Welcome back to the Island View Café, even as the island is about to be submerged. While a huge swath of our country has been hit by a winter storm, we have received nothing but rain for two days. Rain that, unfortunately has no place to go. The ground is well frozen. The long blogging month of January is in the rear-view mirror, and the short month of regular blogging is at hand. There is an announcement at the end of this post, but let’s move onto Linda G. Hill’s Stream of Consciousness Saturday prompt,
“Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is ‘page.’ Use it as a noun or a verb. Have fun!”
If we were having a beer, you’d be in the mood for reminiscing.
“Good afternoon, Dan. It’s good to see you here today.”
“Good afternoon, David. Why the surprise? It’s Saturday, I’m almost always here.”
“Now you are. I was remembering the years when you’d be on your way to Florida this weekend, to your company’s Annual Meeting.”
“Yes, well, I turned that page and began a new chapter, as it were.”
“But you’re still drinking Corona. Here you go, Dan. David, John Howell’s special or wine today?”
“That’s interesting, Cheryl, I’ve been thinking about having wine. Do you still have Meiomi?”
“We do. Seltzer and ice?”
“Just seltzer, please.”
“You know, Dan, Cheryl’s right. You used to only drink Corona in February. The rest of the year it was Sam Adams, Yuengling or Naughty Nurse.”
“That’s true. I drank Corona in February in honor of my sister-in-law, after she passed away in February. One year, I decided that I like it better than those other beers.”
“Here you go, David. If you boys want any food, we have Chicken Corn Chowder today.”
“Thanks Cheryl. Cheers, Dan!”
“Cheers.”
“Do you miss going to Florida.”
“Nope, not a bit.”
“Even with he single-digit lows we’ve been having. You don’t miss being able to put on some shorts and walk along the beach?”
“It wasn’t a vacation, David. It was work. Something my boss always made sure we remembered.”
“Work…right. As I recall, it always began with a Super Bowl party. Hardly sounds like work to me.”
“A Super Bowl party in a room full of people who could fire me or have me fired.”
“I guess that could be awkward. Good that the Steelers weren’t in too many of those games.”
“Ouch, David. That was rude. Do you guys want any food?”
“Since David is paying, and considering that last remark, I think I’m going to try that chowder. Didn’t it used to be Bacon Corn Chowder?”
“We make that sometimes, but today it’s chicken. Our chef took a new card out of his mother’s recipe bin.”
“Make that two bowls, Cheryl.”
“Sure, David. I’ll put that order right in.”
“So, Dan. You say you don’t miss going to Florida, but how did you like waking up to a skating rink in your yard?”
“That was a little unnerving, still, we have spikes for our boots, and we only have to go out for the dog.”
“Part of that new page. I guess that is better than hoping your plane will get here or take off.”
“That’s the best thing about retirement, David, no business travel.”
“I can understand that. But the Super Bowl is next week, so you wouldn’t be traveling this week, right?”
“Hard to say. The NFL didn’t finalize the seventeen-game season until well after plans for the meeting would have been made. They might be down there watching the Pro Bowl.”
“Perish the thought. I’d rather watch the Puppy Bowl than the pro version of touch football.”
“Face it, David. No one wants to lose a star player in a meaningless game.”
“They can watch the Olympics. Sunday night is Curling – Mixed Doubles – USA vs Canada.”
“We have to be careful, David. Linda Hill might get mad if we say bad things about Canada.”
“May the best country win, Dan.”
“Cheers!” Speaking of Canada, next week we will have our first guest of 2022. Natalie the Explorer will be joining us to talk about blogging, blog challenges and, well, it is SoCS, so I never know where the conversation might go.
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