I'm such a sucker for anything interesting….or shiny….or weird…..or unique. I am easily distracted.
Really?
I was cleaning my side of the garage when Bill caught me reading an old, old Macon Telegraph. Clara Eschmann (the food editor) had a story in the Wednesday food section about noodles. I love a cold noodle salad. She had written a great article on all the types of noodle salads that the home cook could make. Okay, I was sitting in the garage in a comfortable chair, listening to NPR, drinking a tumbler of ice cold water….and I had transported myself to Tokyo Alley in Macon where I was vicariously eating Orange Chicken with double noodle salad and no rice. I know why I kept that article. Now, I need to put that newspaper some place special so I can use the recipe.
Cleaning and compromising….do I keep the food section? Yep.
This led me to the memories of Clara. Clara was a wonderfully creative force who brought Jello Shots to a Telegraph luncheon….she was 80ish and thought the young (anyone under 60) people would enjoy them. They did. (I would never tell on her, but she's been dead for 12 years and I admire her spunk. It is probably not a good idea to bring liquor to work.)
She sparkled. Clara had, as Mary Richards would put it, spunk. I love spunk. Clara saw the good and enjoyed the present. She passed away in 2002 years but I find myself thinking of the all characters of the Macon Telegraph and the Macon News with increasing frequency. Many people sparkled and a few of them actually sparked. But, that's a story for a different blog.
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