Lisa's Culinary Atrocities

Both of us = me (May 14) and Lisa’s Culinary Atrocities (April 26).  A year already!  Wow.

I considered doing a bloggie year in review, but it is so absurdly extensive, riddled with great joy, debilitating anguish, and unfathomable transformation, that I’m simply not sure I can or should do it.  I can say, however, that I never expected that a year after starting my blog I would be living the life that I am: I am in a different home, a different state, a different relationship, a different job and a vastly different way of life.  I am doing and experiencing the things I have only contemplated in my mind, witnessing with awe how intangible ideas can come to fruition.

As I witness Colorado’s sunny winter days (bleh) giving way to spring’s ominously grey afternoons (hooray), I am happy and reflective—that certain happy-melancholy that enables one to see things through the misty lens of time.  I find myself lost in the waving baby leaves and breezy kisses of a new season, a new era. I humbly decide to approach this new relationship with my life with the utmost of gratitude and let go of the rest.  I will focus my sight forward, while holding dear the splendor, beauty and lessons of the past.  I jump fully into this fresh sea, completely committed to being present and with steadfast loyalty, engage what is true.  For this next year, my culinary goals are to make many many new and creative waffles, try loads of new foods, drink lots of wine, cook professionally, travel extensively and personally, simply, to be true to my heart. Without that, all else pales.

Since words won’t adequately convey the significance of this year, I will show photos that will encapsulate it for me:

Every now and then, bite off more than you can chew. ~Kobi Yamada