Pop Pop had a different approach. He got everything ready the night before. Long after game shows had ended, or the baseball game ended, Pop Pop went to the kitchen, usually around eleven thirty, and began his nightly ritual. He started with one paper towel laid out in front of his chair on the kitchen side of the counter. Beside that he folded a napkin and placed a spoon on it, which he used for his cereal, Corn Flakes. After the bowl was placed into position, he stood the cereal box on the counter beside the set up and fetched a coffee cup, which he placed on a third napkin nearby.
The whole process took only seconds. Fast, I thought, because he had been used to the same method for who knows how long. Lastly, he went to his plastic medicine dispenser and emptied the pills he needed to take in the morning. Placing them on the coffee cup napkin marked the end of the process. Pop Pop would soon disappear up the steps.
I tried to copy the procedure a few times, laying out napkins and plates and the maple syrup beside my fork. I didn't have pills to take, so I put a Flintstones vitamin or two on the napkin next to my upside down orange juice glass.
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