Yesterday was the day\u00a0to recoup from the festivities of Thanksgiving, and the day to tackle making turkey soup. As a former vegetarian, making turkey soup from scratch, is a challenge. I didn’t grow up watching\u00a0a mother\u00a0or grandmother\u00a0make it, and I have only seen one person, one time — my husband, make it. Well, yesterday was my day.<\/p>\n
You see, I don’t even cook the Thanksgiving turkey, my husband does. He has\u00a0a tried and true Joy of Cooking<\/em>\u00a0recipe that he follows, deliciously, to the letter. It’s my job to make the gravy . . . Southern\u00a0style. So, by the time yesterday came, I had only enjoyed the turkey feast, I hadn’t gotten my hands dirty by being involved with the bird.<\/p>\n After cutting off the meat, (a mean feat I must\u00a0say) I dropped the bird into hot water. After the bird cooked down a few hours, I scraped the remaining meat off and out of every imaginable\u00a0cavity that darn bird had. I must admit I\u00a0felt accomplished. As I was dealing, so intimately\u00a0with the bird, I began to think about the creative benefits of\u00a0reusing and\u00a0recycling. As artists\u00a0and writers we often think we have to reinvent\u00a0the wheel every time we step up to the proverbial\u00a0plate. Cookin’ down the bird\u00a0taught me the value of working with something that others might\u00a0consider already done.<\/p>\n Creativity\u00a0and wellness message for today: Reuse something that you have created, in a new way. Dust off that old manuscript and\u00a0select\u00a0a chapter as the basis for an article.\u00a0Reach your hands deeper into the dark places of something you thought\u00a0was complete and fully cooked, see what you find to expand in a\u00a0different way. Recycle, rethink, and enjoy the rich broth of your renewed creativity.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Yesterday was the day\u00a0to recoup from the festivities of Thanksgiving, and the day to tackle making turkey soup. As a former vegetarian, making turkey soup from scratch, is a challenge. I didn’t grow up watching\u00a0a mother\u00a0or grandmother\u00a0make it, and I … Continue reading