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Lesson Learned

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\"lessonLesson learned doesn\’t have to be as basic as the alphabet. I\’d rather get beyond that. In fact, one of my more vivid memories from first grade was how tired I got of my class having to sing the ABC song several times a day! (I KNEW my ABCs.)

There are other lessons, too, and they don\’t have to have a thing to do with formal education.

For example, when you\’re first learning how to ride with clip-in pedals it can be scary. When I began I didn\’t know that you do not wait until you\’ve come to a full stop to unclip! On one attempt I fell and got a nasty gash in my left leg. It soon began to sink in: unclip while I\’ve still got some momentum going. Lesson learned.

Then there are my antics in the kitchen. When I tried the Hoppin\’ John recipe, I was rushing back and forth between stove and counter (they\’re on opposite sides of the kitchen), trying to juggle cooking rice on one burner; cooking black-eyed peas with celery on another; and chopping cheese, onion and bell pepper on the counter.

Trying to keep all that going was dizzying (literally!) and exhausting. When I made Br\’er Joe several weeks later, I had figured out that I need to make \”HJ\” and its variations in stages — a  Petite Tour, if you will.

This takes two days. One for cooking the rice; doing all the chopping work; and, if I\’m using dried legumes, putting them to soak. Day two is for cooking the beans with the celery; and assembling the final product.

It works much better that way; I don\’t get so tired and frazzled; and I can even do the dishwashing involved in stages. Lesson learned.

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      1. CAL

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    2. CAL

      Sorry to be so long in answering. Since July 2020 I’ve put in major work on SpokEasy; and I hope it’s much more navigable now!

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