Laughing through the Lockdown
Everyone has discovered their inner Anthony Bourdain, during the lockdown. I also tried and baked bread, as a change from boiled vegetables and rice – a big family favourite and am now seeing why. My first clue should have been that I had to use a large cleaver and ‘chop’ the bread! The family was ecstatic when we went back to boiled vegetable rice. People have also discovered all kinds of other hidden talents. I don’t have opposable thumbs so can’t do stuff which require fine motor skills. Ok I HAVE opposable thumbs, but they aren’t opposabling as much as they should. It’s a thing. I checked on google. So that left me with oodles of post-work time, which I didn’t want to spend on TV/other multimedia. What with decreasing grey cells and increasing grey hair – couldn’t take a chance. Instead of twiddling my semi opposable thumbs, I just had to step up the reading – from 2 books per week to at least 3. Like a good sandwich, a reading list should have intermittent heavy duty non-fiction...