Something to Whet the Appetite
- Therese Kerbey
- Mar 23
- 3 min read
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Welcome back to The Angler's Song! My last post wasn't really in June ... I penned other posts but then deleted them. Sorry about that. Admittedly, I am floundering a bit as I try to navigate the high seas of blogging. I think I've got it now, though, so onward we go!
For the record, all posts here from this point forward are duplicates of my blog of the same name in Substack. I prefer the Substack platform but just in case someone doesn't care to sign up for a free account there, I thought I'd make the posts available here as well.
So, the other day, I discovered that Goldfish snack crackers are not all savory flavored! What? It's true! On Amazon, I found sweet flavors of "The Berry," "Cinnamon Roll Grahams," and "Vanilla Cupcake Grahams" Goldfish cracker/cookies.
Accompanied by a spot of tea, all three flavors made for a lovely evening snack. They each had merit but personally, the "Cinnamon Roll Grahams" were my favorite.
The following day, when I did not have tea and mindlessly allowed the little fishies to enter the canal of my esophagus one after another until official binge status had been achieved, I cannot attest that they resembled anything in the category of lovely. No. The sugar content of those horribly ultra processed sea devils not only destroyed my usually stellar self-control, but also my mouth and stomach. I couldn't brush my teeth enough to scrub away the velvety feel of graham crackers from my teeth and tongue. Yuck!
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Luckily, I found something else this week to satisfy a better appetite ... that being one for words. Michigan native that I am, I've been a longtime fan of author Jack Driscoll. Every story penned by this 'mitten state' writer is a treasure. Benjamin Percy even goes as far to say that "Every sentence written by Jack Driscoll is a miracle -- and every story bright with humor and heart and insight." A miracle! Wow!
Driscoll published "The Goat Fish and the Lover's Knot" in 2017. It's a collection of ten short stories that contain everything from suspense and conflict to comfort and poetry. The title of the collection is the also the title of the first story contained within. So, if you want to find out exactly what a goat fish is, I suggest you obtain a copy and dive into pages 1-14. Bwahahaha! Of course I'm not just going to tell you!
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Finally, an offering for the appetite of the cinematically inclined. In 1990, the last work of British author Roald Dahl was published. It was a children's book called, "Esio Trot." I really don't want to give away the plot but let's just say that a tortoise is involved. For the extra astute, you will have already noticed that the title of the book is an anadrome of "Tortoise."
Anyway, in 2015, producer Hilary Beban Jones and director Dearbla Walsh brought Dahl's book to life in film. Starring James Corden, Dustin Hoffman and Judi Drench, this truly delightful movie has nothing to do with fish or fishing. There are two scenes, however, that should pull hard on the lines of every fisher person's heart:
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Yes? Phew! Yeeouch. Now, if you want to find out what the "love" stuff is all about, you should most definitely watch the entire film. It's currently free (with ads) on Amazon Prime but for all I know, it could be accessible on a multitude of sites. I receive no endorsement of any kind for anything I mention in this blog.
And there you go, a bit of fish fodder for the week to lure your attention away from the woes and cares of the world. Go eat it, read it, or watch it. Better yet, go fishing! Cheers! ><>
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