Recipes and Socks

What is it about both recipes and socks that cause them to disappear, one somewhere between the washing machine and the dryer and the other from our memories?

How does one sock somehow entwine itself in the corner of a fitted sheet to disappear for weeks or cling to a sweater, now put away for the summer, only to reappear next fall? So the question is, does one save those left and lonely socks for the future just in case the mate should appear? Should there be a small drawer for the sole survivor to wait? Is there a website somewhere where lonely single socks can find a new
mate?

I write a page for my quilt guild's newsletter every month that features recipes. I usually try to use ones that have come from fellow quilters  that we have oohed and aahed over at the various gatherings or groups. I also receive several email newsletters that offer good ideas. This morning I spotted a recipe for a cake that I have made for my family long ago in the past but had forgotten about and it started me thinking about many old recipes, long forgotten and lost (like the socks). I remember treats my Mother and Grandmother used to make for us as children but have no recipe for them. What about the chicken and dumpling recipe I made for my kid when they were little? How could I forget that. I made it multiple times.

So, when all the hustle and bustle of this Christmas season is past and winter makes it's presence felt here in G'ville,I make a pledge to myself to delve into those piles of paper, printed from online, all those recipe cards stuffed in various boxes, and the collection of books in a dining room cabinet. I am going to find as many of those old time, favorite, and remembered recipes as possible and find a way to preserve them for the next generation. Maybe I will build a cookbook for my grandkids so they will never have to wonder whatever happened to that recipe for.......