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Perpetual Ruminations
#1103085 added December 6, 2025 at 4:11pm
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Wow, That's Salty!
| Yesterday my wife spent the day helping her mom decorate for Christmas and didn't get back home until late. She had gotten her and her mom pizza and ham & cheese balls from a local pizzeria that has wonderful food. Knowing I would enjoy these as well, she bought extra to bring home with her. I had already eaten, so it went into the fridge for the night, waiting to be heated and eated for lunch today. I picked up a ham & cheese ball first and took a bite; wow, that's salty! My wife informed me they weren't any saltier than normal. I then took a bit of the pizza, and wow, was it salty! Of course, it wasn't any saltier than normal. I enjoyed the food and know it will take a while to adjust to the saltiness of foods again. I lost the ability to taste sweet and salty after the first or second chemo infusion back in May. I could, at times, slightly detect saltiness, but only with items that were significantly over-salted, such as Campbell's soups. Sweet foods lacked sweetness, and sour items, like lemonade, tasted sweet. Other tastes have also been off, and nothing tasted as it should. But now it seems my taste buds are healing and working more like they should. But, after months of not tasting salt, it didn't take much to seem too salty. I also drank some orange juice, and it tasted like oranges and wasn't sickeningly sweet. I'm looking forward to enjoying lemonade again, as well as iced tea with lemon in it. In fact, I'm looking forward to eating and enjoying so many foods again. |
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My writing doesn't follow any set genre, it's interdependent of my mood and all that's taking place in life. I'm still finding myself, what I write constitutes the markers along the path of that journey. With time, many things will manifest in my work and perhaps I will pursue one or two genres. For now, it's not, "What type of writing is my passion?"
"Writing is my passion."
