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+ Eating fava beans with buttermilk roast chicken, indoor picnic style.
+ Getting lost in Jim Moore's Invisible Strings.
+ Returning to read The Bell Jar again.
+ The simple beauty of the vintage French tea towels we use as napkins.
Happy Birthday, Dad.
Truly lovely things!!
ReplyDeletevery good things, i'd say. i was just thinking of reading the bell jar again. probably b/c of the sylvia plath stamps on my table. have you seen the poet stamps at the usps?
ReplyDeleteHi, Shari. I have not seen these stamps yet, but I wonder if your tweet planted the Sylvia Plath seed in my mind yesterday. I found The Bell Jar while browsing the stacks and decided to read it again.
DeleteAll good things. I am especially partial to the vintage tea towels. Lovely photo.
ReplyDeleteThose tea towels are lovely in that beautiful light.
ReplyDeleteLike the others here, I'm in love with the tea towels - how wonderful they look and i can feel their texture. I too was looking at the Bell Jar the other day and thinking I must return to it. although I'm now reading I Capture the Castle again and it still seems so fresh. Happy birthday to your dad!
ReplyDeleteI hadn't read it in a while and forgot just how dark some of it got. Intense, but so good. I finished it today.
Deletelike Emily Vanessa, I can practically feel the weight and softness of those tea-towels.Oddly, I've just been reading Plath's journals again, after picking up a library copy of Erica Wagner's book about Hughes' Birthday Letters (Ariel's Gift).
ReplyDeleteYou always convey so well a tranquil, thoughtful life, Denise.
ReplyDeletegood things indeed. have a wonderful weekend Denise.
ReplyDeletehow exquisite...all of it
ReplyDeleteOh, reading this felt like a momentary vacation. Thank you so much for sharing such a lovely list.
ReplyDeleteVery good things, indeed.
ReplyDeletei've just read the excerpts i found on jim moore. on the bell jar; i think i might haul the movie from under the dust this weekend.
ReplyDeletethe fava beans look so yummy. they're not in season here yet. sorry to say.
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Brace yourself for The Bell Jar. See my note to Emily above.
DeleteA few very good things, indeed.
ReplyDeleteThis post is making me hungry...I think we are going to have roast chicken tonight!
ReplyDeleteThat sounds good, I think I might revisit 'The Bell Jar' too.
ReplyDeleteI believe it was the thirteenth chapter when I started thinking, I should not be reading this novel before bed. I finished it in the daylight today.
DeleteI love that photograph, Denise, and the texture of the wooden table.
ReplyDeleteDo you know I have never eaten fresh fava beans before? We usually eat dried fava beans in Greece.
Tempting.
I'm sure they are incredibly different. I barely cook the fresh. I wonder if you'd like them. Let me know if you give them a try.
Delete"Steaming fava beans, and shelling them with someone I like."
ReplyDeleteGosh, how I like this.
(...and I also use the tea towel as a napkin. Much more accommodating to feasting.)
very pleasurable things.the tactile of the favas, especially: the fine fuzz on the outside of those thick fleshy jackets, the zip, revealing plump beans, each in its custom cushion.
ReplyDeleteand buttermilk roast chicken? Oh, my!