Ray's Thought for the Day

Good. Nancy's version of the Adventures of Blodeuwedd has a happy ending. Also, I really liked the cuckoo. The only thing I didn't like was there was no ox. Every story needs a ox er two. Do you think an ox would beat up a yak?

Ray! Stop spellin' drivel and spell about the cuckoo, or else!

All righty then Red. The cuckoo was put in the story either to show that Lleu had been cuckolded or was meant literally in the sense that here was a cuckoo that got hit by Lleu, or possibly Nancy only knew three kinds of birds to put in the story. The last seems unlikely because I personally know that Nancy is familiar with chickens and ducks and probably a great many other members of the Class Aves as well. I kind of think that the first and the second are both correct reasons for the cuckoo being in the story.

Man alive, we all had lentil stew fer supper and it sure is stinky hereabouts. Noisy too!

Here's what we put in the lentil stew. Lotsa lentils. Two pounds of ox meat chopped. Two big potatoes also chopped. Carrots. Onions. Garlic. Leeks. Celery. Tomatoes. Basil. Oregano. Worcestershire sauce. Tabasco. Salt and Pepper. It's delicious.

Ray!

All righty then. You can use cow instead of ox. Or smoked ham even. Or you can leave the meat out altogether.