2019 Life Logs, Day 111: ‘Hoppy’ Easter

2019 Life Logs, Day 111: ‘Hoppy’ Easter
Date: Sunday, April 21, 2019
Weather: Overcast with a Bit of Sun Late Day; High 61, Low 47 degrees F b
Location: At Home in The Cottage, East Falmouth, MA

For those of you who observe Easter, I hope you had a ‘hoppy’ day with family or friends.

I tend to think of Easter as a time of rebirth and when I went to Heather’s this morning to feed the guinea pigs and finish up some laundry, I was so excited to see that yesterday she had been successful in getting one large raised bed filled with garden soil and had transplanted the asparagus and rhubarb from the backyard garden and planted a whole bed of new asparagus roots. It was bursting with new plant life. And the daffodils and hyacinths in front of the house added to feeling of spring despite the overcast day. Heather and family returned from their overnight trip to the Outer Cape this afternoon and came here for dinner. We started with an Easter Egg hunt followed by a ‘grazing table’ in the living room with fresh, raw sugar pod peas, chilled asparagus, deviled eggs, cucumber sticks, mozzarella cheese balls, and roasted beets. This was my favorite part of the meal. I’m not sure what a traditional Easter dinner is supposed to include, but I served artichokes followed by salad and frenched bone-in pork loin. Artichokes are one of the few vegetables that all the Goldpebbles will eat, so they are a favorite choice for our dinner together. The frenched bone-in pork roast was a new cut of meat for me. It was easy to fix and was so tender, making it a big hit with everyone except Jonah. Basically, the only meat he eats is chicken, so I had breaded chicken tenders for him. But it was so good that I’ll definitely plan to have that again. After dinner, Justin called and we had a whole family Skype video call. Not being able to be together with the whole family on holidays is hard for me, so I am so grateful for Skype video calls. And speaking of being grateful, at dinner tonight I made a comment about something that was said at the Newcomers ‘For Your Health’ group that I attended last week. Sam turned to me and said, “You really belong to a lot of groups.” And that made me smile. Joining the Falmouth Newcomers Club after Mark died was a really positive decision in my life. And two years later, I do belong to a lot of Newcomers sub-groups—my wonderful Dining-in Group, For Your Health, Technology Tips, Women in Newcomers, the Singles Group, the Teachers’ Field Trip Group, the Shellfishers, and Biking. And I’m thinking of joining a walking group. So on this holiday weekend when I am missing family members that live afar, I just want to say how grateful I am to be a part of such a vibrant community of friends made through Newcomers.