Maj. Gaynelle O'Neil, USA, ret'd, sends the raccoon news some jarred jellies from her home state of Oregon. Now that her long military obligation is concluded,she unpacks her memorabilia, including a jar of schoolyard marbles about which she will write something soon, and settles into a 100% unharried & unsoldierly lifestyle. A lifestyle that has her making jams and jellies. The one spread on the fresh bread above is blackberry. From Oregon.
Nel gets into the kitchen practice while thinking of her grandmother who blessed her loved ones with fare like this, and taught Nel how to prepare it.
In the spirit of that, we spread the jelly with one of our own grandmother's table knives, in service in our own family going back to the turn of the 20th century, or earlier. The knife is silverplate and is rusting around the edges. We use it and wash it tenderly.
The knife, I guess, is feeling right, spreading something like Gaynelle's (grandmother's) jelly."All things are connected!" Chief Seattle. Duwamish
