I could eat it with a spoon

I often say that I love history so much I could eat it with a spoon, but I'm not sure that its so easy to explain what that means.

History fills me with joy.  You know that kind of joy you get when someone you love bakes your favorite dish just for you on a day when you really need it.  It makes me all warm and fuzzy inside, and makes me smile.  Its a link to the past, and its full of stories and tales that make you wonder why we even have fiction. 

History is a dish that is often served cold, but warms the heart, mind and soul of those that feel that connection to things long past.

History is a mix of things, kind of like a good curry, that without one part, it just wouldn't taste so good.

History is a window into a place that you can no longer travel to by boat, but you can take a trip in your mind, back to a place and time that really did exist.

All things in History are not happy things.  There are many things we don't like, and would like to forget.  We must never forget those things lest we repeat them.

We smile at the sweet things, and scowl at the bitter ones.  We try to figure out what mixes of events happened to make events cook up as they did, and we try to imagine what it would be like with or without many of the ingredients.

We try to remember the stories we were told, you know the ones that never make it into the books, so we can retell them to another generation.  As with a great recipe, each time the stories are passed on they change flavor just a little. We hope the next generation loves the dish enough to remember how it was put together so it can be passed on again and again and again.

There are no calories in History, though it does often lead to heartburn if not properly delivered. (Bad historians are like bad cooks, no one wants to go back and no one forgets them because they often leave a bad taste in your mouth)

Like a wonderful sweet and warm bread pudding, History fills me up. Its satisfying and fantastic to ingest.


History.  One of my favorite things in the world.  I really could put it in a bowl and eat it with a spoon.