I must have sensed it coming.
I had laundered all of my handkerchiefs; failed to find a use for
the half lemon in my refrigerator; forgotten about the gingerroot
in my freezer the last time I made curry; and gone a little Pagnol* crazy during my last shopping trip.
*As you may already know, I love Marcel Pagnol's novels and memoirs (as well as the movies adapted from them) with a passion, and will most certainly mention them again here.