I’ve spent a fair amount of time during this pandemic obsessively watching the Great British Baking Show. I’m a good cook and killer at desserts, but I would never survive the tent. And I’m ok with that. I just like the learning and discovering the secret to pastry (it really is the butter to dough ratio plus the number of folds). After literal hours, I realize that I relate more to the bakes than the bakers.
In the past Facebook was to me a black hole that I could tumble into like Alice down the rabbit hole. I could log on for a peek at a particular page and not emerge until an hour or so later, overstimulated and curious as to where the time had disappeared. Because I value my time, I’ve finally learned to stick to a FB schedule, so I can keep up with things I deem important, without spending time on frivolous minutiae. May it last!
I have observed that during these isolating times; times where we spend a lot of our days and weeks at home, that the more time I have available to do something, the less likely I am to do it. Have y’all been afflicted with that particular malady, too?
Who doesn’t love a good conspiracy? Many compelling stories begin with a conspiracy. It’s why I’m a fan of soap operas. Lord knows I’ve come up with plenty of conspiracies in my time.
By the time this column appears in Lowcountry Weekly, the ball will have dropped in Times Square, New Year’s Eve champagne glasses will have been clinked and washed, hoppin’ john will have been gobbled down for good luck, and we’ll be already rockin’ into 2021. The Presidential election is history, a Covid vaccination awaits in the not-too-distant, Beaufort has a new mayor, Lowcountry nature still spreads its gorgeous wings daily, and life itsownself rolls onward. No doubt this will be the most-anticipated beginning of a year in recent memory.