EVER-WIDENING

Two things related to and worth noting about this latest Relished W(h)ines List below:

1) THE WIDENING is not just poet Carol Moldaw's first novel but as someone who's read all her books so far, this is a break-through work for her. It's a pleasure to have followed someone's poetic development -- THE WIDENING is not just recommended but it's a quintessential poet's novel. And interesting to see how (I think) this work would not have been possible without whatever she worked through in her previous writings.

2) Recently, I weeded for the first time. I totally get it now about the ZEN of weeding...I am ever-widening.


THE CITY SLICKER'S HARVEST (to date)
49 strawberries
452 basil leaves
68 purple basil leaves
267 mint leaves
300 pinches of parsley


PUBLICATIONS
PELICAN DREAMING: POEMS 1959-2008 by Mark Young, Selected and with an Introduction by Thomas Fink

ORGY IN THE BEEF CLOSET, poems by Michael Koshkin (deceptively brilliant)

RAFETOWN GEORGICS, poems by Garin Cycholl (one of the most elegantly-written poetry collections I've experienced in contemporary poetry)

THE TRANSLATOR'S DIARY, poems by Jon Pineda

THIS IS WHY I HURT YOU, poems by Kate Greenstreet

THE MOVEABLE ONES, poems by John Sakkis

A CURE FOR SUICIDE, poems by Larissa Shmailo

THE EVOLUTION OF A SIGH, poems by R. Zamora Linmark

LOBSTER WITH A DIRTY BASTARD, poems by Michel Cirelli

SKINNY BUDDHA, poems by Sheila Murphy

FOR GIRLS & OTHERS, poems by Shanna Compton

DIPTYCHS: VISUAL POEMS by Nico Vassilakis

GOLDFISH KISSES, poem by Paolo Javier and images by Ernest Concepcion

from DATING TIPS WITH THE GANGLAND MASSARE OF THE HEART, VOL. 1, poetry by Parker Zane Allen

ORANGES & SARDINES, Summer 2008, Vol. 1 Issue 1, literary & arts journal Edited by David Krump, Andy Nicholson, Meghan Punschke and Didi Menendez

THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF OLIGARCHIC COLLECTIVISM by graywyvern

SISTER OUTSIDER: ESSAYS AND SPEECHES by Audre Lorde

POOR PEOPLE, new journalism by William Vollman

BOBOS (BOURGEOIS BOHEMIANS) IN PARADISE; THE NEW UPPER CLASS AND HOW THEY GOT THERE, reportage by David Brooks

I HOPE THEY SERVE BEER IN HELL, memoir by Tucker Max

LIVING IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: A MEMOIR OF FOOD, WINE, AND LOVE IN ITALY by Michael Tucker

THE WIDENING, novel by Carol Moldaw

CHEZ MOI, novel by Agnes Desarthe

THE FIRST PATIENT, novel by Michael Palmer

KILLER HEAT, novel by Linda Fairstein

SILENCE, novel by Thomas Perry

ACTS OF NATURE, novel by Jonathon King


WINES
1996 Terreus Pago De Cueva Baja
1994 Remelluri Rioja
2003 Turley zinfandel Hayne Vineyard NV
2006 c & t pinot noir
2005 Napa Valley Farms cabernet franc
2003 Muller-Catoir Riesling Baatbter-Derrenletten spatlese
2005 Larkmead sauvignon blanc
1991 Philip Togni cabernet
1970 Vega Sicilia
2005 Peter Michael "Ma Belle-Fille" Sonoma County chardonnay
2002 Bouchard Chevalier-Montrachete "La Cabotte"
1959 Canon
1992 Abreu Madrona Ranch cabernet
2003 Schloss Schonborn Beerenauslese
2004 Blankiet Merlot Paradise Hills
2004 Dutch Henry "Argos"
1990 Leroy Vosne Romanee Les Geneverries
1994 Harlan
1986 Mouton
1988 d'Yquem