Autumn

I was in the produce department at my local market and there they were. Heaped up into a pile - these deep red globes. Pomegranates. When they make their appearance in the market, that is the announcement that autumn has arrived for me. I don't even remember the first time that I had one or why I even wanted to try one. Maybe it was the corner produce stand that was at the end of our block when I was growing up. I probably did experience those little gems hidden beneath that leathery skin in that tiny store.

It was run by a nice, rotund Italian man with a bit of an accent. When the neighborhood kids would stop in, he'd always give us a piece of fruit of some sort. I distinctly remember eating my first Italian plum in his shop. It was intriguing with the blackish purple dusty looking skin. It was sweet, though the ones I've had as an adult just never seem to compare with that first one.

As a youth, I would painstakingly pick out all of the juicy little seeds and save them in a plastic baggie. I would hold it up to the light and watch them glisten like the produce version of rubies. I would eat them a little bit at a time making them last as long as I could.

I bought a pomegranate today. Yes, it is easier to just buy the juice. But that isn't nearly as sensory satisfying. With that first squirt of that tangy juice I took a trip to a happy memory.

To Blog or Not to Blog, that is the question

When I have searched for various subjects online, I run across more and more blogs. I've been somewhat indifferent to starting one. In this atmosphere of tweeting of ordinary Joe that he is sitting in his car as he is going through an automatic car wash to celebrities letting their followers know that they are in the green room waiting to go out on Leno, I'm a bit befuddled by all of this.

I should disclose that I am somewhat of a gadget & technology geek. One of my dream vacations would be to attend the annual electronics show in Vegas. Is that geeky enough? I, however, have no interest in building robots and watching them battle - I'm not that much of a geek. What I'm trying to say is that I should be all aboard for facebook, twitter, blogging, etc. I'm not.

I flip flop on these things as being soooo narcissistic and so cool. I like to write and have been told I do it well. So I should be drawn to blogging but I haven't been.

So based on the motto that you should at least try something once - here I am. The name of this blog should indicate that my posting topics will be a little of this and a little of that. My ponderings and puzzling of various things I find interesting. Maybe that you will find interesting, too.

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