And maybe the weirdest one yet.

I’m talking about the long tradition of my mind baffling me.

This morning, I woke up—at least, I thought I was awake—and in those first few minutes when I knew I had to get up and before I actually did get up, I thought about what I have to do today.

One of the things I have to do today—and practically every day—is work on this blog.

So, there I was, lazily reviewing a mental image of the spreadsheet I have with possible topics laid out day by day, and trying to decide which one I might  like to select.

I settled upon “Pickle Pie.”

I composed a headline and a subhead.

I began to consider content.

And, I got up.

As I was walking down the stairs, I began to wonder if “Pickle Pie” was a real entry in my spreadsheet.  By the time I got into my office, I was fairly convinced that it was not.  By the time I got the computer booted up, I had decided—if it was not, this was the post I would write instead.  By the time I dealt with tech support on my website and solved the problem of why I was receiving email but suddenly could not send it, I had completely forgotten the original headline and subhead ideas.

Turns out the original headline ideas don’t matter, because I was right the second time.

There was no entry for “Pickle Pie” in my topic spreadsheet.

I have never heard of a pickle pie.  I don’t want to make a pickle pie.  I certainly don’t want to eat a pickle pie.  It sounds awful, frankly.

Before I started down this path, I had no idea if a person could actually make a pickle pie.

You can.

I mean, you can.  I’m not going to try it.

I did wonder, on that trip down the stairs, if it was anything like fried green tomatoes, which are connected in my mind somehow with fried pickles.  Which I have also never seen, eaten or made.  I wondered if you would use sweet pickles and a regular pie crust or if there would be something more savory added to the crust to go with a dill pickle.

Now, I’m just wondering about my sanity.

And, if you make the pickle pie from this recipe, I am wondering what it tastes like.

Perhaps you will let me know?