1/7/10
The Food
Maya, Olivia and I have come home from the barn covered with mud and horse hair. Chester and Belle greet us with gleeful barking ready to be fed and let in from the cold. Barn boots off, dogs fed and we are ready for...soup. Steaming bowls of flavorful broth with bits of ham and a colorful variety of beans; lima, dal, black and pinto, hard nuggets of protein softened by time, heat and liquid. A forest of kale floats in the broth. The soup is hot. The soup is good. The fragrant steam touches my face. We smile.
