Short essays, huh?
How does someone like me do a short essay? I can’t even do a short email to a
friend. It always comes out like an
epic. Well, I guess I’ll have to give it
the “old college try” since I’m going to be graded on it, right?
Possible topics:
I was thinking about this just after the break during the
last class that I am the “snack mom” and always have something in my bag of
tricks—aka, my snack bag. On this
particular occasion I was out in the hall talking to Christina and Melissa, I
think, and Christina mentioned that she hadn't eaten. Well, any good mom would have some kind of
nourishment for anyone who happens along, so I looked and found my “emergency
chocolate chips” in a bag. They were a
bit surprised, to say the least, so I think I could come up with some more of
those types of happenings that come out of my bag when it’s least
expected. Kind of reminds me of Mary
Poppins’s carpet bag, except mine is smaller.
Today I worked the polls and saw my fifth grade teacher, a
teacher from high school, and also a college professor, who all happen to live
in the same town, which is right near where I live. It was a serendipitous occasion for
reminiscing with all of them, but I also had the added benefit of seeing my
daughter’s third grade teacher, who lives in the same town as the others, and I
was her class mom the year my daughter had her.
Of course, it’s been 20 years since my daughter had her and I found out
that all of these teachers are now retired…well deserved and thank you! I could write about something like this,
which is that I always seem to run into someone I know no matter where I go,
even on a cruise ship in the middle of the Caribbean Ocean.
I love to eat jelly and jam, but not just any jelly or jam—homemade
and/or really unusual combinations. I still
have a jar of kudzu jelly I bought on a trip to North Carolina that hasn't been opened yet. Did I mention that I like jelly and jam? Oh, yeah, I did, but did I tell you that I
probably have at least a dozen opened jars of jelly or jam in my fridge and
maybe another 25-30 jars of jelly in my cabinet just waiting to be opened and eaten? Well, I just did tell you, so did I mention
that I like jelly and jam and that it doesn't necessarily have to be made of
fruit? I also like some vegetable
jams. One of my new favorites is an
onion garlic jam I found at Whole Foods.
It’s not cheap, but oh, so worth the price for the flavors. Mmm mmm mmm!
Did I mention that I’m not a big fan of grape jelly or jam? I know.
Weird, huh? It all stems from my
childhood, I’m sure, since my mother never really cared for it either, so I
never really got a liking for it, but have a particular fondness for strawberry
and any combinations with strawberry.
More mmmmmms.
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