NEEDLING

TIME FOR A NAP IN THE BATHTUB

There’s raw food all over my studio. Now the trick is to see if I’ll be able to do something worth eating with it all. I got the black eye peas cooking right after I got back from work. I gave my studio a good clean. I even scrubbed the wooden floor after having swept it with an old sponge whipping up the water with a dirty rag. The beans were seasoned with some hot red pepper powder... from my favorite store where I buy all my beans, flours, rice, couscous, spices and grains... some whole cumin, some black pepper, some salt, about half a head of whole garlic, and some roughly cut yellow onion. They cooked at a low fire for a couple of hours before I turned the flame off to go shopping. It’s not even 16h30. Sean and the girls aren’t showing up till around 20h00 or 20h30. So I got me plenty of time. A little nap in the bathtub with a couple of cold beers is in order.

(Mix of music playing: Johnny Cash, Jacques Brel, Willy Nelson, Nick Cave, Ray Charles, Serge Gainsbourg, the Pogues, the Tiger Lillies, Patsy Kline, Hank Williams Sr., and one Charles Trenet…)