Mid-winter Mid-age blahs

Sick of winter. Want, I say, YEARN for spring.

Two new sites to recommend: One about food and links to food blogs like you wouldn't believe. Fabulous food blog, Orangette. I'll make three new salads, 1. chickpea, 2. lentil, and 3. carrot.

The 2nd is linked to Orangette and provides some small, tidy moments of visual splendor, smosch.com.

Currently contemplating Easter dinner for 30. I don't want turkey or pork. What I really want is all end-of-winter things like when the larder is empty and all that's left are beans and lentils, cabbage and potatoes. It would be nice to have tender spring things but spring in the north doesn't arrive until the end of May. It could be raining, hailing or snowing. Or the sun could come out and we might sit outside to eat our salad plate - with homemade bread. Do you think I could get away with it?

Traditions are nice but get in the way of pleasure, relaxation and renewal. In l'age moyen we want to get rid of some of the old things that no longer fit, furniture, pictures, nik-naks, spouses, houses, and turkey dinners.