Dear Humans,

My brother has always talked about toasting his oatmeal before he boils it. I thought it seemed like an extra step, extra time, and extra dishes to wash. But during a pandemic, I have a little more time, so I tried it.

Oatmeal isn’t anything to really write home about. The vocabulary word you might use to describe it is pedestrian. Plain, dull, ordinary. So anything you can do to make it a little bit better goes a long way. So now I’ll be toasting my oats before I cook them.

A lot of life is like a morning bowl of oatmeal. Monotonous, boring, unexciting. So the extra steps we take to add some punch can make all the difference.

Sincerely,

Mr. Heimbuck