"what are you thinking about, avo?"

i am an introvert. always have been. when i was little i remember hiding sometimes when company came over. (that doesn't bode well for visitors when i am an old, eccentric widow.)

my parents used to ask me what i was thinking about because i was so quiet sometimes. they'd say, "well, avo, you must be thinking big thoughts." once dad even said i should write them down. (maybe he was worried that i was some kind of nut. he was probably being an amateur shrink) but here i am, 50 years later, taking his advice. it's never too late to start, is it?
rest in god's arms, mom and dad. yesterday was mom's 95th birthday. ok, back on track...



i am not ashamed of being an introvert. i wish more people were introverts--the world would be a more peaceful place. i get the feeling that a lot of people think being extroverted is a more "normal" way to be. when my husband refers to my introversion it comes across as a defect of some sort. but that's a subject for a marriage counselor, not a blogspot. ;0)



by now you are thinking about what my personality has to do with the photo of a piece of toast.



i am sharing it as an example of the kinds of 'big stuff" i think about.



at 0630 this morning i was making my daily whole wheat toast and homemade raspberry jam for me and brodie. ( he gets little pieces of crust.)



i was staring at the toaster and started thinking this:

a piece of bread goes into the machine, undergoes a chemical reaction involving heat, and comes out with a new name: a piece of toast.

weird, i thought. is there any other kind of food item that you cook without changing it's shape or mixing with other ingredients and presto! it's got a whole new name?

is there?? i've been thinking and thinking and can't come up with a single one.

can you??

let me know.

or if i have totally scared you off by giving you this peek inside my mind--well, it was nice knowing you.

and, you're probably an extrovert.... :o)

ps--do you see a face in this piece of toast? is it jesus? jk. it's a jack'olantern and he has a huge chiclet tooth on the right.