Los Angeles California,
Sunday, 11 August, 2013
Photo of watercolor painting done in Marsberg, Germany, last week by Frau Kolb © 2013, all rights reserved, of course!
I’m glad to say I’ve never had a problem having FUN! Difficulties in LIFE come and GO, yet I manage to stay afloat in LIFE and LOVE by following the simple maxim, coined by my sweet husband when I got the dreaded advance life-threatening breast cancer diagnosis, a few years ago, (by the way, I’m totally STRONG LIKE BULL now, feeling younger and more dynamic, daily) “When we get BAD news: WE CELEBRATE! When we get GOOD news: WE celebrate.”
Thus, our marriage is a happy one. Our home is full of JOY! Proof: our children spontaneously sing, dance, and simply soar above expectations of “NORMAL,” children with their glorious super-talent for self expression and honest good spirits. Despite the fact that during their lives they’ve faced a lot of DEATH. Not only was I very ill and undergoing intensive medical interventions for several years, but recently the children lost their beloved grandmother, Frau Christine Kolb or Marsberg, Germany. The grandparents have one after another faded and died in hospitals and at home. WE miss them, yet… we continue to celebrate being here now and our LOVE for each other.
Now, If someone YOU love is having a birthday it is imperative that YOU go OUT-OF-YOUR-COMFORT-ZONE to demonstrate LOVE! If the person has undergone tremendous stress and loss, it is doubly significant that YOU demonstrate LOVE for the beloved. NOTHING is over the top in my book.
Thus, I changed my Facebook profile image, to a picture of US, together. I wrote him the cheesiest public Birthday message, IF (you wanna read THAT, you must dig around the site, under Zoom in with Frau Kolb). He LOVES that, because it is more proof that I love him, you see. Today, like every other day, Daddy was KING at home. I served him and his friends like ROYALTY. Yes, we are talking FAST and elegant service, made complete by little bows and many courtesies to our guests. THEY loved THAT!
I cooked, of course. Cooking is a major way in which I demonstrate LOVE. Yep, the old maxim of shortest route to another’s heart works for ME. I made a FEAST for my Love and his friends. Having just arrived from Munich, Germany. I’m so glad they stopped here for some American hospitality. The first course: was delicious tart lemony Fish Ceviche. YUM! Then we had organic salad with cucumbers vine-ripe tomatoes, red beets, and greens ALL from the Farmer’s market. We had BBQ. We drank various wines, as appropriate. Not, too much, mind you… For desert, we had flour-less chocolate cake, which I did not bake but I paid good money for it at Bristol Farms, because they have the best local bakery.
Thank goodness, that ass a younger woman I worked in New York city restaurants, in Soho, I was long ago the world’s most negligent waitress, flirting with the affluent and super cool clientele of rust-funded artists and bankers was more my bag, nevertheless, I learned to carry trays of food with aplomb. Before that I cooked for about 3 years in high end Manhattan health-clubs and I had a little catering business on the side. Thus, I will gladly roast a turkey, make boat loads of side dishes, serve lunch for a hundred, set a king-size table, and uncork the right wine(s), wine pairings being a forte for me, clean up, and seem NOT BUSY while doing it, which is KEY.
Now, I’m happy because my loving husband is HAPPY and no thing means more to me.
Now you know. I hope that this inspires YOU to taking LOVING action and demonstrate undying affection for those that float your boat. And… IF you don’t have a special someone in your life it might be because YOU don’t cook.
Peace from California,
Frau Kolb