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Monday
Nov032008
Advice
November 3, 2008
I think there is a moment when as a writer you finally get it.
So that's why I'm always watching, you whisper for your own ears. It's the sharing that makes it all more real, all more true and beautiful.
I'm so glad now to have people to share with. Many of you are probably writers, and you understand.
And now, in the spirit of sharing, I have some advice. I'd save it for a Works for me Wednesday or something of that sort, but it's too good to hold on to.
If ants get into your sugar (and they will, because they can walk up to a sealed plastic bag and somehow end up on the inside without any visible entrance), relax! Don't be sad, you can still use the sugar for your coffee. Just put it in, and then pick the small floating ants off the top. (Another hint: It's easier to see them if you add cream. If you are too proud to add cream, well, it's not my fault if it takes you a long time to pick your ants out.)
Also, you can avoid the whole problem altogether if you store the sugar in the freezer to begin with.
So that's why I'm always watching, you whisper for your own ears. It's the sharing that makes it all more real, all more true and beautiful.
I'm so glad now to have people to share with. Many of you are probably writers, and you understand.
And now, in the spirit of sharing, I have some advice. I'd save it for a Works for me Wednesday or something of that sort, but it's too good to hold on to.
If ants get into your sugar (and they will, because they can walk up to a sealed plastic bag and somehow end up on the inside without any visible entrance), relax! Don't be sad, you can still use the sugar for your coffee. Just put it in, and then pick the small floating ants off the top. (Another hint: It's easier to see them if you add cream. If you are too proud to add cream, well, it's not my fault if it takes you a long time to pick your ants out.)
Also, you can avoid the whole problem altogether if you store the sugar in the freezer to begin with.
Reader Comments (9)
You are the kind of writer who makes sugar and ants more than sugar and ants.
Humor, the stuff that gets us the the oddest things in life. Just the chuckle I needed to start my monday morning. Thanks.
I've been a proud lurker for about a month now. I'm de-lurker-ing myself (yes, that is a gerund today). Thanks for writing this. Just last night I starting writing again with no audience in mind. No ants yet. Just sweet, savory sugar.
But what happens if you want to bake with said ant-infested sugar? :) Just kidding! Never thought of keeping sugar in the freezer...could probably do the same with my flour!
"So that’s why I’m always watching, you whisper for your own ears. It’s the sharing that makes it all more real, all more true and beautiful."
So true, and well written.
And the ant thing, I'll try to hang on to that particular piece of knowledge in case I ever need it! :)
When I lived in New Mexico, I'm surprised my house was never carried off by ants. I ended up keeping my cooking oil in a plastic container that sat in a lid of water that in essence created a moat for the container.
I also slowly caulked the whole darn house with hot glue. It actually helped some.
I'm glad you are at peace with your ants.
Yuck! But I guess it's extra protein! I guess eating gum off the sidewalk prepared you for these things in life!
In australia, they were big ass cockroaches. And highways of ants. Coming and going.
But once you get it? How do you hold onto it. The writing that is....
Just last week I learned that the little black bugs in our rice float. So it's much easier to get them out after adding the water than searching through the dry rice. Perhaps they're related to your ants. No big deal. They're kosher.