“In cooking you’ve got to have a what-the-hell attitude.” Julia Child
Suddenly The Kitchen Was A Zoo Suddenly the kitchen was a zoo, salamanders and elephants everywhere, rolling and roiling in a raucous ruckus scrambling to lick the laden spoon. Salamanders and elephants everywhere, the centre island no longer a refuge, scrambling to lick the laden spoon, too many cooks spoiling the moment. The centre island no longer a refuge, flour in the air, the oven on fire, too many cooks spoiling the moment, just trying to feed the monkeys. Flour in the air, the oven on fire, rolling and roiling in a raucous ruckus just trying to feed the monkeys, suddenly the kitchen was a zoo. ©Paul Vincent Cannon
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Love the Julia Child quote! She was quite a woman.♥️
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Yes, although I only encountered her through the movie that celebrated her life, she was less known over here but yet she influenced a generation.
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I used to watch her on tv a million years ago
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One in a million.
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Sounds like my kitchen when the kids come home, lol.
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I was reminded of a child-invaded kitchen as well!
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It’s fun, sometimes only in retrospect 🙂
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And depending on whose lot it fell to clean up the mess. 😉
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Yes, that bit is etched in my brain.
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🙂
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Ah those hectic, happy chaotic days.
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Indeed!
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lol….wonderful!
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A metaphor for life, it’s messy and fun 🙂
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That’s for sure.
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This is such a fun poem! Thank you!!!
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Ha, and a metaphor for life really, thank you Liz.
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Pretty much, particuarly one’s work life.
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Agreed Liz, very much so, it has not been a smooth ride at all.
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I really loved this. I was fun.
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I’m so glad, yes, pure fun.
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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🙂
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Can’t imagine cleanning the kitchen. 🙂
Thank you for the fun poem, Paul.
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Ha, daunting for sure, thank you Amy 🙂
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Life can be so unpredictable! Fun way of looking at it, Paul.
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I’m amazed at the twists and turns life takes, thank you very much Punam.
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Oh, I love this Paul! Perfect for a pantoum conveying the chaos of the crazy concept of two of my favourite films colliding!
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Very kind, thank you so much Chris, glad to have made those delightful connections.
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You painted the picture so vividly, that I was there. Also the quote at the beginning was swell. One should be fearless in the kitchen and in love !
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Many thanks, and I absolutely agree about living fearlessly – wonderful.
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Very pertinent to the writer😄
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Lol
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