Jamie leaves the house one day a week - on Saturday. He has started to take Cate with him. I don't try to go as I think it is a good time for them to bond. They stop at a distributor, pick up beer and White Claws...then head about 30 minutes away to a college buddy's place in the woods. Social distancing, they spend the afternoon there with another college buddy. Cate comes back with lots of stories, lots of history about the area and her father's college antics. I spend the afternoon to myself and when we reconvene at dinner - there is definitely lots to talk about and that is good. Plus being outside is always good for the soul.
But yesterday, they did something more. On the buddy's land, they went foraging for ramps and brought them home for me as a present. Oh, yes, it was indeed a present. If you get a chance, Google - ramps. This is not something you will find in the grocery store. This is something you find outside and they are only around a few weeks. Once a chef in Pittsburgh told me you could find them at Boyce Park but he refused to tell me where. I am not sure how I learned about them but once you have them...you get a bit "ramped" up. I cleaned them up, grilled a few and served them as an appetizer last night. We were definitely in a ramped up state of mind. I have been sharing texts all morning with said college buddy...and we have all kinds of recipes flying around. So a nice surprise and something to be thankful for during this time. I might have to invade the father - daughter time next Saturday.
During my walks, I listen to Marty Stuart - a country music great. There are songs that get me going faster, songs that let me slow down and songs that have me wanting to belt them out in the neighborhood. So I was thinking yesterday that it might be nice to see if there was a YouTube video of him in concert. I found this...and another reason to be thankful. Marty Stuart, Vince Gill and Brad Paisley playing at the Grand Ole Opry...to an empty theater.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ6-i8hI3Gs
Now, I am headed back to the kitchen...ramps and fried eggs!
Be safe and healthy!
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