Bring Out Your Knives!

Saturday afternoon Brian and I bought reams of pine garland and (already dying) poinsettias to decorate the apartment and bring on the holiday spirit. When the halls were decked, and we were quietly sipping tea and admiring our handiwork, we heard bells ringing in the street. Rudolph? Santa? No, the knife sharpener! We actually live someplace where a guy with a truck drives slowly up the street, ringing his bells, and inviting the neighborhood to bring out their knives, scissors, chainsaws, and whatever else you might choose to bludgeon yourself with. Brian was like a kid on Christmas morning! He brought out our knives, then ran back inside to grab anything else with a blade. 15 minutes later, our knives were shockingly sharp, and we're even more enamored of our neighborhood than we were before.