Vinotherapy at les Sources de Caudalie
Labels: Bordeaux, Caudalie, vinotherapy
"Life is not a series of gig lamps symmetrically arranged; life is a luminous halo, a semi-transparent envelope surrounding us from the beginning of consciousness to the end." --Virginia Woolf
Smith ’69, Purdue ’75. Anarchist; agnostic. Writer. Steward of the Pascal Emory house, an 1871 Second-Empire Victorian; of Sylvie, a 1974 Mercedes-Benz 450SL; and of Taz, a purebred Cockador who sets the standard for her breed. Happy enough for the present in Massachusetts, but always looking East.
Labels: Bordeaux, Caudalie, vinotherapy

Labels: Art for the Soul Gallery, Tracy Woods
In his masterpiece, Das Glasperlenspeil, Hermann Hesse describes a game, the "glass bead game," in which all the insights, noble thoughts, and works of art that the human race has ever produced are converted into intellectual values which the Magister Ludi, the "Master of the Game," plays as a musician plays on his instrument. Each of these concepts is a "glass bead" in the game. Unfortunately, Hesse tantalizes us with the majesty and mystery of this ultimate game-of-games without specifically explaining the rules. We're simply left with the intimation that music and art and philosophy and poetry and the very laws of nature are all mystically interrelated, and crystallized into a handful of beads. Scholars, scientists, and most recently computer gamers have been trying to figure out ever since 1943 exactly how this game might be played.Labels: Ashfield, glass bead game, Hermann Hesse, Magister Ludi, Rebecca Rose
My usual soup--I've blogged the recipe here before--with my usual pumpkin oil garnish, snipped fresh parsley, and Lan Chi Chili Sauce with Garlic. As long as its cold, I'll keep eating soup every other day.Labels: food
Today I cooked some brown rice and scratched around for something to put on top of it. I had a jar of Patak's curry paste, so I made a quick curry by sautéeing a shallot and some sliced mushrooms, adding a couple of spoonfuls of the curry paste, about a quarter cup of tomato sauce, some frozen peas, and half a can of coconut milk. Five minutes on the simmer and it was ready.Labels: food
My usual salad of romaine dressed with olive oil, lemon juice, sea salt and coarsely ground pepper. This one was also topped with strips of "chicken," chopped walnuts, and some cubes of stale bread all sautéed in the same iron spider.Labels: food