Escape Route

This morning's pre-work chores include making kimchi and watching the solar eclipse.

I didn't think we'd get to see anything over this way since it's so cloudy, but the sun's peeking through just in time. Actually, the cloud cover helps, as it smothers some of the brightness. No chance of taking any useful photos, though...  not with my level of photography skill.

As for the kimchi, nothing is allowed to smother the heat and brightness in that... or I'll know the reason why! I've become seriously addicted to Korean food over the last year, and I'm making bulgogi for dinner. And kimchi fried rice. And probably pancakes. And some sesame greens.

Just so I have a reason to open my orginal Japanese import box of weirdly flavoured kitkats for afters, of course!
See....I'm most carefully preparing for our holidays!

I know I should finish a set of articles about weddings, WITHOUT going all Kensei about my car, but... I'm spending a few moments hanging out on Tumblr feeding the Bleach addiction. And quite by chance I come across food porn. Wonder how that happened?

Now, what would you rather do for lunch?

Writing about food makes me hungry.  Cooking, on the other hand, just makes me happy. So, shouldn't I be doing this all the time?
Logic would suggest I do. Instead, I spent the morning writing about food - part fiction, part not - before I gave myself a treat and started on tomorrow night's Christmas dinner, ably assisted by a bottle of Pinot Noir and wishing Kensei was around to help.
Now the house smells lovely, I have concocted a red wine gravy that is to die for (and which I need to lock away so there's any left for tomorrow), red cabbage is simmering away and there's a large bowl of onion, mushroom and celery stuffing for the Wellington on the counter that I can't stop digging a spoon into every now and then. I've remembered to take stuff out of the freezer... and I'm feeling on top of the world, even though the next chore on the list is ironing.

Most of all, though, I've suddenly hit upon an advantage of writing m/m romance... I can blissfully drool over / crush on / be in love with BOTH my lead characters. What joy! (and that's not the red talking.)