“If, for some reason the bread falls in the dirt, pick it up with greatest respect and give it a kiss. A table without bread is like a garden without flowers.”
my endless passion for beautiful bread
‘Zach’ Beirut sings ‘Knife’ (from Grizzly Bear) in Paris
“I believe in beauty. I believe in stones and water, air and soil, people and their future and their fate.”
ansel adams
edible unity
“Den Stil verbessern, das heißt den Gedanken verbessern.”
Friedrich Nietzsch
Napoleon, the hopeless romantic?
If I were Napoleon, you could be my Josephine
We could go to drive-in films in my red convertible
If I were Napoleon, I might be in magazines
I’d write some science fiction - science fiction about you
You could be my Josephine: just you and your chaperone
Let you be my Josephine, Josephine
If I were Napoleon, you could be my lady love
Look into my soft blue eyes
Run your fingers through my hair
If I were Napoleon, you could be my turtle-dove
Living out in Corsica in our summer cottages
And you could be my Josephine and we could be Siamese twins
Let you be my Josephine, Josephine
December 1795, Napoleon wrote to Josephine:
“I wake filled with thoughts of you. Your portrait and the intoxicating evening which we spent yesterday have left my senses in turmoil. Sweet, incomparable Josephine, what a strange effect you have on my heart! … You are leaving at noon; I shall see you in three hours. Until then, mio dolce amor, a thousand kisses; but give me none in return, for they set my blood on fire.”
“An article published … by the Centers for Disease Control [reported] that about 20 people a year are killed by cows in the United States… . In 16 cases, “the animal was deemed to have purposefully struck the victim,” the report states… . All but one victim died from head or chest injuries; the last died after a cow knocked him down and a syringe in his pocket injected him with an antibiotic meant for the cow. In at least one case, the animal attacked from behind.”
the Times
Don’t forget to water the doughnuts. Add lard for extra delicious growth.
“It is a great mitzvah to be happy always.”
Rabbi Nachman
VEGETABLE FINS!
The gardens will grow more than 200 feet high on the western facade of the main federal building here, a vertical garden that changes with the seasons and nurtures plants that yield energy savings.
The building will use 60 percent to 65 percent less energy than comparable buildings and estimates a savings of $280,000 annually in energy costs. Solar panels could provide up to 15 percent of the building’s power needs. The use of rainwater and low-flow plumbing fixtures will reduce potable water consumption by 68 percent. And energy for lighting will be halved.
Portland, of course.
