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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><b>Alligator Snapping Turtles</b> (<i>Macrochelys temminckii</i>) can live to be 200 years old. I've seen some biggies back home...they could've been CENTURIES old. Once I picnicked by a human dug pond in the city. Surprised out of my meditative chew, a sudden crunch of leaves and twigs neared. Mouth gaping, a great turtle waddled to the water, its hooked beak less than a foot from my bare legs twisted in the grass. I reached a hand out in bravery to keep rhythm on its peaked shell. In its determination, the turtle didn't stop to hiss, but slid into the jeweled water. I brought my hand to my heart, for safekeeping. </span><br />
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<em>Makes 12 biscuits</em> </div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">• 2 cups organic unbleached flour<br />
• 1⁄2 teaspoon fine Himalayan pink salt<br />
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder<br />
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda<br />
• 4 cloves fresh garlic, crushed<br />
• 5 tablespoons organic salted butter<br />
• 1 cup organic buttermilk (1.5 percent)<br />
• 3/4 cup finely chopped fresh nettle leaves</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">• Thick gloves for harvesting and chopping the nettles</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">2. In a separate bowl, combine buttermilk with finely chopped garlic and nettle leaf. Add this liquid mixture to the dry ingredients and gently fold together to form a soft dough.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br />
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waking to find them a memory. <br />
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will I watch them all go<br />
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to see them<br />
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to give and take of them.<br />
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Elvira surprised me with a sweet and much needed "cheer up!" gift of eight eggs from her fancy new chickens. I made an omelette with English white cheddar, Lacinato Kale, and plenty of cracked black pepper, atop sprouted grain toast with Marionberry maple syrup glazed soysage.<br />
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Perfect medicine for my Saturday morning blues and ample fuel for a spring walk to the nearby hospital, where my dear friend awaits kisses and back rubs.emchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08096776053478951139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1388695629930709589.post-59215891131105670452010-03-09T14:47:00.009-08:002010-03-09T15:14:29.562-08:00The GypsyWho my father was, what country I'm from, <br />
In vain the people ask me<br />
The first never existed and my home...<br />
The earth that gives me fruits and flowers.<br />
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Wherever destiny leads me,<br />
I find a smile, I find a love.<br />
Why should I worry about thoughts of the past<br />
When the hours of the present are glad to my heart?<br />
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It's true that tomorrow could cast a turbid veil over<br />
The serene breezes waiting for me.<br />
But if today, my skies are all blue,<br />
Why should I worry about things that may not happen?<br />
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I am a plant, never frozen or bare,<br />
That defies even the harshest winter.<br />
If a leaf falls here, another will grow in it's place.<br />
In every season I am full of flowers!<br />
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Homemade shallot bechamel, vermouth cocktails, and salted caramels. <br />
The Magnetic Fields (180 g), ladies' figure skating, and kisses in the kitchen. <br />
All I need now is a puppy.......or a Maine Coon.<br />
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Okay, both?<br />
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<i>Steven's Bombay Two</i><br />
Pernod Rinse<i> </i><br />
Germain-Robin Brandy<br />
Dolin French Dry Vermouth<br />
Antica Formula Italian Sweet Vermouth<br />
Cointreau<br />
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shaken and strained<br />
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Perched on the windowsill</div><div class="MsoNormal">Breasts pinched and cradled by bent elbows</div><div class="MsoNormal">Skull blossom, palm sepals</div><div class="MsoNormal">I am home from work </div><div class="MsoNormal">and boundless</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Slow stretching clouds glide like heavy ships </div><div class="MsoNormal">Over a shadowed city that will soon turn green and furry</div><div class="MsoNormal">A song plays</div><div class="MsoNormal">Its sweet melody reminds me that I should write a letter </div><div class="MsoNormal">But the sun is sleepy and me too</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Pink-cheeked</div><div class="MsoNormal">I nestle into the open frame of infinite blustery azure </div><div class="MsoNormal">Yellow hair flits like flames and golden feathers</div><div class="MsoNormal">Teases baby fluff on spotted skin </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Sinking sunlight penetrates my mind and splits </div><div class="MsoNormal">Big blue fills me </div><div class="MsoNormal">Vibrating and buoyant </div><div class="MsoNormal">Walls and glass melt beneath </div><div class="MsoNormal">My body suspended in dewy sky</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Moist and glowy </div><div class="MsoNormal">Ships break apart </div><div class="MsoNormal">Gently fading in the slow burning hour</div><div class="MsoNormal">Fine gossamer rafts somehow hold my weight</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Crystals cling to softness <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">Push through pauses<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">Expand space<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">Hexagons and emptiness<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">Inside me<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The little potted saxifrage </div><div class="MsoNormal">Wind battered and bowed </div><div class="MsoNormal">Kisses my arm </div><div class="MsoNormal">Tiny red lips</div><div class="MsoNormal">Wide-eyed and teetering </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Out of the blue </div><div class="MsoNormal">I am in my apartment</div><div class="MsoNormal">Reeling my hooked spine in from the ledge</div><div class="MsoNormal">Flowers in hand</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Dream drunk </div><div class="MsoNormal">and humming</div>emchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08096776053478951139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1388695629930709589.post-6847396437218554782010-02-03T22:57:00.004-08:002010-08-08T12:29:04.648-07:00I don't need guitar lessonsjust twigs. <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">with ladybugs.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Huddled in the corner of my window, perched on glass, their little bodies create red constellations against the sunset's low burning glow.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Folklore throughout time and place says that Ladybugs are lucky charms. They ride to earth on bolts of lightning and fly away with your worries. A visit from them forecasts bountiful crops, pockets full of gold, and true love.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Lucky me!<br />
</div>emchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08096776053478951139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1388695629930709589.post-91944938430204083392009-10-11T11:20:00.018-07:002010-10-08T18:38:03.004-07:00fruits (bark, leaves, roots) of my labor<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kBKywbjYFjA/StIjaEc_gJI/AAAAAAAAAGs/pNxEZS5K7lA/s1600-h/DSCN4952.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391410634694819986" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kBKywbjYFjA/StIjaEc_gJI/AAAAAAAAAGs/pNxEZS5K7lA/s400/DSCN4952.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; height: 300px; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
Columbines School of Botanical Studies<br />
First Year Apprenticeship Field Program<br />
2009 harvest<br />
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medicinals<br />
tinctures, syrup, salve, vinegar, topical astringent, pretty bundles,<br />
dream bundles, smudges, rootlet chews, infused oils, pastilles<br />
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<i>Berberis nervosa</i><br />
<i>Ceanothus velutinus</i><br />
<i>Hypericum perforatum</i><br />
<i>Hypericum formosum</i><br />
<i>Heracleum lanatum</i><br />
<i>Ligusticum grayi</i><br />
<i>Arctostaphylos nevadensis</i><br />
<i>Chimaphila umbellata</i><br />
<i>Pedicularis groenlandica</i><br />
<i>Pedicularis racemosa</i><br />
<i>Valeriana sitchensis</i><br />
<i>Salix sp.</i><br />
<i>Achillea millefolium</i><br />
<i>Anaphalis margaritacea</i><br />
<i>Artemisia douglasiana</i><br />
<i>Arnica mollis</i><br />
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<i>Xerophyllum tenax</i> and the snow-capped Sisters<br />
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edibles/spices/wild deliciousness<br />
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<i>Dodecatheon jeffreyi</i><br />
<i>Xerophyllum tenax</i><br />
<i>Achlys triphylla</i><br />
<i>Oxalis oregana</i><br />
<i>Mimulus spp.</i><br />
<i>Montia spp.</i><br />
<i>Osmorhiza chilensis</i><br />
<i>Viola spp.</i><br />
<i>Amelanchier alnifolia</i><br />
<i>Cornus canadensis </i><br />
<i>Ribes spp.</i><br />
<i>Rubus spectabilis</i><br />
<i>Rubus parviflorus</i><br />
<i>Vaccinium spp.</i><br />
<i>Asarum caudatum</i><br />
<i>Angelica genuflexa</i><br />
<i>Ligusticum grayi</i><br />
<i>Berberis nervosa</i><br />
<i>Acer macrophyllum</i><br />
many others...<br />
and my favorite - <i>Fragaria vesca</i>! <br />
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Warm days are fading fast. The world around me is becoming a deciduous reef of color. I've got spring and summer bottled up for the slow rolling winter months that will rock us gently in stony bare limbs. Will wrap us up tight in pearly white snow.emchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08096776053478951139noreply@blogger.com0