What’s not to like about Mickey Mouse? He is practically the planet’s “sweetheart”.
I have always loved Mickey- he just makes me smile. The voice, the hands, the ears, the potbelly, the big eyes and the infectious smile.
Years and years ago.... (about 15) on a trip to Disney World (Florida) I bought an inexpensive figurine of Steamboat Mickey. As a photographer I loved black and white film and so I was drawn to the simplicity of the black and white statue.
Mickey has sat on many desks since then and has had about 4 or 5 different homes. He sits on my desk and does his dutiful job of making me smile every day.
I have taken very good care of him and he me.....
Yesterday Mickey fell from the back of my desk. From the floor between the desk and the wall I heard was the crash and as silly as seems (and I am aware it’s silly) I put my hands over my face and couldn’t even think about looking to see how bad it was.
I sat there with my hands over my face for a few minutes and then finally crawled under my desk to find the wreckage....
Long pause...............................................
I emerged from the floor with three pieces of my little guy in hand. His body, his head and one ear lay in my hand. Again, silly as it may seem - I was sad. We had been together for so long without any damage....
Seeing that it was repairable I started to feel a little better because at least it didn’t shatter into a million little pieces. It was Gorilla glue to the rescue. I carefully glued his head back onto his body and then his ear. There was a white chip in the black ear and so now a pulled out a black sharpie to color it in and although Steamboat Mickey is no longer perfect and a little beat up he is still standing and well..... smiling at me while I type this!
The whole “tragedy” got me thinking about the metaphor for life that had just been presented to me.
I am not perfect, sometimes beat up and maybe even a little broken but with a little love, care, glue and innovation I’m still standing!
I think I might actually like Steamboat Mickey more now than before. He represents a great life lesson. It’s all okay. We fall down, we get back up (or picked back up by someone else) we sort out what happened put the pieces back together, move on and hopefully we don’t fall of the back of the desk again!
Onto the Bruschetta-
For this recipe I used a bakery loaf of whole wheat bread cut into thin slices and then toasted under the broiler for 3 minutes on each side. Check every minute to make sure they are lightly toasted (ovens vary)
In a medium bowl mix
4-5 Chopped tomatoes (remove center and only use the meat of the tomato)
1 small can Minced black olives
1/4 cup Finely chopped Pistachios
3 or 4 cloves Minced garlic
drizzle olive oil (don’t need much)
Spread a small amount of goat cheese on each slice of bread add mix and enjoy.
