Any of you who have hung out here for a while, or perused the rest of my site, know that my all time favorite books are from the Betsy-Tacy series. Starting when Betsy is in high school, they have a thing called Sunday Lunch. Every Sunday evening (I know? Lunch in the evening?) they open their house to friends and family. Mr. Ray makes sandwiches out of leftover Sunday pot roast or chicken, and if there isn’t anything left, then he makes sandwiches out of Bermuda onions, salt, & pepper. There is strong coffee and sometimes a cake made by Anna or Mrs. Ray (but not always). Julia plays the piano and everyone gathers around and sings, or they just chat (and flirt…the girls are in high school so the place is overrun with boys) and visit.All my life, I have dreamed of having both a house and friends so I could have Sunday Lunch at my house. Now I have both (very lucky me) and so yesterday, we had our very first one. We’ve taken some liberties. First of all, it’s called Sunday Soup because being vegetarian Buddhists, there really isn’t any after-church pot roast for sandwiches (And onion? Ooooh! Ick!), so I’m making a different soup and fresh bread each week. And secondly, we dropped the “lunch” phrasing because we didn’t want anyone coming at noon, which is what lunch means to us west coasters. Lastly, we don’t have a piano, but there were guitars yesterday and other friends sing, play the upright bass, dobro, and trombone, so you never know what will happen of a Sunday evening around here at Casa Bon Chance!
I’m one step closer to my lifelong dream of being Betsy Ray! Haha!
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