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The Romance of Food
Dec. 30th, 2017 08:01 pmThere were hot cross buns in the supermarket today. Easter things! Already! While I was taking in that sight, three other people passed by and either looked horrified or actually tsked. I'm not sure Coles will be selling many use by 30 December hot cross buns, based on those reactions.
I've never been one for a big New Year's Eve. Crowds: not for me. I think the most memorable was the one I spent, alone and ill, in the middle of a heatwave. Midnight found me lying on the floor under the ceiling fan, dripping like a melting ice cube. Even then I can only remember how sick I felt, not what year it was.
Anyway, perfect health and no heatwave this year, which is good. I made a concession to New Year celebrations by going to the first of the summer night markets at the lake. That was crowded enough. Beach Road (guess what's at the end of that!) was at standstill with bumper-to-bumper traffic, so we avoided that completely and parked at Cannon Hill (guess what's on that hill!) and walked down the road instead. I looked at the market and had a vegetable calzone and mint choc chip ice cream. There, I've been publicly festive.
I've never been one for a big New Year's Eve. Crowds: not for me. I think the most memorable was the one I spent, alone and ill, in the middle of a heatwave. Midnight found me lying on the floor under the ceiling fan, dripping like a melting ice cube. Even then I can only remember how sick I felt, not what year it was.
Anyway, perfect health and no heatwave this year, which is good. I made a concession to New Year celebrations by going to the first of the summer night markets at the lake. That was crowded enough. Beach Road (guess what's at the end of that!) was at standstill with bumper-to-bumper traffic, so we avoided that completely and parked at Cannon Hill (guess what's on that hill!) and walked down the road instead. I looked at the market and had a vegetable calzone and mint choc chip ice cream. There, I've been publicly festive.