| Mon Jan 20 Ladies and gentlemen, Kristin: The weekend here in Kingcome Inlet has been exciting. We had movie night. The kids in Nicole's class made announcements all week over the radiophone about it. They are raising money for their class field trip in the spring. Really, that was exciting. It was something to do on a weekend. I (Kristin) am starting to get cabin fever for conversation. I had the alarming thought today that I should look into a chat room, to see if there was anything interesting out there I could discuss with people. Then I thought to myself, do I really want to go into a chat room for the first time? Maybe, some people really like them, maybe I would. The thought signified some shift in me though, that I needed a chat room. I have not felt drawn to them before, but I am hungry for intellectual stimulation. Another new thought I had the other day: I was fascinated with Good Housekeeping. Those of you who have known me for a long time know that this is new for me. I read through a magazine that someone sent us in the mail and was very interested. I read it next to John, who was reading his Bathroom Reader, and said something like, "Wow John, you know there are recipes and knitting patterns and good articles in here? This is a great magazine! Wow! I've never read this before! Look at all this stuff that's in here!" And he said, Kristin, listen to yourself. I think I was drawn to the 1. beautiful pictures of food (thank you mom for teaching me an appreciation of wonderful food!) and 2. The idea of stable home that the mag seems to represent. I have suddenly become overcome with the idea of buying a house and getting a dog and having more kids. Might as well get a mini van too. That's probably going too far for me. But you get the idea, somehow I am changing. Do I really want the house/dog/more kids scheme, or is it the moving about from one part of the world to the next in the last few years, from job to job, that has caused me to want something that makes me feel stable? Don't know. Time will tell I guess. Until then, I will read Good Housekeeping and enjoy it. The best part is the chocolate recipes and pictures of food. Before we came here we had the impression that getting food was hard here. It does take more time than it does to get food where you live, but we can get enough food. Anyway, we brought a great deal of dried fruit with us. And many of you kindly people have sent us some in the mail. I have been saving it up in the pantry for the day when we cannot get food and need some. The day has not come yet, the winter has been very mild. So I decided that we should start eating it. I started serving it to us for meals. We might as well eat it, not let it sit there for the whole two years. I especially wanted to get my hands on those dried apricots. Make peace. JohnKristinNicole |