Lifestyle
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Marrying vs. Separating
As much as balanced mixtures are a joy, and the world of herbs and spices has been proving it for centuries, I rejoice again and again in tasting separately for what each ingredient is. Cutting minimally some products which are meant to be providers of flavor, more than being themselves, continues to be a delightful…
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Life Spices (a collection)
Intention Intensity Introspection
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Sweetbread and Coffee
Breakfast seems to be intrinsic animal behavior but colored by culture and class. Some are light, some hearty, some cold, some hot, some simple, others require labor. Today I treated myself to the joy of working for mine.
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Analogue
manually rotating my coffee grinder requires well over four hundred turns just delighted in eating a salad of avocado, chick peas, celery, red pepper, red onion, with some olive oil and drops of pumpkin seed oil diving deeper in reading this book — paper, ink, printed, hardcover — by Dunn and Sanchez, entitled “Delicious —…
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The Poetic Palate
Are we the only animal that composes, and makes poetry, eats it, and, in the end, after the joy of having eaten it, rejoices in looking at what is left, still seeing poetry?.
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Breath
Counting an average of 20,000-25,000 breaths daily, leading to an average of seven to nine million yearly, the thought of breathing touches me deeply, for it is, in its simplicity and complexity, much more than physical stability and health. As a physically dependent being, as an emotional entity, as a slave to creativity, being, here…
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Sila Blume 