Written for RDP where Lou asks us to
get creative with the word “calorie”.
Thanks, Lou! Here’s where the prompt took me.

Are you a calorie counter?
No?
Me either!
When you grow up in a household like mine with a mother
who cooked better than any chef in any restaurant,
you don’t count calories!
Everything in moderation, that’s what I say.
Mangiamo!
NAR©2026
This is “Bella Notte” from Lady and The Tramp
Everything on The Elephant’s Trunk was created by me, unless otherwise indicated. Thanks for your consideration. NAR©2017-present.

No one in my family- including me- can cook- so yes, I am forever counting calories, and it is a disease!
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The look on my Italian grandmother’s face if you said you were too full to eat any more…😬
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Agree!
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Yes, to moderation! 😊
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