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Slow-cooked pork shoulder roast with apple-service-berry marinade and garden basil

Basmati Rice (left over from last night - not remotely glamourous, but there you go)

Salad of swiss chard, dandelions & other wild greens[1], tomatoes, and goat cheese

Gewurztramiener

Strawberry-Rhubarb Tart (or similar)

~*~

Off to pick up onions, pick dandelions, and generally get things prepped. :-)

Happy Solstice, folks! :-D

TTFN,
Amazon. :-)

[EDITED TO ADD: [1] Having gone our and about, the "other wild greens" includes: as many relatives-of-dandelions (miner's lettuce and the like) that I could find PLUS lamb's quarters, that yellow stuff with flowers that look like yellow garlic-mustard flowers, a little bit of broad-leaf plantain, a smattering of wood sorrel (not too much, just a bit for flavour), and a heap of grape leaves. Whee! :-D /EDIT]

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Hello there! :-D

Today I have:

Planted garlic and nasturtiums today.

Uploaded my first ten recipes. Need to write 10 more and get them uploaded before the 10th, so that I can send in my invoice on time. Then do the same thing again for the next twenty. :-)

In other news:

Radishes and baby lettuce mix are already sprouting (YAY!!!). Cucumber appears to be developing new leaves (YAY!). May need to drag the tomatoes and the pepper into a sunnier spot. :-\ (Totally do-able, but still).

Have been having dizziness for a couple of days. It comes and goes, and is probably related to heat and/or smog. I think I'll be taking the bus to the Market today. (Will be leaving very shortly after posting this).

Modeling gig is at 4pm. Picking up herbs on the way there. Dill, Cilantro, Peppermint, Basil. I think I have enough bowls and pots to put them all in. I *hope* I have enough dirt. :-\

Aaaaaaaaaaaaand Three Links:

1) New post up at Dangerous Women, talking about Paganism and Gardening.

2) The Three Graces (Joel-Peter Witkin's "The Three Graces". New Mexico 1988)

3) Ravenous Romance call for submissions (Angels and Fairies, two anthologies).

Uhm. Yes. I think that's everything. Now to check and make sure I've got bus tickets, and then I'm on my way. :-)

- TTFN,
- Amazon. :-)

Current Mood: chipper
Current Music: Hymn to Hern

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So. Equinox. And a full moon, on top of it all.
I've been thinking of the Moon Viewing Parties that they had (and, I think, still have(
?)) in Japan.
I got back from Umi this evening, and met a woman in the lobby. She was carrying a bag of snacks (looked like candy, I think) in one hand, and lantern, an honest-to-fuck lit paper lantern. With a candle in it.
(Braver woman than I, I don't mind telling you).
I asked her what the occasion was, and she said "Full Moon".

And it made me smile, that we'd been thinking about the same thing. :-)

As such, have a poem. :-)

*~*~*~*~*

To the Moon

like pale silk
you rise
cresting the walk-ups
to shine full-faced
on a city graced
with street lamps
and flickering lanterns

people congregate on rooftops
swapping songs like
Moon River and
O Claire de la Lune
Someone plays a banjo in your honour

the sky deepens
dusky blue
shading to velvet night
darkness falls
and calls us all
to lean towards distant morning

between now and then
we'll remember the time when
wile away the evening and the wee small hours
with stories traded
like baseball cards

above it all
you'll sale
serene and queenly
your sites set westward
and your compass true
reflecting sun
on all and sundry
while we
o moon
while we
reflect on you

*~*~*~*~*

- TTFN,
- Amazon. :-)

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Summer Solstice Feast

Fly-By Post -- Wheeeeeeeee!

Poetry - To the Moon :-)

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