Writing A Blog

Usually when talking to people about all kinds of things, I seem to be able to hold my own  whether it is politics, weather or whatever...But when it comes to writing a blog  I sit here and wonder  what I should talk about...Sometimes, like today, I just start in and hope things start to jell...  Jell does make me think of the days when I made jelly...All growing season I would gather what I had growing in my garden..raspberries, loganberries,  strawberries,  Boysenberries and apples..  I got them ready for the  freezer  as I picked them...At the end of the  growing season I would take everything out of the freezer , put it in big  stainless bowl/basins...After all was thawed, the juice let loose so I squeezed it all  and started making the jelly..Being a mixed berry jelly was good as the above berries were strong enough flavored that I could  add a bit of water to stretch it out without taking away from the flavor..Oh yes, I had a few gooseberries  and red old fashioned currants that I added also.  Cooking all of it took a long time..I usually spent the whole day into the evening before I finished the project...Used to get 125 to 150 jars  i.e. some one third pint, half pint and pint jars..  It was so good...just juice, sugar and pectin....it possibly would have jelled without the pectin but after all the work  I didn't want to take any chances...  Everyone in the family  looked for their jars of jelly after it was all done...   You ask, what does this have to do with music?    Well, I was always a radio rambler  so  had the radio tuned in to good music  to listen to while I worked..It  seemed to make thiongs go along better...  You might ask why the apples...Well, apple juice adds juice  without  taking away the main flavor...Also I found that the apple helped clarify the jelly  because one of the marks of good jelly was to have it as clear as possible  and with apples, mine was....Those were good times...  Thanks for listening....