Anxiety burnsan acidic devouring confidence impaled –mind wanders to childhood dreamsuncovers fear’s origin. (Tuesdays, I borrow from Twitter @Vjknutson. I came across this tanka written in May/21 that seemed to match with the image I recently posted on my other blog. I decided to pair them here.)
We wait at the station, Mother and I,one final stop for her – painless she prays;I busied at bedside – prolonged goodbye –memories and regrets filling our days. “We live too long,” she wearily proclaims“Why must suffering linger till the end?”I plea and bargain, call angelic names,yet the will to survive refuses to bend. The […]
There are mouse bitssplayed across the sunroomstuck to my favourite throw rug and great globs of glue The trap my husband setto catch the recent invasionapparently lured the hunterfor she, stiff legged andface matted, is skulkingelsewhere I stepped on a gluey biteyes not yet openbefore notingthe disarray Hard to concentratewhen a tail detachedfrom a thigh […]
One Woman's Quest II 
This is beautiful, Heather.
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I’ve had this experience a few times out-of-the-blue. https://odaciuk.wordpress.com/2020/08/27/scent-from-the-past/
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Yes. Me too!
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Love this.
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Smells are great reminders of events in our past like fresh-baked bread or freshly brewed coffee. Here’s my take – https://amanpan.blog/2020/08/25/off-track/
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They are. Your poem really captures it.
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A Promise To Trust – https://awisewomansjourney.wordpress.com/2020/08/25/a-promise-to-trust/
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Good use of the prompt. Timely message.
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I’m a lot like you… I do note time, but the smell gives me a warning to check in time! So smells or aroma of food are good indicators to let us know when the cooking or baking is done or burnt! 🙃 Here’s mine – https://myheart2heart.blog/2020/08/25/dolly-parton-is-here-2/
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And I like her!
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Hi V.J!
I always rely on my instincts while cooking. It has rarely let me down 🙂
https://radhikasreflection.wordpress.com/2020/08/25/haibun-seasonal-epiphany/
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If you are like me, we have done it so long, we should know!
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Lovely write!
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I check the doneness of corn with the tine of a fork into one of the kernels. I do find that much of my growing years is remembered through smell: creosote, the ocean, seaweed, wild flowers, rain on the forest floor, pine trees. The list goes on!
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Yes. Amazing what smells trigger.
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Here ya go, VJ! https://iwriteher.com/2020/08/24/hope/
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Creative!
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I’m glad I’m not the only one who knows it’s done when it smells done…. 😁
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Seems there are more of us. Who knew. Hugs friend.
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I can relate it to indian cooking. The granda ma generation and the generations before never really repy on exact measurement. They just know what is right. Their explanation was you see, you feel and you smell. Done.
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Exactly. That’s what I was taught.
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I just do 15 minutes, having changed it from 20 minutes only in the last few years. I try not to be too resistant to change.
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My husband, who cooks only by time, swears by 8 minutes, but I think it takes more, lol.
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I keep reducing the time, so maybe he’s right??
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Not sure. I’d say it depends on the corn.
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In most cases me too 😆
And i dont really rely upon color change, texture change etc… when it is done, it smells right 😁😁
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Good to know it’s not just me!
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😀 😀 😀 😉
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