Friendship sometimes comes in the mail. And it might look like an assortment of cookies!
When Daddy-O brought the mail in on Saturday it included a couple of packages. This close to Christmas, we get a lot of packages. He had no clue what the white box held.
But when I opened the box, he didn't hesitate to dive in and sample. This gorgeous cookie assortment came from a new friend. She and I both belong to an online piano group that has turned into a friend group. We both enjoy the weekly live lessons and we both belong to the very active Facebook group where we share the piano music we are working on.
These wonderful piano lovers cheer each other on, offer suggestions and give support when the going gets hard. The piano group is global. I love it. I can chat with Ann-Marie in Sweden, Kirna in the Netherlands, Martyn in the UK, Kumi in Japan and Mary in Spain. I could keep naming friends around the world and across the United States. There are beginning pianists and professional pianists, all working to help each other.
Joyce and I are in the same country, but we have several states between us. Thanks to the internet we can be friends. We discovered that both of us are early risers and have enjoyed chatting via messenger just before the sun comes up. We talk about our piano challenges, our grandchildren and our busy days. One day she told me that she was in the midst of her annual Christmas baking. I have no clue how many of the boxes she has shipped across the country. When she asked, "Do you want me to send you one?" she got a big YES!
If I counted correctly there are a dozen kinds of cookies and our box included about 4 of each cookie. She must have baked for weeks! I also saw the photo of the decorated cookies she makes for her daughter-in-law's dance students. I have no clue when she finds time to practice piano. But she does.
Thank you, Joyce, my piano friend, for being so generous! She has promised to share recipes but like the rest of us, it is too close to Christmas to do one extra thing! I'll post them later.
Our family starts arriving tomorrow. Busy little people will be here to "help" do the last things that need to be done before Christmas Day. No new blogs for a while. But I'll be back!
Since this blog has been about piano friends I'll leave you with a Christmas song.
Merry Christmas!
Lovely post. I had a friend across several continents whose pandemic goals were to learn a new language and to learn how to play a piano (although maybe not jazz piano just yet:). In her sixties. Isn’t it great not to let our age stop us? Thanks for this inspiring story. We in our seventies salute you. Merry Christmas! Chloe
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Age is just a number, right? Merry Christmas!
DeleteSo fun to have baking friends and music friends! Thanks for sharing a lovely Christmas song with us (your readers!)! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
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DeleteDiane, I want to thank you for the glorified grahams recipe. I too have the BH&G 1976 edition but never tried them. Like you said, recipe is not in the cookie section. I just got done making my fourth and fifth batch. I sent some to my daughter on Christmas and she texted me today: “Been meaning to tell you ppl went crazy over the pecan bars. Better than bakery. You could be making millions.” Thanks again, Carol Ann
ReplyDeleteSo glad you liked that recipe as much as my family does. Thinking I need to pull out that old cookbook again and see what other treasures are in that Easy Meals chapter!
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