Sunday, August 28, 2011

apples


The last undemanding day of summer. I wrote furiously, as if there was to be no tomorrow. Five pages, delivered. A record for me.

In the evening, I put it down. I reached for the apples and pealed them, one after another. I rolled out the dough, cooked the crème patisserie and threw it all together.


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It’s rare that I bake complicated pastries these days. It’s rare that I have last days of summer where words tumble like apples from a neglected apple tree.

4 comments:

  1. Nina, I read your blog because I think you are amazing.

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  2. A fitting end to your fantastic summer ... may you many more like this one!

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  3. Mmmm.
    Did I miss Button's arrival/departure/denouement?

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  4. Thanks, all!
    George H: It's the manners thing. I'm so old fashioned. I like my farmhouse visitors to wait for permission to enter (unless a window is open, Isis waits) and to settle in for a nice evening of movies and pleasantries (rather than, say, couch destruction). I'm afraid Button may need training, even as I don't believe cats can be trained. But mainly there's the issue of Isis and his absolute adoration of 100% focus on him (yes, oddly it's a him). In his declining years, he deserves to be treated royally. He's had a traumatic childhood. So, no this time. We'll see in the future.

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