“As I grow older , I regret to say that a detestable habit of thinking seems to be getting a hold of me.” – H. Rider Haggard
Month: October 2006
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Searching
Often the only way you will find something,
Is to stop searching for it -
Fame Speaks
Fame Speaks
Stand forth,John Keats! On earth thou knew’st me not;
Steadfast through all the storms of passion,thou,
True to thy muse,and virgin to thy vow;
Resigned,if name with ashes were forgot,
So thou one arrow in the gold had’st shot!
I never placed my laurel on thy brow,
But on thy name I come to lay it now,
When thy bones wither in the earthly plot.
Fame is my name. I dwell among the clouds,
Being immortal,and the wreath I bring
Itself is Immortality. The sweets
Of earth I know not,more the pains,but wing
In mine own ether,with the crownéd crowds
Born of the centuries.-Stand forth,John Keats!ee cummings
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On Fame
“You cannot eat your cake and have it too.” -ProverbHow fevered is the man who cannot look
Upon his mortal days with temperate blood,
Who vexes all the leaves of his life’s book,
And robs his fair name of its maidenhood;
It is as if the rose should pluck herself,
Or the ripe plum finger its misty bloom,
As if a Naiad, like a meddling elf,
Should darken her pure grot with muddy gloom;
But the rose leaves herself upon the briar,
For winds to kiss and grateful bees to feed,
And the ripe plum still wears its dim attire;
The undisturbed lake has crystal space;
Why then should man, teasing the world for grace,
Spoil his salvation for a fierce miscreed?– John Keats
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Hippocrates soup
I got this recipe from a contact who got it from The Gerson Therapy book, which preaches no salt. Dr. Max Gerson was a German, who escaped Nazi Germany and practiced medicine on Park Avenue, NYC. He recommended the Hippocrates soup, yes, the man himself, and suggests that it cleanses the liver. As you would imagine, without salt and other seasonings, the soup tastes a bit bland.
“To make the Hippocrates special soup, the following vegetables should be thoroughly washed, not peeled, but into cubes, covered with water, and cooked for two hours. Put everything through a food mill; allow only fibers and peels to remain. The result is a thick, creamy soup.”
– 1 medium celery knob (root). If celery root is not in season, substitute 3 or 4 stalks of branch celery.
– A small amount of parsley
– 1-1/2 lbs of tomatoes (more if desired during the summer season)
– 2 medium onions
– 1 medium parsley root (rarely available; omit if not)
– 2 small leeks (if not available , substitute 2 additional medium onions)
– several cloves of garlic
– 1 lb of potatoes -
poem no place for an idea
“A poem is no place for an idea.”
Edgar Watson Howe
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Female Fruit Fly trap
A lot of fruit fly traps are designed to attract male fruit flies and dispose of them. This one is however designed to attract the female fruit fly which is the one that actually attacks the fruit. This was originally on Gardening Australia
You need:
2 plastic drink bottles1 teaspoon of vanilla essence
1 tablespoon of ammonia or bleach
1 cup of waterLeave the lid screwed on one of the drink bottles, remove the lid from the other and then cut it off at the shoulder.
Make a hole in the body of the intact bottle the same size as the neck of the one that has ben cut and place it into the hole like a funnel.
The cup shape that remains exposed will be the entrance to the trap. Mix the water vanilla essence and bleach together and pour the solution through the hole. Hang the trap from a tree near tomatoes or other plants.
The mixture of the vanilla esence and water will attract the fruit fly into the bottle from which they cannot escape.
They will be killed by the bleach or ammonia.