In the Kitchen

The time is mostly spent doing the mediocre chores: loading and unloading the dishwasher and/or washing machine, cleaning out the fridge, clearing out the cupboards, picking up my daughters magnetic alphabets off the floor for the umpteenth time, putting away groceries and of course cooking – an activity I spend the bulk of my time on (too much time if you ask me). As I don’t ever buy ready made microwaveable meals (I like to know what goes into my food) I tend to cook everything from scratch, and I mean everything and believe me, this takes a lot of time. But I get the satisfaction of knowing that my family gets a wholesome, healthy meal with no additives.
Then there are the times when the kitchen stops being the place where I perform mediocre tasks and becomes a place that offers quite a different attraction for me. It becomes a room I can unwind in – a sanctuary of sorts. This is where I sit and read the Sunday paper over a steaming mug of tea, or scribble in my journal, or sneak into to have a quiet phone call with a good friend. It’s the place where, during the summer, I sit on the back step leading into the garden and soak up the sun and watch my flowers grow. Above all, it is the one place where I am allowed to indulge in one of my favourite pastimes – listening to the radio.
In a corner of the kitchen counter on a pile of cook books sits my cute little pale pink DAB satellite radio which was a Christmas present from my husband and the first thing I do when I walk into the kitchen is turn it on. And although I don’t always pay attention to the programme that’s on, the low background murmur of the moderators’ voice has a very comforting and soothing effect on me. Strange but true.
And that’s how I spend my time in the kitchen.
Labels: Sunday Scribbings
14 Comments:
This was just lovely! Your kitchen sounds like a very nice place indeed!
101,
What a delightful kitchen you have. I say that because it reminds me in so many ways of my own. i'm a radio listener also. Really our kitchen is the nuclear core of our house and family.
rel
I want to eat and hang out in your kitchen ;) Scratch? WOW
I'm impressed to read that you prepare everything from scratch. Time consuming but worth it, I hope your family appreciate the time you take to feed them well!
"It becomes a room I can unwind in – a sanctuary of sorts."
I understand that. I listen to music in there. I solve crossword puzzles and/or just reflect on life.
Thanks for the visit.
I can tell where you heart is!
your description of your kitchen as a sanctuary really inspired me...sunday papers and mugs of tea are definitely part of my ideal kitchen! i really enjoyed your post and especially the idea of wholesome, no-additive cooking, which is something i'm trying to get into. thank you!
It sounds like a lovely kitchen. The perfect place to live and work.
Ah, I want to come and relax in your kitchen too (the other stuff, though, I can do without)!
I always have my tiny radio on when I am in the kitchen and it soothes me even though I don't often hear what is actually on it!
i think it's wonderful that you find your kitchen as a haven. how easy it is to forget sometimes to have time to ourselves as women isn't it? your kitchen sounds like a fab place to have time to yourself :)
101, What a sancuarty you have. I am there. Lovely.
Hurray for good cookin'! We don't own a microwave and almost every meal is made from scratch - what isn't made from scratch is carefully chosen. But I do envy that kitchen - I live in an apartment where the kitchen is little more than a hallway made a little wider!
lovely little glimpse into your life... I love what you wrote about your radio and the background murmur, I often feel the same way.
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