RIVER VIEW RUNNETH (UNLIKE MOI MOUNTAIN VIEW)

A SHOUT-OUT, as they say, to Allen Bramhall (author of the brilliant DAYS POEM) for his review blog, The River's View.

I'm complimentary of Allen's new reviewing venture, in part because I know how much effort there is to such a venture. Por ejemplo, moi "Relished W(h)ines" List reflects, not just what I relished (which is such an abstraction, right, since I don't define "relish" here) recently in books and wines but, also the very limited time and energy I have to doing something with more depth....like Allen's River View. So Kudos.

And now, the latest installment of my own shortcut to the whole affair -- a new Relished W(h)ines Listie:

PUBLICATIONS:
ZAMBOANGUENA, poems by Corrine Fitzpatrick

THE BEGINNING AND END OF THE SNOW, poems by Yves Bonnefoy, translated by Alan Baker

SOMETHING BRIGHT, THEN HOLES, poems by Maggie Nelson

YOUR TEN FAVORITE WORDS, poems by Reb Livingston

ON STEALING LIPS, poems by Lars Palm

THE BEDSIDE GUIDE TO NO TELL MOTEL, SECOND FLOOR, poems Edited by Reb Livingston & Molly Arden

ARRIVAL AND AT MONO, poems by Stephen Motika

TOTAL IMMERSION, poems by Glenna Luschei

THE CURVATURE OF THE EARTH, poems by Gene Frumkin and Alvaro Cardona-Hine

GHOST, book art, comics and prose poem by Robert Rissman

INTERNATIONAL FEMINIST JOURNAL OF POLITICS, Vol. 9, No. 4, 2007 Special Issue on "Women and the Politics of Water", Guest Co-Edited by Paola Corso and Nandita Ghosh

MY NAME IS ESTHER CLARA, biography by Laurel Johnson

BEYOND BLACK BEAR LAKE: LIFE AT THE EDGE OF WILDERNESS, memoir by Anne LaBastille

THE LOVED DOG, dog-training book by Tamar Geller

THE SOJOURNER, novel by Marjorie Kinnans Rawling*

BEET QUEEN, novel by Louise Erdrich

TELEGRAPH DAYS, novel by Larry McMurtry

THE TIME IT NEVER RAINED, novel by Elmer Kelton

THE CALIFORNIAN, novel by Todhunter Ballard

A SUDDEN COUNTRY, novel by Karen Fisher

WINTER WHEAT, novel by Mildred Walker

A WOMAN NAMED DAMARIS, novel by Janette Oke

REKINDLED, novel by Tamara Alexander

REVEALED, novel by Tamara Alexander


WINES:
1994 San Vicente Rioja
2006 Hurley's chardonnay
1989 Luigi Einaudi Barolo
1999 Williams Selyem "Precious Mountain" Sonoma Coast1991 Ridge Geyserville
2002 Elkhorn pinot noir NV
2006 Robert Mondavi chardonnay
2005 Robert Mondavi pinot noir
1995 Paloma merlot NV