Garlic bliss

I just watched Laurel Canyon, the second of two movies (Happiness) I've recently watched this weekend (also Jackie Brown and The Candidate) which are about "normal people" who find themselves in these dramatic and powerful situations. It wasn't particularly good, though better than most of the Hollywood drek out there.

Films like that do create a yearning for these momentous situations of drama. Perhaps that's why when well done (i.e. Magnolia) they're so compelling. They provide reminders that despite the general monotony of daily life, there are moments of emotional brilliance, where you can be so overwhelmed by life that it seems incredulous that anyone else wouldn't be.

---

I'm working on some beet ravioli with roasted garlic, and also some spinach ravioli.
Unwrapping the roasted garlic my heart leapt at the softness of the cloves. It's good that food can be so splendid.