Saturday, August 26, 2006
Saturday Aug. 26, 2006 - Year 4, Day 158 - mature ripened
20C/68F, a sharp ramp-up in temperature in the last couple of hours; a beautiful morning with only a few folks doing yard work; Gusta very happy to trot around familiar territory
happy birthday to TH
nibbling on two ears of pleasure is something that you non-Albertans cannot appreciate so I will tell you
one of the great pleasures of late summer here is tasting a delicacy that was in the field just the day before, mature ripened Taber corn; gorging on those rows of perfectly formed firmness, continuous rows of kernels like toothy smiles, chomping into such a treat
as natural juices at their finest burst on your palate; I had this pleasure last night depleting my stock by two ears (memories of 4 at one sitting when I was a teenager)
what did you nibble on last night?
last night, as I opened my patio screen après dinner about 8:30 I got a treat one could never recreate; two deer (antler growth suggests these guys are 1-1.5 yrs.) looking for treats to nibble on at the apple tree
they exchanged intent stares with me as they let me get to within a metre until a noise startled them into dashing frenetically across that busy road, innocently oblivious to dangers
life is like the corn, also it is like the deer
experiences are mixtures of planned/unplanned, mature/immature, ripened/raw – whether youthful zeal or mature savouring, the fruits of life are there for us all, for the taking, for the enjoying, for the nibbling
just letting it happen, offering a nudge now & then, produces more & better results than does the pushy exuberance of our youth; then again, re-enacting youthful exuberance is part of staying young in mind & body
the mature approach would be to approach a 'first date' experience with calm aplomb showing ripened maturity but that rational calm approach competes with curiosity, appetite & teenage excitement innocently oblivious to dangers
I have an exploration dinner date tonight with a delightful mature, ripened creature; delicious to the eyes, intriguing to my mind; we’ll go somewhere nice to get acquainted & to find some treats to nibble on
. . . nibble on something tonight; if not an ear perhaps something else
Mark
happy birthday to TH
nibbling on two ears of pleasure is something that you non-Albertans cannot appreciate so I will tell you
one of the great pleasures of late summer here is tasting a delicacy that was in the field just the day before, mature ripened Taber corn; gorging on those rows of perfectly formed firmness, continuous rows of kernels like toothy smiles, chomping into such a treat
as natural juices at their finest burst on your palate; I had this pleasure last night depleting my stock by two ears (memories of 4 at one sitting when I was a teenager)
what did you nibble on last night?
last night, as I opened my patio screen après dinner about 8:30 I got a treat one could never recreate; two deer (antler growth suggests these guys are 1-1.5 yrs.) looking for treats to nibble on at the apple tree
they exchanged intent stares with me as they let me get to within a metre until a noise startled them into dashing frenetically across that busy road, innocently oblivious to dangers
life is like the corn, also it is like the deer
experiences are mixtures of planned/unplanned, mature/immature, ripened/raw – whether youthful zeal or mature savouring, the fruits of life are there for us all, for the taking, for the enjoying, for the nibbling
just letting it happen, offering a nudge now & then, produces more & better results than does the pushy exuberance of our youth; then again, re-enacting youthful exuberance is part of staying young in mind & body
the mature approach would be to approach a 'first date' experience with calm aplomb showing ripened maturity but that rational calm approach competes with curiosity, appetite & teenage excitement innocently oblivious to dangers
I have an exploration dinner date tonight with a delightful mature, ripened creature; delicious to the eyes, intriguing to my mind; we’ll go somewhere nice to get acquainted & to find some treats to nibble on
. . . nibble on something tonight; if not an ear perhaps something else
Mark
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