The world is just a great big onion. And pain and fear are the spices that make you cry. Oh, and the only way to get rid of this great big onion- Is to plant love seeds until it dies...

 I have only recently started liking the taste of onions. 

When I was younger I really was not down with them and would avoid them most of the time. Not like olives. They are the worst. 

 I would pick onions off (except McDonald's Quarter Pounder with Cheese) everything. And caramelized onions? Hard pass.

In my older age, I have started liking onions more. It all started with scallions in my lame salads that I make for lunch then I stopped taking the onions off sandwiches, burgers, and restaurant-made salads.

It didn't stop there! I started adding onions to dishes. Often I would not use the amount on a recipe. 

I also "discovered" onions as an ingredient. Adding onions in a broth for soup-tasty. I know. I know. Late to the party. I wonder what other foods I might try.  

It has been tough going for many moons now and being an optimist is at times a real struggle. 

Sometimes I think of something I wish I could ask or tell someone who I cared about who is gone.

In the past year + I jot the thought or question down in my journal. I came across a few the other day while looking for something else. 

(I have done this other thing in my journal, where I don't write on the next page, but pick pages at random. I guess trying to not be so "linear"- super annoying, I won't be doing that after this journal is full.)

 Do you think that our lives at 202 23rd Ave would be better as limited series (maybe 6 episode) Netflix show with actors playing us, or as a podcast with the actual people?

When listening to the orchestration of "Swan Lake"  as done by the Russian State Orchestra in the late 80s/early 90s do you think that the percussion is too Christmasy sounding?

I didn't jot it down, but I did laugh to myself the other day, when I saw that my cat had slight inflammation of one of her anal glands. Somebody reading this might get that one. 

Anyways! As I write this blog tonight. I hope that 2022 doesn't only have big piles of shit to give us.

So for this holiday season I am going to:

Unplug

Be with family and friends

Stay safe

Eat something yummy (maybe with onions?)

Happy Holidays!