When Life Gives You Tomatoes, Make Tomato Sauce

"It's difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato." - Lewis Grizzard

My husband and I have just finished "pantsing" 30 lbs of tomatoes. "Pantsing," in my house, refers to blanching and peeling. According to my Mom, you cut the top off the tomato and then "pull the pants off it." It's as accurate a description as any.

These will be cooked down with copious quantities of garlic and fresh basil and oregano and onion and jarred for the winter.

I didn't want to write about anything weighty today. I wanted to just be normal for a change, and I have, for the most part, accomplished that. Today's activities included picking blueberries in the yard, eating, breathing, shopping at the farmers' market, talking with friends, cooking, napping, sex, reading, making jewelry, pantsing tomatoes.

And loving, there was loving too.