{"id":2234,"date":"2012-01-02T16:19:14","date_gmt":"2012-01-02T16:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/?p=2234"},"modified":"2012-01-02T16:19:14","modified_gmt":"2012-01-02T16:19:14","slug":"three-eggs-and-grits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/three-eggs-and-grits\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Eggs and Grits"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Frost Grill neon on a frosty January morning in Culpeper. Photo Socotra.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It is still dark at the farm this morning. I slept on the red couch, bathed in the brilliant cold blue-white mercury vapor security lamp.<\/p>\n

It was quiet except for the 3:05 freight on the old Alexandria & Orange line sounding its horn at the grade crossings at Winston, Virginia.<\/p>\n

It was nearly sixty degrees yesterday, starting lovely in Arlington, but then swaddled in clouds and spritzing rain. I drove out of it near Remington, and for a couple hours returned to an odd Spring-like air mass over the farm.<\/p>\n

The temperature plummeted overnight, and I stepped out on the porch in the blackness to look for the black cat with the white mittens<\/p>\n

I will stay long enough to see if Heckle shows up on morning patrol with the first light. In any case, I will have foot out for my feral feline associate. I hope she has found a better gig for the winter. My pal Jinny provided a heated cat-house (no jokes, quite true and practical) but I suspect that regular food is more in line with Heckle\u2019s minimalist expectations.<\/p>\n

Food occupied several first thoughts. I did not stop at the store on the way down, and have no eggs. That means one thing: if I am going to breakfast I can either cook back up in Northern Virginia, or I can treat myself to a stop at the Frost Diner. I put out the dry cat food by the garage and the last can of the wet food on the front porch, just in case the cat and I do not pass.<\/p>\n

I had to marvel at the silence. It is really calm down here. No car bombings, like LA, which is an alarming development from the weekend in Lotusland.<\/p>\n

There is much more to talk about as the new year lurches forward, but this is an Official Holiday, and I am going to take it and see if I can actually make it to the gym and accomplish one of my resolutions.<\/p>\n

I did make a list of all the people who sent holiday cards, and will do something with it presently. I will remove the timer from the lights and unplug the ones on the balcony.<\/p>\n

The Holiday is over, and time to get back to work. I don\u2019t feel like I spent much time in the holiday spirit, but the time of merrymaking for most of the rest of us did give me the time to get some important things done.<\/p>\n

Now, on with the show for 2012. But first I am going to stop at The Frost Diner before I head north. They open at five, and I have had a hankering for a three-egg omelet with grits. When in Culpeper, I figure, do like the Culpeperins.<\/p>\n

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Three eggs, Heinz Ketchup, Pete\u2019s Hot Sauce, grits, butter and English Muffin with a mug of steaming java. Photo Socotra.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Copyright 2012 Vic Socotra
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