Comments for Forest Street Kitchen

Comment on Don’t Leave Me Hanging on the Telephone….. by Diane

Diane — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:18:06 +0000

I agree with your logical approach and have recently updated the caller ID to accomodate my over 50 vision! The hardest thing has been training the boys not to answer any call for
someone we know in the hope that it may be “for them”. Another great blog! Bob commented the other night that he has read 20$ books that are not as well done as a single one of your blogs!

Comment on Don’t Leave Me Hanging on the Telephone….. by imagineannie

imagineannie — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:50:52 +0000

I knew I liked Dale. It’s kind of a neurotic thing, I know, but I have had periods of time when, for whatever reason, i just didn’t want to be sidetracked by anyone else’s…anything. That seems to be heretical. If I did not have a sick mother and a kid, I would def go silently machine and ringer off. I used to do that in my office when I needed to think. Then, when you are READY to talk, you can listen to messages and return calls.

Wouldn’t people rather talk to me when I really want to talk to them instead of when I am tapping my foot and wishing they would hang up?

Comment on Don’t Leave Me Hanging on the Telephone….. by imagineannie

imagineannie — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:47:15 +0000

I can only aspire…..

Comment on Don’t Leave Me Hanging on the Telephone….. by imagineannie

imagineannie — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:45:39 +0000

Thanks, Sue. We could make cards to hand out to people who call us….?

Comment on Don’t Leave Me Hanging on the Telephone….. by imagineannie

imagineannie — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:44:57 +0000

I am, unfortunately, tethered to the cell phone due a combination of needy clients, parents with medical issues and a peripatetic kid. I guess it’s worth it to know that no one will be left in the lurch, but still…..

I have always been enthralled by “real” mail, particularly in the days when it took a long, long time to get it (and to compose it). I collect books of letters, because they are so beautifully written and take such care to express themselves. I would say that any tradition involving deliberate thought and imagination trumps the careless and thoughtless.

Comment on My Yiddeshe Thanksgivings by imagineannie

imagineannie — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:38:50 +0000

There is none in this town. I have not yet investigated Zingerman’s. I have had a decent approximation at a deli in Columbus, Ohio, that my uncle likes. My mother now says she does have her mother’s recipe – if she comes through. you will be the first to know. Eric doesn’t get any; he lives in San Francisco. It’s you and me and the liver, baby.

Comment on Christma$ by imagineannie

imagineannie — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:29:24 +0000

You are dead right. The vacation anaology is a good one – and I’m sure that is clearer in Florida than anywhere else in this country.

My Grammy Graham made her own kickass Chex Mix every year, and I still remember the smell, even though people say it’s not possible to remember smells. It was one of the things that most meant Christmas to me, that smell. I miss it every year.

I do wish you’d write someplace that more people could read it. I really, really do.

Comment on Christma$ by imagineannie

imagineannie — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:26:13 +0000

Thanks, Jan. You’re pretty good at focusing on what’s important.

Comment on Christma$ by imagineannie

imagineannie — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:24:47 +0000

Comment on Christma$ by imagineannie

imagineannie — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:24:33 +0000

Now we have to see if we can really do it. A mutual pledge?