Woo! Hoo!
I hostessed our book club party on Thursday evening. I spent 4 days planning, shopping, cooking and cleaning in preparation for the event. I had no idea how to cook for 13 (there turned out to be 11 of us that night.) It was wonderful! Elaine and Lisa came early to help finalize everything and forced me to go relax and freshen up before everyone else arrived. I was a basket case! But the food and the conversation and the toasts were all fabulous. I felt like it was the perfect way to say thank you to my women-folk. As I cooked during the days last week, I kept thinking of that movie, Like Water for Chocolate, where the main character cooks these artful dishes and puts whatever emotion she is feeling into the food. When the visitors taste her concoctions, they wind up feeling those same emotions. Well, I put so much love and gratefulness into my Indian feast that it spread across each one of us that night.
"Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one."
~Jane Howard
2 comments:
There was so much love and joy in the food - what a feast and celebration!
I felt such serenity being with our tribe. Danette, you were thanking us for all we have done to support you, but the opposite is more true = Thank you for the bounty of your gifts to me.
I haven't met your tribe, but I love them just the same. Over the years you've mentioned your book club...ideas, people, events and we've seen them here on your blog. Hello ladies. Even though I'm miles away, you've touched me and others as well. Thanks to all of you for loving so well that the overflow makes it all the way to my island in Washington! Me(g)
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