I’m going to give readers a glimpse into the creative process. I write two things on a weekly deadline, a newspaper column and a radio essay. The radio essay topic is generally dictated by KAXE’s “Between You and Me” show topic that week. In a way, that makes this piece easier to write because it’s essentially like working off a prompt. The weekly column can be about a topic of my choosing, which means enormous freedom but also, ironically, more writer’s bloc.
I take bananas off the bunches. Why would I buy seven bananas when I know I can only eat two before they go bad? Boo to you for outing me, Mr. Brown.
Not only do I know that, I DO that. Maybe you are the weird one if you think you only can buy the bunches as they are displayed?
There’s no way I could eat that many bananas either! I’m a Minnesotan who likes to do the right thing, but when it comes to bananas, I’m selfish.
Plus, bananas are a very tricky fruit – I like them sort of green and a little bit crunchy while the hubby likes them soft. That too has to go into the equation of which bananas to buy.
I’ve also been told I’m a weirdo for the way I peel a banana. I don’t do it like a monkey – I slit it down the middle and make a banana boat of sorts.