Honeycombs and principles

[sovay]

I am returned from New London. It was—is—a very good Rosh Hashanah. I made honeycake; I heard my dear friend who does not have a livejournal and I had good conversations with the rabbi and his wife, who are awesome, even if they believe that cauliflower and brussels sprouts are edible; I sang Yiddish for a ninety-five-year-old rabbi and slept very little. My mother made me chicken soup with knaidlach when I got back, and I saw A Fish Called Wanda (1988) last night. My poem "The Devourer" (dedicated to watermelontail) has been accepted by Mythic Delirium, and I have a lot of unrelated paperwork to deal with. This is an all right in-between time.

Comments

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Oh, can I read your poem early? (I have a subscription to Mythic Delirium, so I'll see it eventually, but if you have it online in the back pages of your journal?)

[sovay]

but if you have it online in the back pages of your journal?

No, only in watermelontail's.

youza

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

That last phrase!

Know
this: I have always room for more.

You guys make and excellent poetic pair! (You and Watermelontail) It's funny--sometimes I circle around people's poetry and have a hard time committing to plunge in--then I see something like this entry, and I think, hey, I have to go back and look at that poem, and when I do, I'm blown away.

I liked all the fragments of fruit toward the end of yours, plus the image of the sun being swallowed--reminded me of when we were talking about The Last Battle

And Watermelontail's poem, too--wow! His images are so intense; I can always see them hyper clearly.

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

Glad you enjoyed yourself!

Cauliflower I'm not sure about, but brussels sprouts can be edible--I slice them thinly and sautée vigourously in a mixture of grapeseed and walnut oil with nuts and either dried cranberries or currants.

Congratulations on the acceptance, and good luck with the paperwork.

[setsuled.livejournal.com]

Bob Dylan, "If You See Her, Say Hello"

Hello.

[sovay]

Hello.

She might be in Tangiers.

[sovay]

Cauliflower I'm not sure about, but brussels sprouts can be edible--I slice them thinly and sautée vigourously in a mixture of grapeseed and walnut oil with nuts and either dried cranberries or currants.

The dried cranberries or currants sound delicious. I am still skeptical of the sprouts.

Congratulations on the acceptance, and good luck with the paperwork.

Thanks!

[setsuled.livejournal.com]

Heh. The psychic girl knew I didn't have that song (though I'd read the lyrics). Your sorcery strikes again . . . Thanks.

[sovay]

Thanks.

You're welcome. Blood on the Tracks (1975) may not be my favorite Dylan album—I think that may be Blonde on Blonde (1966)—but in addition to "If You See Her, Say Hello," it contains "Tangled Up in Blue" and "Idiot Wind," which are two of my other favorite Dylan songs.

The priest wore black on the seventh day and sat stone-faced while the building burned
I waited for you on the running boards near the cypress tree while the springtime turned
Slowly into autumn . . .

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

The dried cranberries or currants sound delicious. I am still skeptical of the sprouts.

So was I, until I tried it. ;-)

"Sauté vigorously" is probably a bit of an understatement--it's just a hair short of stirfrying, really. The sprouts should be dark brown on the edges, at least some of them, which helps cut the bitterness, I think, as does the walnut oil.

Thanks!

Most welcome!

[setsuled.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. Blood on the Tracks (1975) may not be my favorite Dylan album—I think that may be Blonde on Blonde (1966)

I'll keep that in mind. I've long been meaning to expand my Bob Dylan collection--I had The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan before my sister lost it, and otherwise I have only a bunch of random mp3s.

"Tangled Up in Blue" and "Idiot Wind," which are two of my other favorite Dylan songs.

I actually already had "Tangled Up in Blue" (I love that song), but thanks for "Idiot Wind".

The priest wore black on the seventh day and sat stone-faced while the building burned
I waited for you on the running boards near the cypress tree while the springtime turned
Slowly into autumn . . .

That is nice.

[sovay]

(I love that song)

It seems to tell a slightly different story every time Dylan performs it. I have also versions by the Indigo Girls and Elysian Fields.

[setsuled.livejournal.com]

It seems to tell a slightly different story every time Dylan performs it.

Interesting--yeah, there's something colder about this one. Less hopeful, but not necessarily gloomy.

I have also versions by the Indigo Girls and Elysian Fields.

Why thank you, sweetie.

[setsuled.livejournal.com]

Here's Bob Dylan trying, and failing, to sing "See You Later Alligator" (http://www.sendspace.com/file/2aueph).

[yukihada.livejournal.com]

mmm cauliflower and brussel sprouts. Why are my dear vegetables so maligned?

I don't know what honeycake is but it sounds delicious.

[debka-notion.livejournal.com]

BLood on the Tracks is the only Dylan album that I know well (read, practically at all), and it used to freak me out as a child, but there's something really powerful about it. I don't put it on often, but when I do it sort of cuts right into my head.