Bark
Month: April 2022
Didier’s Tulip (red)
Tulipa gesneriana Linnaeus
Azalea
Didier’s Tulip (yellow)
Tulipa gesneriana Linnaeus
Open Air
Reddish Pourover
Saffron coffee
Format experiment
Lavender-saffron flat cornbread
Catalpa
The Life You Give: Duke Ellington *1899
Duke Ellington, born Edward Kennedy Ellington, April 29, 1899, in Washington, D.C., U.S.A., is the pianist who was the greatest jazz composer and bandleader of his time. One of the originators of big-band jazz, Ellington led his band for more than half a century, composed thousands of scores, and created one of the most distinctive… Continue reading The Life You Give: Duke Ellington *1899
Butter, sugar, lavender, saffron…
towards Cornbread
Ash
Padrón cigar, on Princess House crystal ashtray
Lavender, saffron, baking, again
… cornbread, again
Nutmeg
Cigar with smoke
Padrón, on Princess House crystal ashtray
Vialone nano rice, muscovado, saffron, nutmeg, star anise, cardamom, cloves , vanilla
Milchreis (German rice pudding)
Cigar
Cigar, ash, on Princess House crystal ashtray, on vintage handmade table mat (St. Gallen, Switzerland)
A silver spoon is relative
Saffron
Thirty-eight days later
those three chosen blueberries
Repetition is a form of change
The past, and the next second, the experience, and the hunger, joy, and its intermittent absence, everything, everything seems to be the resilience which demands repetition, not to preserve life but to live it — in composed sounds, in uttered words and their placement, in the gentle push to invest mind, spirit, and flesh, even… Continue reading Repetition is a form of change
Ristretto
A ristretto is very much an Italian way, simply restraining the amount of water and time that is to go into the making of an espresso, not to make it stronger, just to make it dense in flavor, and viscosity. Knowing what I wanted with the sudden wish to infuse my second morning coffee shot… Continue reading Ristretto
Sila Blume 