Simple Things

Tomato sandwich was a staple for me growing up. My dad grew the best tomatoes in the whole world and making a tomato sandwich was a daily event. 

I have been craving a tomato sandwich. Yesterday I drove across town in search of a homegrown tomato. I'm not convinced the one I bought was homegrown, just did not have that homegrown taste. The tomato was good, though. We do not eat white bread and could not bring myself to buy a loaf, and I looked at the loaves of white bread for quite sometime. I did give in and buy a jar of miracle whip, mayo doesn't give it the same flavor, that little bit of tangy bite to miracle whip is needed. 

So, I have had three tomato sandwiches since last night. I'm sure I am going to satisfy that craving within two days.

Sometimes simple makes a very big impact - a tomato sandwich in the summer does just that. 

Simple Things

One afternoon last summer I walked out the patio door and snapped this photo; I have looked at the photo at least 3-5 times each week. I titled it "Simple Things". I placed the dried out gourd on a shelf the beginning of summer, loving the look of it, it reminds me of how something 'simple'...can be so beautiful. I need simple things in my life, they help unravel the knots... some by chance, some of my own making.

...with an eye made quiet by the power

of harmony, and the deep power of joy,

we see into the life of things.

--William Wordsworth, Tintern Abbey