and brilliant.
It has been a quiet lazy day. There are plans to do things later in the week, but I like the allowance for time to do our own things, and go with the slow quiet pace of impending winter. Tomorrow is the Solstice. Time to light all the lights and lure the sun back to us once again. Maybe we will have the fire going, and roast some of the marshmallows I made.
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Date: 2016-12-21 01:29 pm (UTC)I do love the idea of the cheeses at the holiday. We used to have a a large number too, but now it is down to...me. So, much less cheese, I am afraid. I am going to try out a brie thing today.
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