Salt to Taste

We all sit together for dinner, including grandma and grandpa, the pet dog relaxing somewhat expectantly in the distance. My parents are doctors so, often, their patients and their various ills and other health issues dominate the dinner table conversation. Everyone stares at the table salt as grandpa tells us again, of the Salt Satyagrah along with the latest discovery of plastic fibers in salt, and other issues centered around the crystalline seasoning. He keeps his sharp eyes on my grandma, who does not touch the sealed salt bottle, placed on the table to remind us of its inherent evil. I suspect mother and grandma may have pre-seasoned the food before serving, but I never say a word.

health bulletin

sprinkles of sugar

in the bitter syrup

Footnote: Salt Satyagrah, the nonviolent civil disobedience campaign  in the British colonial India, was led by Mahatma Gandhi  during the freedom moment of India.

Haibun Today, Vol. 12, No. 4 December Issue 2018

http://haibuntoday.com/ht124/H_Padhy_Salt.html