Banana bread is A Thing here in the South and has a lot of cultural cache. If someone makes banana bread for a friend or for the office, it’s recognized as a gesture of caring and goodwill. We get the occasional email announcing the presence of banana bread and directing recipients to its location.
Yep. When my gramma’s eyesight began failing, she made me read the comic pages to her every day. Mary Worth, Rex Morgan, and Steve Canyon had some pretty interesting stuff that was a bit beyond the ken of kinder. I wasn’t processing the adult content but it sure helped me learn words beyond my grade level – and I was too green to notice that my family was reflexively nurturing my intellectual freedom. I was a lucky kid.
I see what you did there!