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As I write, a pan of brand new potatoes, harvested a slender twenty minutes ago, are being boiled and then lightly sauteed into savory perfection with oil, garlic and onions. They’re for our Boxing Day nosh up. We didn’t plant them, those potatoes. They simply decided to launch into another year of growth in a spare vegetable bed. And so I tolerated them, even occasionally watered them, when I was feeling generous. And now I’m eating them. And I must admit to feeling quite lucky, because they make the perfect, nourishing Boxing Day feed.

Yes, finally the big ‘C Day’ is behind us. After the huge lead up, the hype, the advertising, the pressure, the compromise, the excitement, the extravagant gestures, the family gatherings, the vast tables of the richest food I will eat all year, the sparkles, the summer salad, the presents, and the celebration of, well, Being Together – I do declare that: Today’s For Taking it Easy.

Yes, the presents have been given – some small tokens of big love, some breathtakingly exciting, some shiny and brand new, some completely unnecessary and unrelated to our personalities, some sacred and destined to be stowed away in a special place.

And back to the food, ahhh the food we consumed yesterday. My tummy is rounded and plump from feasting. My brain is lagging slightly behind the moment, while my body assimilates a days worth of the most delicious food this planet has to offer. Yes, it’s all hands on deck for the immune system as it brings my body back into balance, hence the need to just relax and let my body do what it’s best at – regenerating.

I’m thinking DVD. I’m thinking left overs and chocolate.  I’m thinking stillness and long moments of doing absolutely nothing on the couch. But you know what will happen don’t you? Ideas. The ideas will come. They’ll notice I’m taking a moment to relax and arrive like a family of long lost relatives, full of promise and potential. They’ll trickle gently into my consciousness, not imposing, oh no, suggestive with echoes of ‘what if …’, ‘what if…’. And despite myself, I’ll pay attention. Because they’ll be good ones, those Boxing Day ideas. And so it’ll be an afternoon of relaxing on the couch, watching movies, and jotting down one or two ideas, as I recline, post sauteed potatoes with onions and garlic.

Happy New Potatoes Day. And as for all the ideas that sprout in your inner garden bed while you’re relaxing, tolerate them, and perhaps even water them occasionally, because one day you may find yourself enjoying their bountiful harvest.

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