The Hodgepodge is Back!

Hodgepodge Questions-Volume 347

Joyce is back this week with our Wednesday Hodgepodge!!  Thank you, Joyce, and know that I/we understand about needing some time with that sweet little boy!  He is ADORABLE!!

Join in HERE and link-up with other Hodgepodgers to see how they answered these questions!

1. April is National Jazz Appreciation Month. Are you a fan?  Yes and no.  If so what's a favorite you'd recommend to someone new to jazz listening?  I enjoy ‘smooth’ jazz (but NOT Kenny G!) and more of the old-timers.  I don’t have any recommendations and will probably get some flack for not liking Kenny G.  I prefer brass to woodwinds. Start out ‘smooth’.  Even Alexa knows what smooth jazz means!

2. Mandolin, ukulele, harp, accordion or banjo...which would you be most interested in learning to play? Or do you already play one of the instruments listed?  I used to play around with my brother’s guitar and knew a few chords.  Harp is difficult and I’m too old for difficult now, but the ukulele might be fun! I love bluegrass, but the banjo isn’t easy either.

3. Do you judge a book by its cover? Elaborate. You may answer in either/both the literal or figurative sense of the word. Not so much anymore, since my books are all on my Kindle and I rarely see a cover - though the covers do tell you what you might expect inside.  I won’t say that I never make a judgement based on what the cover looks like, because I do when scrolling through the freebies.  Scantily clad women and handsome muscle-bound men with hokey titles don’t even cause me to slow down. I’m not into steamy romance novels.

4. According to a recent study the ten most nutritious foods are-almonds, cherimoya (supposed to taste like a cross between a pineapple/banana), ocean perch, flatfish (such as flounder and halibut), chia seeds, pumpkin seeds, swiss chard, pork fat (shocking! but I don't think they mean bacon), beet greens, and red snapper. Are any of these foods a regular part of your diet?  Nope – not even when I am trying to be good, except for almonds. I do eat them.  Any you've never ever tasted?  I’ve never had cherimoya.  Which would you be most inclined to add to your diet?  I love fish and would eat it a couple of times a week, but Joe is not a seafood lover – not even a seafood liker.  He will eat catfish and stuffed flounder and shrimp. That’s about it.

I had to see what a cherimoya looked like.

5. Besides a major holiday what is the most recent thing you've celebrated with your people?  We have been celebrating with our northern friends who are all heading north this week and next.  Tell us how.  We just catch up with them for a nice visit and to wish them safe travels.  I will miss them this year! Last year at this time I was still working, and we hadn’t really met so many people. This year is different, and I will feel their absence.

6. Insert your own random thought here. I’m sorry if you are tired of me writing about my Joe, but I did take him back to urgent care yesterday morning.  This time we saw the doctor and he says it is a bad sinus infection/sinusitis and prescribed an antibiotic, some nasal spray and some codeine cough syrup.  Sleep will hopefully come back, and coughing fits will go away!!  I know many of you are keeping him in your prayers and I sure appreciate it!!

My friend, Shirley, did get to go home yesterday and the cancer cells were clear from around the tumor. She still needs to see an oncologist to determine further treatment, if any.  Good news!!

Thanks for peeking in today! Thanks again to Joyce for this week's Hodgepodge!  Peace & hugs for all!