"Thank you for this food that we are about to receive, to nourish our bodies for Yashua's sake. Amen-Ra."




Pot liquor goes down smoothly. We sit back and unfastened belt buckles, stick toothpicks between closed teeth, and make wishes on full bellies. Soul food makes the house smelly. Soul food fits in between the cracks of windows and floats heavenwards into soot-filled chimneys. The dog trades the paper for a discarded chicken bone. Women play auntie to little cousins who lick cake batter off the ends of wooden spoons. Someone always starts the sweet potato pie fight way too soon. It's hard to save a slice.




What does a gravy boat do for a wading soul? Does it pull it aboard and dry it off with the sopping of a biscuit? Does sweet tea cure all that ails? Does a lemon slice sit quite nice on the rim of a glass half full? Large hands shed the peels of ripe bananas for pudding that's often too sweet, but goes real nice with a dollop of whipped cream. Childhood favorites favor deferred dreams. I always keep a napkin tucked inside a loosened seam.




Why does cornbread make the best dressing? It doesn't cover up mistakes or appear expensive to outside eyes. But the "family" knows how rich one feels off of having anything of possession, gold in color. I give a brick to my sister, one to my brother. It must be the beans that plant the seeds of wisdom around a Victorian style round table. We have Yashua as our neighbor. I wonder if he would visit us if the table wasn't so full.




We would sit and break 5 loaves bread. Let sweet cream buttermilk balance on the weight of shoulders. Place a few tomatoes on tip-toes, in remembrance of walking in the garden, of eatin'. I'd tell Eve to pass the apple pie. If two fish could feed a multitude, this feast could feed a million minds.




See you at supper

Soulfood for the Soul

I am so there

i love those wooden spoons..

wonderful write! nice images you have planted...

now, if you wouldn't mind passing me the banana pudding i'll be on my way...

you and me both!

Its like this yummy warmth all over the place
I brought Peach cobbler for desert,,,

Bravooooooooooooooooooooo
I came back for seconds

Thank you so much