July 14th, 2026
The Celebrating Table
“The table is a meeting place, a gathering ground, the source of sustenance and nourishment, festivity, safety, and satisfaction.”
Laurie Colwin (American Writer; June 14th, 1944 to October 24th, 1992)
“The evening meal should be the highlight of the day. If the day has been peaceful, pleasurable, and profitable, it’s time to celebrate. If the day has been difficult and discouraging, it’s time for comfort and consolation–blessings by themselves and reason to celebrate. Either way, the celebrating table bids.”
“Planning, shopping, and cooking in the space of an hour is self-abuse pure and simple.”
“We need time to defuse, to contemplate. Just as in sleep our brains relax and give us dreams, so at some time in the day we need to disconnect, reconnect, and look around us. We must turn off the television and the telephone, hunker down in front of our hearths, and leave our briefcases at the office, if for only one night. We must march into the kitchen, en famille or with a friend, and find some easy, heartwarming things to make from scratch, and even if it is but once a week, we must gather at the table, alone or with friends or with lots of friends or with one friend, and eat a meal together. We know that without food we would die. Without fellowship life is not worth living.”
Laurie Colwin (American Writer; June 14th, 1944 to October 24th, 1992)
“Sharing a meal with my husband is one of the highlights of my day. I love how we creates meals with love and creativity. I see his full self-expression when he cooks.”
–Ban Breathnach, Sarah. “Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy”. Grand Central Publishing. (1976). Kindle Page 257 to 258 of 501.
I challenge each of you on this blog series to post comments so we all can grow together.
