A New Kitchen Item

This week I bought a food processor/blender and have been excited to be able to make some things I haven't had for a long time becasue I didn't have a way to make them.  The thing I make most often these days is limeaide as spring has come upon us with warm weather.  However today the thunderstorms started again so maybe I was a bit over enthusiatic about the good weather.  I will continue to enjoy my new kitchen item and the good things I can make with it. So glad that it is now much easier to find limes in Albania and looking forward to having refreshing drinks throughout the very hot summer. For anyone interested in knowing how to make limeaide you simply put one lime cut into pieces into a blender with 1/3 -2/3 cup sugar and 1- 1 1/2 liters of water and blend.  Then strain and enjoy.  Best served cold with ice and the same day as it will start to turn bitter if left overnight.

Beginning

I have the thought to begin blogging.  I am not to optimistic about how often I will post or how long it will last but thought I might give it a try.  So here it goes at least it is a beginning and you have to start somewhere.  When I send out news letters they have the title of Kaleidoscope and that is also what I am calling this blog.  I have not explained the title to people in the past and some may be wondering where it comes from.  Here I will post something I wrote some years ago which was the inspiration for the title.

Kaleidoscope

My life is a Kaleidoscope of colours swirling; people, places, cultures, mixing together mingling with the pain the wretches at my soul as life changes sending me into a spinning vat of emotions.  I am ripped apart leaving pieces behind and clinging to the hope that tomorrow will be better than today.  The colours and shapes combine to make a picture that bends and shapes the world around me.  I am caught up in the display of a million particles changing my perspective bringing joy, hope and laughter to my ever-changing world, amidst the ruins of lives left behind.  I am caught up in the dance, moving here and there pausing for a moment only to move on again in a direction unforeseen.  The colours of my world change with every movement bringing together the aspects of my past with the reality of the present and just as I begin to enjoy the picture, change: my enemy, my rival, my companion, and friend.  The colors are moving again, dancing across the screen of my life bringing hope, joy, laughter and pain.  My life is a kaleidoscope of colours; people, places, cultures, swirling together, and I wouldn’t change it for anything. (Nov.13,2007)