June 28, 2001lamb chops, and suddenly the world is new---------------------
This morning, we installed new orange umbrellas over the bench seats at the end of our dock. Now, guests can enjoy sitting on the dock even in the noonday sun! You could sit under the umbrellas during the middle of the night too, but the cooling effect of the umbrellas would be diminished. Our six-year-old twin sons took the new sit-on-top kayaks for a trial run this morning. They were able to scoot around pretty good! I tried one of the tandem sit-on-top kayaks and can personally vouch for their stability. -------------------- "What am I cooking?" I ask. I should know the answer to this. I helped bring the groceries in from the car, helped her put them away. I have no idea what groceries they were. "Lamb chops," she says. This makes me feel better. Lamb chops, and suddenly the world is new, a place of mystery and possibility. Lily and my mother are the only two women on the planet who believe a lamb chop is a reasonable and appropriate thing to cook for dinner.
- the narrator, Roger, in the short story "Cooker"
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