who could possibly part with this?
the hurricane simulator
is on the trash heap
behind a bowling alley
why has no one snatched it up?
has it lost its luster, its wind, its power to awe?
looks a time-travel machine to me if there ever was one.
—
“nature isn’t classical, dammit,
and if you want to make a simulation of nature,
you’d better make it quantum mechanical,
and by golly it’s wonderful problem,
because it doesn’t look easy.”
-richard p. feynman (american theoretical physicist)
shared a kitchen and an online live cooking class
with one of my grandies today
we had
a fast-working sur la table pastry chef
equipment, ingredients, and time
we both worked hard for 2 hours
improvised along the way
scrambled to find things
as the chef added in a few surprises
like making two royal icings
of different consistencies
all while
white chocolate melted
dark chocolate melted
not burning
never mixing
coloring the icings
buttering and chilling the pan
twice
after many, many steps
we had pretty much trashed the entire kitchen
but in the end
we had created
wonderful french madelines – vanilla bean halloween style
more tiny cakes than cookies.
“cooking is at once child’s play and adult joy. and cooking done with care is an act of love.”
-craig claiborne
“That’s right. I AM THE PUMPKIN KING!”
– Jack Skellington
—
one of my favorite leading men/holiday movies ever.
happy halloween!
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image credits: walt disney pictures
ran into this guy
when out walking
frozen in place
i tried to remember
what to do
if i ever was
to meet a bear in the woods
run, play dead, make myself large, make noise
or
take a picture
leave it in the trees
for the child who left it behind
now, missing it.
—
“he looked all alone
and so sad and so blue,
so I said, “oh, dear bear;
there’s a home here for you.”
-ingrod sawubona, A Big-Bear Birthday, Please (English version)
an artist’s whimsical sense of humor comes into play after coming upon an unusual tree.
—
“to the artist there is never anything ugly in nature.”
-auguste rodin
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gallup park, ann arbor, mi, usa – 2020
reading, listening, drifting.
—
“you’re never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child.”
dr. seuss
—
credit: original oil painting by ColorChic, etsy
Zombie Peeps on the loose.
And now, from CNN – More pandemic fallout: No Peeps for Halloween, Christmas, and Valentine’s Day!
This year has given us yet another trick and one less treat. Just Born Confections, the company that produces Peeps, says its holiday-themed marshmallow treats will not be in Halloween candy bags this year — and they won’t be in stores for Christmas or Valentine’s Day, either. None of these Peeps will return to stores until Easter of 2021.
The company temporarily suspended the production of its candy brands in April to protect the health and safety of their employees during the coronavirus pandemic.They resumed limited production in May after making changes in their plant.
“This situation resulted in us having to make the difficult decision to forego production of our seasonal candies for Halloween, Christmas and Valentine’s Day in order to focus on meeting the expected overwhelming demand for Peeps for next Easter season, as well as our everyday candies,” according to the company’s statement. Before the pandemic, about 5.5 million Peeps were produced every day, roughly 2 billion a year.
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“New Rule: Someone must x-ray my stomach to see if the Peeps I ate on Easter are still in there, intact and completely undigested. And I’m not talking about this past Easter. I’m talking about the last time I celebrated Easter, in 1962.”
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Credits: Alaa Elassar, CNN
happy discoveries
we found our way in and out of the corn maze
by following the grandies through the rows and fields
then found hot air balloons
followed their colors
past the moon and the trees
saw their beautiful flight and landing
all on an afternoon spent among things raised from the earth.
—
“imagination is to love what gas is to the balloon-that which raises it from earth.”
– letitia elizabeth landon
one friend shares her flower with another
—
as a teacher of young children
i am always struck
by the natural way
that children connect with each other
reaching out
with genuine kindness and kinship.
—
“anyone who takes time to be kind is beautiful.”
-author unknown
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I didn't have my glasses on.... 