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  • it’s a New Year

    it’s a New Year

    Write about a few of your favorite family traditions.

    Sauerkraut

    I detested sauerkraut as a kid. I’m not one for family traditions. That’s one we stick to. Certainly not for superstitious reasons I believe the reason we do it is so we can talk to each other about eating sauerkraut.

    Variations on aTheme

    We all make our sauerkraut a little differently. I never claim mine to be the best. I simply like mine the best and mine is not as sour. I think I got kicked out of Pennsylvania for this.

    Good Luck

    Different parts of the country eat certain foods on New Year’s Day for good luck. Certainly there’s no merit to this, but we do it anyways. I now like sauerkraut so I have no issues with it, but we still hide it in something so we make pierogies on New Year’s Day.

    Pierogis

    Per tradition, I ask for the recipe every year. My sister-in-law emails it to me. Believe me, I know how to make pierogies, but I ask her for the recipe anyways.

    We filled them with mushrooms, sauerkraut, and mashed potatoes. I have never made instant mashed potatoes in my life until this year.

    So I had my sauerkraut on New Year’s Day and this year is a train wreck. Personally, it’s been great, but in the whole scheme of things we human being can do much better.

  • The Most

    The Most

    What do you enjoy doing most in your leisure time?

    Who knows as I enjoy so many things that sometimes it feels like a disservice to all of them.

    The Most

    I do often think about what I enjoy the most. In reality reading makes my writing better and running makes my reading better and music makes my painting more enjoyable.

    All of this makes time with family better and then we have to do the wash.

    I do love watching a humming bird hover, the sliver of the moon and blank page in a writing journal.

    It’s a vicious lovely Ferris wheel of sorts. And sometimes it’s random and out of order.

    Or write a haiku, what ever feels good at the time.

    Hi Kuh Today
  • Exit 82 Centrailia

    Exit 82 Centrailia

    Name an attraction or town close to home that you still haven’t got around to visiting.

    Centralia Washington

    We drive up and down I5 between Portland and Seattle often. It gives us ample time, especially me, to make up stories.

    Plummer Lake is a sorry lake with a Shitz Creek like hotel on its bank. I tell my wife we should do an anniversary there.

    We could go outlet shopping, listen to the roar of I5 and then eat at Dennys .

    Centralia Pennsylvania

    Not to be out done I’ve never been to Centralia in Pennsylvania. It’s a dirty stinking town that’s been on fire for my entire lifetime. Bill Bryson talks about it in his book “A Walk in the Woods”. Here’s a clip of the beauty that is Centralia Pennsylvania.

    Key aspects of Centralia: 

    • The Fire: An underground coal seam fire has burned beneath the town since 1962, creating dangerous gases and sinkholes. 
    • Population Decline: The population has dwindled from over 1,000 in the 1980s to just a few residents today, with most forced out by eminent domain. 
    • Ghost Town Status: Most of the town’s structures have been demolished, leaving behind empty streets and a surreal, smoky landscape. 
  • Sing It Loud

    Sing It Loud

    List five things you do for fun.

    On the fifth day of Retirement
    my true love sent to me:
    5 empty notebooks
    4 miles of running
    3 sets of racquetball
    2 blank canvases
    and an hour at the library.