It was early afternoon New Year’s Eve at the insanely large Kroger at Kirby Parkway and I was feeling lucky already. The place was packed, and I had managed to snag the last bag of black-eyed peas from the freezer.
As I was standing in the checkout line, the woman behind me asked me about the kale in my cart. She wanted to know how I was going to cook it and then confessed that she had bought the greens before but only to use as decoration.
The conversation struck me as both charming and silly … and it got me to thinking about all the things I’ve never done …
