in honor of national cookbook month
here are some cookbook suggestions
to go along with
the ann arbor fire department’s
recently posted suggestion to college students:
don’t cook when you are tired
they’ve keeping the fire department quite busy.
“food over flame burns, food over heat cooks.”
-alfred the great
“the milkweed pods are breaking,
and the bits of silken down
float off upon the autumn breeze
across the meadows brown.”
– cecil cavendish .
up north
on glen lake
the light
at the end of the day.
—
‘happiness is not always loud and bright and crowded.’
-e.l. konigsburg
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autumn 2o24, glen lake, empire, michgian, usa
once again my tech yodas
who work for themselves
have brought another device
back from the edge of death
they carry both wisdom and magic
for that i am eternally grateful
let there be light!
“do or do not. there is no try.”
– yoda
for some reason
i suspect
that I know who
may have had
something to do with
my recent
‘laptop water-gate incident’
but no one is talking.
—
‘it doesn’t matter how much you spill.
as long as you don’t lose your cow.’
-old texas saying
even the skeletons are feeling festive
and looking quite relaxed.
—
Note: my laptop took a splash of water
so if you don’t see me for a few days
I’m still around
just hoping my miracle-worker tech guys
can save it from the boneyard.
—
my granddaughter at her swim meet
i’ve watched her grow in strength and speed
my niece in her rowing regatta
i’ve watched her grow confident in trying new things
my good friend’s son on the keys in a jazz trio at an art fair
i’ve watched him grow to find his gift and proudly share it with others
—
each has worked very hard
all have grown as people
in so many ways
what a thrill to see them
stepping out into the world
exactly as they are
i could not be prouder.
—
‘you get whatever accomplishment you are willing to declare.’
-georgia o’keeffe
Group portrait of Potawatomi Indians, including men, women, and children, gathered for a special occasion
at Rush Lake Mission near Watervliet, Michigan, on Sept. 4, 1906.
Library of Congress image attributed to T.R. Hamilton
—
‘action on behalf of life transforms.
because the relationship between self and world is reciprocal…
as we work to heal the earth, the earth heals us.’
-robin wall kimmerer
—
on Indigenous Peoples’ Day
—
u.s. presidential proclamation:
it’s always quickly apparent
whimsy and joy step in
when i turn down a road
finding myself on campus
i think that many find themselves here.
—
‘the joy of living is his who has the heart to demand it.’
-theodore roosevelt
mine is: beatrice hazelton
although,
i did choose another pen name years ago, rebecca hunter
in case i ever wrote romance novels
even used it on a cross-country writing adventure trip
but kept forgetting my pen name
when my friend
accompanying me as my photographer
called out ‘rebecca…’
sometimes awkward.
rule #1: if you’re going to use a pen name, you have to remember it.
—
‘i love it when people ask if jennifer weiner is a pen name. um…
if i wanted a pen name i could have done a lot better than this.’
-jennifer weiner, american author
—
What is a great author pen name?
I like Lemony Snicket (Daniel Handler) because the whimsy of the name reflects the whimsy of his style.
Lemony Snicket isn’t just a pseudonym. It’s also a character. It’s quirky and wonderful that a writer would not just invent a name, but then write himself into his own fictional world. What better way to break the 4th wall than to have the book published under the name of the narrator?
“The name Lemony Snicket originally came from research for Handler’s first book, The Basic Eight. Handler wanted to receive material from organizations that he found “offensive or funny”, but did not want to use his real name, and invented “Lemony Snicket” as a pseudonym.”
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credits: greater dayton public televsion, medieval writings, wiki
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