Sila Blume
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Green Grass on Mud
Still some sweet ones walk my way,still some offer – I must say.Love and kindness run their veins,few but there to care.Still some sweet ones gather ’roundstill some share their ups and downs Some will give you all their hearts,yet, expect no change.Still some sweet ones call you ‘Dear’,still some make hate disappear.Some will ask…
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in Pride
Elevate thyself in pride, and thou shalt be spitting onto thine mirror.
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In Conversation
P., an old friend: IT’S EARTH, WIND & FIRE DAY! me: I experienced all three today! P.: Yikes! Are you ok???? me: the earth is magnificent. They say it was made with abundance of love, and I continue to live it abundantly. The wind helps us move, dive and fly, before and after we walk…
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A True Hummus Story
A tiny, feather light, light blue, whitePaper, cotton, or plasticI did not knowI did know, it did not belong.With one hand I lifted some chickpeas, thinkingI’ll blow it gentlyOne thought led to another:Ludwig van Beethoven counting sixty coffee seedsas his measure for a cup of coffeeand as chickpeas and others replaced itwhen King and Church…
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bread
Nothing Nothing speaks for the ingenuity of mankind resilience science science and simplicity simplicity and diversity for poverty and over abundance like bread September 2020 / Sila Blume
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The Fig — a miniature constant
A ficus carica is a plant that carries the fruit known as the common fig. In the History of our civilizations, it was one of the earlier fruit trees to be cultivated. To humankind, its leaves may have served as the very first bikini. Long ago, before being considered the poor man’s food, about seventy…
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Colors after Brown
Eating is a state of mind. Directly and indirectly, that is where all begins. How we eat, and why we eat, goes beyond scientific nutritional values. One day I spent hours cooking the shoulder of a goat. After the long process, I enjoyed it in a risotto. The next day, though, called for a different,…
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to be: Breathing
In transporting the breath, the inhalation must be full. When it is full, it has big capacity. When it has big capacity, it can be extended. When it is extended, it can penetrate downward. When it penetrates downward, it will become calmly settled. When it is calmy settled, it will be strong and firm. When…
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Personal Lexicon
Love During moments of intensity, when I witness utter sensitivity and perception levels, and life seems to be the pure, wild, lively, all encompassing depth of the ocean: that is when love, as essence and as gift, becomes the most self evident reality. Sila Blume, 9/2020 Photo: Aristolochia gigantea (Riesen Pfeifenblume)
