The first paragraph is so clever and funny, I couldn't stop laughing. It instantly set the perfect tone for the whole article. After that, the writing just took flight, as if you had indeed channelled your 'inner Neruda'. I can't wait to read your 'Ode to a Cherokee', if you do get 'round to writing it. It already sounds like a winner.
Martin, you know Pablo did "ode to a tomato" so maybe that was my ode and I just didn't know it-- so good to have a fellow poet and Dylan fan paying close attention. Let's see what other nonsense we can get into
Those of us who know, know. And to have people who hold the span of our lifetime in their memory is a boon. When I get your messages and remember you are reading along it is always meaningful, and I see you in all your seventeen year-old glory.
Yes, I feel the same way, though we are in the evening time here in Ireland, because of the time difference. So it's almost time for a nice glass of wine!
Two things I learned from Dick Mingalon. One, change your sox often and you'll feel less tired during long cold shoots, and two a little cup of chicken soup will warm you up on those cold night shoots.
FWIW: "What cooks have in place of freedom is what all artists had back before they were released from the condition of flunkydom: a weary, careful dignity, a secret sense of craft, and the comforting knowledge of belonging to a guild. Cooks are even more immediately vulnerable to life's difficulties than writers are, and life, though it looks tender on the outside, is crunchy as can be on the inside, which may be why people prefer it with food." - Adam Gopnik.
We have 5 tomato plants, 2 are Cherokee purple. Hands down my favorite. Will be making sauce for the first time this year and it will be Cherokee purple heavy
‘Sir John’ insisted i call him johnnie. only ever saw liza drink canned cokes with chocolate syrup squeezed in! forgot about dudley’s fucking trout! what a time! ❤️
The first paragraph is so clever and funny, I couldn't stop laughing. It instantly set the perfect tone for the whole article. After that, the writing just took flight, as if you had indeed channelled your 'inner Neruda'. I can't wait to read your 'Ode to a Cherokee', if you do get 'round to writing it. It already sounds like a winner.
Martin, you know Pablo did "ode to a tomato" so maybe that was my ode and I just didn't know it-- so good to have a fellow poet and Dylan fan paying close attention. Let's see what other nonsense we can get into
I just love an intelligent bit of nonsense.
Al Buon Gusto baby!
Pye-- We were then and we are now.
Tommy how could you tell us of your love for tomatoes and wind it around to your love for your brother? As Ez would have said-
How could you have not??
Beautiful.
Paul
Those of us who know, know. And to have people who hold the span of our lifetime in their memory is a boon. When I get your messages and remember you are reading along it is always meaningful, and I see you in all your seventeen year-old glory.
My mouth is watering, and I must have tomatoes. N.O.W. 😋
Teyani-- Hope it is was both the writing and not just the pics that lit your tomato fires.
Oh absolutely. Both. 💞
This is fast becoming a Saturday morning ritual read, thoroughly enjoying each and every piece! Bon app!
Yes, I feel the same way, though we are in the evening time here in Ireland, because of the time difference. So it's almost time for a nice glass of wine!
So glad to hear that my Errol Garner loving comrade. Let's meet on Saturdays!
Love this and the title. On the train to Boston then the Cape!
Love to my sis!
Two things I learned from Dick Mingalon. One, change your sox often and you'll feel less tired during long cold shoots, and two a little cup of chicken soup will warm you up on those cold night shoots.
He was well versed in night shoots.
FWIW: "What cooks have in place of freedom is what all artists had back before they were released from the condition of flunkydom: a weary, careful dignity, a secret sense of craft, and the comforting knowledge of belonging to a guild. Cooks are even more immediately vulnerable to life's difficulties than writers are, and life, though it looks tender on the outside, is crunchy as can be on the inside, which may be why people prefer it with food." - Adam Gopnik.
Oh Adam, you eloquent yid! Good to see you back on the boards, Steven.
We have 5 tomato plants, 2 are Cherokee purple. Hands down my favorite. Will be making sauce for the first time this year and it will be Cherokee purple heavy
Cherokee Heavy" a great title. I do like a man who grows his own.
‘Sir John’ insisted i call him johnnie. only ever saw liza drink canned cokes with chocolate syrup squeezed in! forgot about dudley’s fucking trout! what a time! ❤️
What a time. Geraldine Fitzgerald, getting me into Strassberg's class, where I saw him dress down Ellen Burstyn with misogynist glee.