I’ve gotten into polenta recently. I cook it up ahead of time and put it in a sealed dish in the fridge. When it cools and sets up, it’s easy to slice into sections and eat as finger food. I can eat it plain, with hot sauce or sometimes I’ll saute up vegetables (peppers, onions, zucchini, whatever) and add them to the polenta before it cools. The particularly cool thing is that I can eat it hot or cold. Once it’s set up, it toasts up nicely too.

Geographically? Thousands of miles away. Philosophically? Even further (she’s fundie, I’m atheist). Conversationally? Pretty close. We text, talk or video chat multiple times per week. We’re probably closer now than we have been at any point in our lives.