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| Egg Bite and Toast with Butter |
12/31/2025
This is the last morning of 2025, obviously. I made Keshav a simple breakfast of an egg bite that I pulled from the freezer and reheated, and some whole grain toast with butter. He liked it. The egg bites have cheese in them, so there is that. I wanted to do simple today because tomorrow, New Year's Day, he is working again and I want to surprise him with biscuits and gravy. He does not know this so shhhhhhhhhhh...only you know! He loves biscuits and gravy, so I figured it is as good a way as any to start a new year.
A new year.
As always, I have definite intentions for the new year, more directions than resolutions, because that works better for me. In 2026 I intend to move more in the direction of compassion, patience, humor, creativity, and sensuality. I am hoping the nation moves in some of the same directions, but I will start with me.
None of us are required to move in any direction, by the way, but I do so simply because doing so gives me a reason to get out of bed in the morning. That, and making Keshav breakfast, of course.
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Tonight it is raining, so I heated up some leftover homemade chicken noodle soup and streamed my favorite New Year's Eve movie, 1987's Radio Days. This is one of Woody Allen's best films, in my opinion, and I would go so far as to say that it is nearly perfect. Think what you will of Mr. Allen, he could make a great film back in the day.
Radio Days is a nostalgic look at a time when radio was the main form of entertainment in America. The film is set in the early 40's in Brooklyn and Manhattan, and features songs and bits from many of the popular radio shows during that time. A very young Seth Green plays Woody Allen as a child, loosely interpreted.
But beyond the nostalgia the film offers, there is the theme that "nothing lasts", and that everything that is something now may be nothing in generations to come. It is a somber message, but it does not feel somber, being cloaked in warm colors and a melancholy soundtrack. I think that the idea of nothing lasting is only somber if you think that things should last. Rather, it feels reflective, as in "appreciate the life you are living now" reflective.
I am old enough to be reflective, have no doubt. My reflections are often of the 1970's and 80's, the period of time when I grew up and experienced my 20's. Even with the hazy filter of nostalgia, I remember that there were many moments that were sheer bliss during those years, and also a lot of heartbreak and sadness. But the living was fuller back then, at least that is how I remember it. There was less to distract us so our engagement level with life and other people was bigger.
In 2026, I want my engagement level with life and other people to be bigger, but I will start with the engagement level I have with myself. That could use a little bit of puffing up. This blog is a step in that direction--a way for me to connect more frequently with what is going on in my head. And in the kitchen.
Happy New Year.
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