Redemption of an Evening

My previous post included all the shitty things that happened today.

I decided to end my day on an un-shitty note.

I made jam. Beautiful ruby-red cranberry jam. Yum. With fresh cranberries (okay, frozen) and orange juice. With some brown sugar, because I don't have fancy Indian sugar cane essence.

And you know what? It's tasty. Burns like hot oil when it splatters and sticky-stainy on counters, but so pretty and so delicious. And surprisingly little like the canned cranberry sauce.

My day sucked. But I can cook, damnit, and my jam is awesome. I'm having it for breakfast tomorrow.

Love and Peace.