My Promise

I remember in the past, when I was happily entrenched in city life, I used to visit friends who were gardeners.  I would dutifully trudge out to their gardens while they showed me all the rows of stuff they had planted, carefully explaining what each row was, and when they were expecting to harvest etc. etc.  It was as exciting to me as watching paint dry.  I could not understand how any of this could be so exciting. 

Yesterday, after I finished planting, I turned on the sprinkler and just sat out there on my bench and watched the sprinkler go back and forth.  I was trying to think of who I could invite over to feed, and show off my garden to.  EEEEE GADS!  Were these thoughts really inside my head?  I could not believe that I had come to this.  So...I am making a promise to all my friends and family:

If I invite you over for dinner, I will not drag you out to the garden.  I will not talk about the garden.  I will engage in enlightened, meaningful conversation about world events and the state of our economy.  I promise I will be the same person you know and love.  I will feed you fresh, organic food from my garden, and I promise I will never gloat about how healthy I am eating and how fabulously fresh all my food tastes.  I will just feed you, and entertain you and enjoy your company.

I love you all!
Karen