“Canning is a whole world of a thing to do. It requires that you get out of your head. It's a Zen thing. You cannot be wondering about your inadequacies and how they drove Bob off and be making jelly. You'll wind up with big, cylindrical jujubes.”
Debby Bull“Your like Martha Stewart on crack,” my neighbor shouted as I stuck another cardinal in with the daisies.”
Debby Bull, Blue Jelly: Love Lost & the Lessons of Canning“It was obvious that the woman was trying to turn over a new leaf, so we bought all her bowls. I got a gigantic stoneware one with a flat bottom, like you’d use if you were making bread for the whole army, and I knew I would have to change my whole life to have a use for this bowl.”
Debby Bull, Blue Jelly: Love Lost & the Lessons of Canning“Canning is a whole world of a thing to do. It requires that you get out of your head. It's a Zen thing. You cannot be wondering about your inadequacies and how they drove Bob off and be making jelly. You'll wind up with big, cylindrical jujubes.”
Debby Bull, Blue Jelly: Love Lost & the Lessons of Canning“I closed the door. Other people got husbands and children”
I got a bag of lettuce. I hurled myself on the floor and sobbed. The worst thing about trying to get myself undepressed were the days when it seemed like I hadn’t made any progress at all.