Hurricane soup

Our son and his little family are in harms way as the hurricane rushes for the inland as well as  southern Florida.  He is prepared, but everything has shut down even in Gainsville...really? That far north? He has never seen anything like it.

So, I fret and cook.  I am wrestling with spaghetti squash at the moment and they are mean to cut open.  I have taken to slinging them on the cement to crack them open.  I've heard of the microwave method, but I don't own one nor do I trust them even now.  So slinging helps to get my frustrations out and to open this wonderful sight as the vegetable splits and offers its goodness.  I was, at the same time, stewing the last of the tomatoes with herbs and vegetables; a stock of sorts and had the idea of putting the baked spaghetti squash in the tomato soup-like stock.  It was wonderful and new to this family.  I suppose someone somewhere has thought of spaghetti squash tomato soup, so I will have to track it down.  If not, I have an original which I will never duplicate because I throw things together as it is cooking and never write down the amounts.  I am not a teaching cook, just a family provider and they get what I create...good or bad. Note:  I was right, there are dozens of soup recipes using spaghetti squash on the Internet.  Sigh. Not so original after all.

The honeymooners arrive home tomorrow night.  They were on a cruise and luckily they selected Bermuda rather than the areas of the hurricane; still I will be happy when they are on home turf and away from the water.

Good luck to everyone in harms way.