I was part of a writers’ retreat this weekend. The location was great, but lacked a stove. “I’ve got this,” I said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I went home and got the electric skillet I’d inherited from my mother. I used it this morning to fry bacon, and sausages, and eggs scrambled and sunny-side-up. (Not both at the same time, though. An egg cannot be simultaneously scrambled AND sunny-side-up, except in Schr\u00f6dinger’s kitchen.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was the first time I’d used it since I had it. The decluttering experts say to get rid of anything you haven’t used in a year. Those experts weren’t around to help me cook breakfast this morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u202aAnd, by the way, the electric skillet? Avocado green, baby.\u202c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I was part of a writers’ retreat this weekend. The location was great, but lacked a stove. “I’ve got this,” I said. I went home and got the electric skillet I’d inherited from my mother. I used it this morning to fry bacon, and sausages, and eggs scrambled and sunny-side-up. (Not both at the same … <\/p>\n