September 25th, 2007
Pleasures and people
The heat has finally broken, and tonight, coming in to my house, it was the first time I walked in the door and felt good in a long time. I am detail oriented, and try to keep a clean house. However, a household with the windows open in constant humidity ruins any valiant efforts to the contrary.
But today it was cool, though far from needing a jacket, but the first night I didn’t break a sweat coming home. Maybe it was the temperature, maybe the waiting at the railroad crossing for five minutes, but I cooled off more than just physically. First I went to 7-11 thinking about dinner, but with a few taut qualms about eating anything with preservatives in it. So halfway down the aisle I changed my mind and went to Sunkus, hoping for some penne arrabiata, but they were sold out, of course. So then I thought Ritz for the red cheddar in my refrigerator, but of course they didn’t stock those either. So, I backtracked to the kimchi store by the 7-11. The old woman that works there is fantastic in that she’s so not your stereotypically normal, cuddly Japanese senior citizen. She is polite, and kind, but there is a certain solemnness about her; a strength from experience, and an edge in her eyes. I always enjoy talking to her, almost as much as I do patronizing independent business.
So tonight dinner is simple. Lemon Water, red cheddar, and hakusai kimchi; made with aplomb.
