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Jack Berg's avatar

Shriveling mushrooms and unparalleled asparagus. Now why did you do that? My meal isn’t for a few hours.

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Stanley Wotring's avatar

Makes me hungry except for the fact I don’t like to be mocked by my main course! Great poem.

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Patris's avatar

Smiling at image of you and the trout eyeballing one another, each with one eyebrow up.

Seriously so good, images are in motion, even on that plate.

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Weston Parker's avatar

I was sitting nearby, wondering how when my apetite would return. Laurie and woke at about midnight and had a cup of soup, first food in four days. I believe we are on the mend. But what a profound exhaustion we've both had. That's life.

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Patris's avatar

Its so discouraging to be ill when you travel (I once spent an entire week with a high fever on a visit to my dad in Greece one year) but as discouraging as it is it’s so important to focus on resting as you gain strength. Laurie feeling well enough to eat is such a great sign! I'm assuming you may not want trout but you ate something as well?

As my own Yiayia emphasized:

“Rest and food!” (My dad emphasized “Tea with good brandy, lemon and honey!” ) feel better!, dears.

Let me know how it’s going? Was wondering if you had seen a doctor in fact.

I’ll bug you no further but please post updates? Best to Laurie, patris

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Weston Parker's avatar

Thanks Patris for your concerns. We are slowly crawling out of it but I remember when we both had Covid 18 months ago. We would wake up and feel almost normal but by late morning we crashed. This may be the same. Ah well. I'll have to walk very slowly to the bakery for our morning croissant. Could be a lot worse.

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Patris's avatar

You must know I’m stopping myself from giving you obvious advice.

Of course it could be worse, you are having croissants after all. Every day stronger, Wes.

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Weston Parker's avatar

How many days of eating oven warm croissants pass when a person finally says, "I'm sick of these things. If I have to eat another warm, crunchy, perfectly cooked croissant with butter melting inside I'm gonna vomit on this tiny table!" said not one f***ing person. Ever

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Patris's avatar

😄 c’est vrai!

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NG's avatar

Fun! Are you feeling a bit ‘out of sorts?’ Sounds like jet lag to me. You’ll be better soon and your dinner may be more accepting of you Wes! 🤗

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Weston Parker's avatar

We both got the flu and were in bed for almost a week while in the lovely seaside town of Cassis in southern coast. We are better but my balance is still off, low energy and kinda stupid so Laurie says, "It's a little hard to tell on the stupid thing." Is that any way for a loving wife to speak of her idiot husband?

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26thAvenuePoet (Elizabeth)'s avatar

..."I am glad the asparagus

doesn’t run parallel to the trout,

a person can only take so much,

but I do like the shriveled mushrooms

since I have long been a fan

of all things shriveled...."

🤣So delicious, Wes. Live forever.

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Weston Parker's avatar

that's a fun image.

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