Tagged: host
expectations and
expectations and
reality crash
hard, depending
on the table you’ve
set. perhaps the
conversation only
flows when you
have all the right
condiments
.
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guaranteeing fun
guaranteeing fun
requires an adept management
of expectations –
no one promises that the
rules will be easy to find
.
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hosting requires a
hosting requires a
different set of
ingredients
every time,
but in the middle
of stirring, always
add a teaspoon
of mom’s secret
ingredient:
the spice of making
people feel at home
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: hosting
the haves and the have
the haves and the have
nots rarely meet in neutral
territory, one
inevitably hosts the
other, begs to be comforted
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: comforted
between vacuuming
between vacuuming
the house, cleaning
out and restocking
the fridge, ironing
the dinner napkins,
folding and unfolding
the sheets, trips to the
airport, thawing the
ham, one more
grocery run, and
refueling the gas
tank, mom and dad
meet in the backyard
for a breather,
holly-hunting
.
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things we leave unsaid
things we leave unsaid
sprout tendrils, winding their way
around suitable
hosts, a cellular invasion,
a parasite of memory
.
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