A day of feasting — on fresh food,
good wine, and my friend’s cooking;
on old tales told, confidences shared,
deepening understanding;
on the joy of giving
and the pleasure of receiving.
Sharing with Poets and Storytellers United for Friday Writings #90: Food and/or Eating.
Good times!! A nice meal, wonderful conversation... these things heal people.
ReplyDeleteVery much so!
DeleteDeliciously told visuals and words!
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed!
DeleteIt's the simple things!
ReplyDeleteYou're so right!
DeleteGreat Nothing better than friends and a good meal
ReplyDelete*Smile*.
DeletePleased you are having such a fun time with your friend.Food looks great.
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteGood food, good friends (or esp that one good friend) is true contentment.
ReplyDeleteIt seems we all agree on that!
DeleteThat is exactly what a meal should be, spiritually as well as physically nourishing. Beautiful words, Rosemary <3
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you enjoyed them, Sunra.
DeleteI will say, ditto, your friend's cooking reminds me of our younger daughter. She invites us to come have a meal with her family of three (was four, one graduated from college and left, working now in NYC). And often she brings us some food, extras at her house. I think we receive much more than we give, occasionallly Mrs. J brings a dish, most times the dessert.
DeleteThanks for the prompt, I'd say, as a moderate guess, that 1/10 of my posts are of eating. That would be counting both active blogs, the other has way more than this one.
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Sharing a meal is so very bonding!
DeleteYum! I could do with more friends like you and yours. :-)
ReplyDeleteI am truly blessed in my friends, in many ways.
Deletedelicious food, good wine and fine conversation with a friend. What more pleasant experience can beat that? :)
ReplyDeleteNot many!
DeleteA meal with friends - great idea. But not is Cad is going to be there . . .
ReplyDeleteI don't think I'll get into the middle of that. :-D
DeleteYour preamble to the prompt says that 'food can be an expression of love.' What would you say the imposing comment moderation was an expression of?
ReplyDeleteThe moderation is a regrettable necessity to stop spamming. The wording is an attempt to care for my commenters nevertheless. Without it, if people's comments didn't show up immediately, they would imagine they hadn't gone through and keep trying to send over and over. I'm sure they have better things to do with their time!
DeletePS The spamming, frequent though it was, was no great bother to ME; I could just delete when I noticed. But I regard it as an imposition on my readers, to which I have no wish to subject them. So the moderation itself, as well as the wording, is a way to look after people who enter my space in good faith.
DeleteSharing meals with friends, old and new, with family and loved ones is what it's all about. In my earliest recollections, meals around both of my grandmothers' tables brought joy and and a feeling of being safe.
ReplyDeleteOh yes, those big extended-family meals in childhood were the best!
DeleteGood food brings out conversation.
ReplyDeleteIt does!
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