Day 5: May 2021

After months and months and MONTHS of lockdown, after not being able to leave our neighborhood let alone city, in May 2021, we finally got away. To Wales! Snowdonia! To a teeny tiny little stone miners cottage with no Internet or phone service.

It was perfect. Things were in motion for husband, new job-wise and he’d just finished the equivalent of the English bar exam (he’s been a Scottish lawyer for FOREVER). Theo was being a joy. I was pretty happy, despite all the isolation. We had our first Covid vaccines booked thanks to
@toastandapples. And Wales was beyond imagination gorgeous— even in the cold and grey of early May.

This meal was my favorite of the month. Welsh lamb chops from a local butcher, quickly seared with some @beach_food captain’s cat môr seasoning. Gorgeous wine from @berrybrosrudd. Local potatoes with butter and herbs. A sense of the possibility and the promise of the future. Everything May should be….except warm 😹