Because she's so compelling.

I noticed that I eat slower when I am dining with by Italian true love in Sardinia than when I am alone here in Minnesota. So I have analyzed the situation. And concluded that it's my true love's presence that tends to slow me. In so many ways. Including at the dinner table. So I pretended tonight that she was with me at supper. And lo and behold, I ate slower. Seems that when I sense her presence or have her in my thoughts, I do everything slower. Because she reminds me to savor life. To savor everything that's good. Such as food. When she's around, I try to make the good feeling last. To savor it. And to savor her. In a sense, I try to make time stop. Even though that's impossible. But I certainly slow things down. I take my good-natured time. Because she's so compelling. --Jim Broede