I have friends who would take a secret to the grave. (You know who you are.) I have other friends that can’t wait to hear something ‘gossipy’ so they can tell at least one other person — of course, they tell them not to tell. I have much respect for the friends I can trust.
I’m not talking about secrets because any of my friends divulged a secret of mine, but because I was recently told a secret. There was one other person the secret was shared with — and I wouldn’t trust that person with anything I wanted to be kept private. Time will tell… it always does.
Not gonna’ lie, you guys… I love juicy grit. “He has a girlfriend?” “Does his wife know?” Yes, I listen to that. Not because I care… and sometimes not because I don’t care… I just like to know stuff. Admit it, you do too.
That’s not the same as a SECRET. For example, if a friend said, “He has a girlfriend,” it would be sharing grit if the person referenced was a classmate that doesn’t run in your circle anymore. If your friend says, “He has a girlfriend,” and she’s talking about her own husband, now that’s a secret. Not your story to tell. (And that’s NOT even close to the secret I was told — only an example.)
I know I can keep a secret. Can you? Do you always?
In the spirit of secrets, here’s a photo of a batch of cookies I made this week. Recipe not included… it’s a secret. 😉
What’s not a secret is Indiana COVID numbers are trending upward — and that’s before and March Madness, spring break or the upcoming removal of mask mandates. Indiana positive case numbers are up 29.38% in seven days and Jackson County numbers are up 45% over last week’s seven day tally.
And for interesting grit — also not a secret — Perry can cook a mean steak on his Blackstone Grill… but don’t tell anyone.
TIL (Today I Learned): In the original stories, Sherlock Holmes was addicted to cocaine. When the author, Conan Doyle, learned more about the dangers of cocaine, he wrote that Sherlock Holmes had quit cocaine by being gradually weaned off it by Watson.