The Great Dane has patiently undone and shredded the artistic flower arrangements and is now crunching up a dead snail on the tiled floor of the bathroom. At 2am this morning a thunderstorm cracked open over the valley between the mountains and the rain pelted down. We are now enduring humid heat rather than scorching dry heat, which is not an improvement. My cut hydrangeas are wilting and must be replaced. I have been making litres of Jamie Oliver’s chicken wings gravy and the kitchen smells like a chip fryer.
It’s all good.
The relentlessly convivial housemate has begun issuing last minute invitations to people who have nowhere to go for Christmas or who need to escape family for a while. I am making my Tomato Tarte Tatin (from Heidi’s recipe here) and might make make two or three if numbers increase.
It’s all good.
This isn’t an easy time of year for many of us and for those who are AA members or who just want to hang out with sober company, there will be an online AA Alkathon at AAOnline:
**CHRISTMAS ALKATHON – DECEMBER 25TH AT AAONLINE.org**
12 GREAT MEETINGS
FROM MIDNIGHT CHRISTMAS EVE
TIL MIDNIGHT CHRISTMAS NIGHT
HOPE TO SEE YOU HERE !!!
Alkathon Meeting Times (EST)
8.00pm
9.30pm
midnight
2.00am
5.00am
7.00am
8.30am
1.30pm
3.30pm
6.30pm
9.30pm
midnight
This is where you go to log in and access the chatroom
This is where you will find details of the holiday schedule
Take care everyone and stay safe. Wishing you all a happy, peaceful and sober Christmas. The image of the black Madonna and child above is from a stained-glass window at Regina Mundi Catholic Church in Soweto.
