Cambodian Popcorn & the Important Things in Life.

Connections

It's Thursday and on Thursdays I often talk

about food, so I'm including the popcorn

 though this post is really about people.

I have been thinking a lot lately about what
is important to me in my life and my conclusion
is people.  What is it about some people that
brings about that instant connection?  Are we
destined to find certain souls in this world and
connect with them?  As we traveled the world
this year we saw ancient wonders and magnificent
scenery and sites but what mattered most to us
were the personal connections we made.

This is our friend we met in a restaurant

in Cambodia.  We went to that restaurant

every day we were there ~ because of her.

I got an email from her this week and it

has made me so happy.

This is a man we met on the streets

of Tangier and we ended up having such

a lovely conversation with him.

Late one night, just off Tahrir Square

in Cairo, sometime between the Revolution and

the uprising, Kate & I were trying to get

this shot when I was approached by a

handsome, well educated man who spoke

excellent English.  He pleaded with us

to be careful, he told us terrible things have

happened since the Revolution.  He was

right of course, and I appreciate his caring.

I feel I'm destined to meet or in some cases

reunite with people.  There is some deep

connection that needs to be explored.  It is

so hard to define but it is there.  It is as if

there are threads that spring from the heart

and our lives will be sewn together.  For those

of you that have connected with me already, I

cherish that and for those that will in the future,

I look forward to it...

As for the popcorn, I'm not a great popcorn lover,

the husks get caught in my throat and teeth and

I generally stay away from it but this popcorn in

Cambodia was the BEST I have ever had and I live

in popcorn country!  At home I have tried to make

it and this is the closest I can come.  Make microwave

Kettle corn and sprinkle with a pinch of granulated

sugar.  It's not as good but the closest I can come and

when I eat it, it always makes me think of  Siem Reap.