Scooping peanut butter spoons for the boy with dark clouds in his blue eyes back when happy appy was fresh out of grad school and had her own clouds in her eyes did not prepare her for the absolute joy that she now knows in the kitchen. happy appy loves to cook, and she owes all her knowledge about food and its alchemy to her beloved Hubby.
More random thoughts:
Random Thought 1: Happy Appy once costumed this chick. Back in college. For a play - Antigone. And she was Antigone. A very very hippie Antigone. It was a 60's take on the play, very innovative - opened with the Kent State event. Who knew?
Random Thought 2: The boy with the dark clouds in his blue eyes - was a child Happy Appy cared for who had autism. We bonded. Very unusual, given his level of autism. The boy babbled, and occasionally a word or two would slip through the filters. Enough so that I understood. He would say my name, his parents and brother, name things he wanted "peanut" "out" "tram[poline]" "this" "go fish" "swing" "tree climb". I filled entire notebooks with my notes about what we did, his IEP and progress, things he said, behaviors good and bad - all kinds of stuff.
I so wish I had those now, because lately I've been wanting to write a book about what I did with that kid and what he accomplished (and the rest of the story). And I would love to have those journals. They are - of course - destroyed by now. That was almost 15 years ago. The ending is sad though. Sweet boy. We would swing for hours, together on the swing at first, until he learned how, and then side-by-side. His face would explode with joy, and for just a second - the storm clouds would dissolve in those blue eyes and the sun would beam through.
Random Thought 3: Tomorrow: Meatless Fridays - Flounder (a couple of ways) and a Happy Appy tip!
Random Thought 4: Hurry Warm Spring, I miss thee so!
Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love!
Sitting Bull
These random thoughts made possible by the coming of the 21st century to hillbillburbia - bonafide high-speed internet. DSL. 5.0 MBs. Oh yeah, that's what I'm smiling about!
