“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“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.