I sometimes get a little carried away when I’m cleaning. Like, for example, when I cleaned out Newtown to come to live here. Some things I just couldn’t be bothered looking through and/or packing. So I just threw them away. If I hadn't used a kitchen utensil for 6 months, I thought It must be pretty useless. My thinking was that i'll just make do with something else. "Into the bin, my useless, cluttering, unnecessary junk-friend!"
Today, after toying with many other options for an egg holder (mug, bowl, between my knees) I finally settled for the muffin pan. And as I sit here eating my boiled eggs out of a muffin tin, I’m starting to think that I need to reassess my criteria for chucking. Maybe I should have kept one egg holder out of the six I had. Because, surely, one day in the next year, I would feel like boiled eggs for breakfast. Even when they weren’t high on my list of top breakfast choices earlier. You can never be too sure of the future. Lesson one - sometimes you need something only once a year.
I also think, from this morning’s dilemma, that I probably have a low view of modern inventions. I’m not even sure how modern an egg holder is. It probably dates back to the prehistoric Neolithic man, but even so. That man had an idea, and it made his life easier. I probably should give that man some respect, and not throw out every egg holder I have in a naive cleaning fit. Lesson two - some inventions are useful.
Thank you for your not-so-subtle rebuke, Neolithic man. I hear you loud and clear. Respect.
