Sophia called me to say, “Happy Valentine’s Day.” And invited me to a grandparent’s breakfast, at her school, in April. Tanya and Sophia had already attended a parent/teacher’s conference and next planned to see the dentist around 11:30. I asked for a ride to run an errand and was granted my request. On the way to my […]
Category Archives: Food
Friday… flora?
December. Wisconsin. This is where you’ll find ‘flora’ Ready to eat. Or in the freezer. (click photograph for larger view) Leica M8, 75 mm Summilux
A Creative Encounter Lunch
Yesterday my dear friend, David White, invited me to a birthday lunch at City Market in Shorewood, WI. Always a delight to spend time with a poet, singer, and a specialist in gratitude and happiness. The food was okay and the conversation superb. When the coffee grinder became unpleasantly loud we moved to the outdoor […]
On Assignment (from Ted Grant): The Colour Blue
http://youtu.be/I62uwbyD2pU (click photograph for larger view) http://youtu.be/YhVC4H_hWhI Leica R8/DMR, 60 mm Macro Elmarit
Walking Past the Same Point in Space… Twice… Nineteen Days Apart…
(click photograph for larger view) Leica M8, 50 mm Summilux Asph Leica M8, 28 mm Summicron Asph
Just out of the oven… a dinner from last week…
(click photograph for larger view) Leica M8, 28 mm Summicron Asph
A wonderful dining experience… lunch with Tanya…
What more could one ask for? Warm sunlight… the company of one’s daughter… and Cafe Corazon serving delightfully fresh and flavorful food, wonderful service and and great value in a remarkable environment. This working class neighborhood also contains many memories… from my living in “Riverwest” as a student… and this being the neighborhood where my parents actually […]
Happiness arrives in the forms of shadow play and warm, sour dough bread
(click photograph for larger view) Leica M8, 75 mm Summilux The most successful sourdough loaf, in the last year, came from following the San Francisco Sourdough Bread recipe in America’s Bread Book; by Mary Gubser; though I did cut quantities in half. Leica M8, 50 mm Summilux Asph
Recently seen…
(click photograph for larger view) Leica M8, either 28 Summicron Asph or 50 Summilux Asph
Kitchen replaces darkroom as lab
The kitchen has replaced the darkroom as the laboratory where things get tested on the basis of chemistry, time and temperature. Things “develop” and through development become beautiful objects. I guess in the case of sourdough we’re really talking about biology too – feeding the starter seems a study unto itself. This little object came […]