Everyday Rituals

Rituals. That word sounds a bit scary. It reminds me of horror films where the undead crazy shaman starts converting the good guys into zombies or periwinkles or something too scary to name.

But really, we all have our own rituals we do every day. Pick any usual thing you do during the day and I bet you'll find that you try to do it the same way every time. And heaven help you if you get interrupted in the middle - everything just starts to go bad.

Chaos Cooking

Right off the top, I want to say that I love my darling wife unreservedly and that we work exceptionally well together. Most of the time.

We have put up wallpaper, painted rooms, fixed cars and built furniture. We have raised three kids who know how to tie their shoes and string a coherent sentence together.  Most of the time.

We mesh together like a Swiss timepiece, or like a perfect musical performance, or like a flaming, knife-throwing, blindfolded, acrobatic circus act. Until we get into the kitchen. Then the flaming knives end up in the seats…

Varmints

A friend of ours mentioned the other day that they have a skunk. She wasn't talking about her teenagers, either.

It seems like a very pregnant looking skunk had taken up residence underneath their patio recently. Our friend's cat seems to have taken exception to the new tenant and stalks around the front door hole of the skunk's new den. It does not bode well for the future, if said skunk really is pregnant and not just well-fed…