RELISHED AND RELISHING!

...And others on my latest Recently Relished W(h)ine List are:

SPRING/SUMMER/FALL HARVEST:
(Final Tally; let's see if I have a Winter Crop this year!)
1 stalk of "miner's weed"
110 stalks of green onion
99 strawberries
2 artichokes
2 cherries
19 zucchini
4 stalks of scallions
37 summer squash
14 cucumbers
888 tomatoes
67 figs
39 bell peppers
117 leaves of basil (Michael "harvests" them leaf by leaf)
15 cucumbers
3 squash blossoms
260 chives
33 jalapenos
19 bunches of house grapes
10 stalks of thyme
3 squash blossoms
2 peaches (a bit unripe; our first of the season!)


PUBLICATIONS
THE PRESENT DAY, poems by Ernesto Priego (wonderful and wondrous -- and not just coz I wrote its Afterword)

MIDNIGHT MARSUPIUM, haibun poems by Michael Leong (Nicely done. And No. 5 can also be a "haybun"!)

VIEW WITH A GRAIN OF SAND: SELECTED POEMS by Wislawa Szymborska (fabulous)

THE FAR MOSQUE, poems by Kazim Ali

OPENING DAY, poems by William Corbett

X (ANGEL CITY), poems by Joseph Lease

SILVER ROOF TANTRUM, poems by Naomi Buck Palagi

VIRTUOSO LITERATURE FOR TWO AND FOUR HANDS: NEW POEMS by Diane Wakoski

HOME IS HOW I LOVE YOU, poems by Aimee Suzara (in manuscript)

VANITAS 5, literary/arts journal edited by Vincent Katz

TINFISH 20, literary/arts journal edited by Susan Schultz

ST. PETERSBURG REVIEW, literary journal edited by Elizabeth Hodges (got this copy from one of its associate editors and my cousin (Go Cousin!), Resa Alboher)

ALONE ACROSS THE ARCTIC: ONE WOMAN'S EPIC JOURNEY BY DOG TEAM, memoir by Pam Flowers with Ann Dixon

STUFF: COMPULSIVE HOARDING AND THE MEANING OF THINGS, study by Randy O. Frost and Gail Steketee

FIND ME, memoir by Rosie O'Donnell (an odd book about O'Donnell's obsessive engagement with a fan suffering from multiple personality disorder. showed up, though, how some poets' projects addressing identity issues seem so pale, so bloodless...)

WIFE IN THE NORTH, memoir by Judith O'Reilly

THE FAMILY NOBODY WANTED, memoir by Helen Doss

BABY IN A BOX, memoir by LeRoy and Jane Ramsey

DISRUPTING GRACE: A STORY OF RELINQUISHMENT AND HEALING, memoir by Kristen Richburg

CHOOSING TO SEE: A JOURNEY OF STRUGGLE AND HOPE, memoir by Mary Beth Chapman with Ellen Vaugn

THE BOY FROM BABY HOUSE 10: FROM THE NIGHTMARE OF A RUSSIAN ORPHANAGE TO A NEW LIFE IN AMERICA, memoir by Alan Philps and John Lahutsky

ADOPTION: THE BIRTH OF A REAL MOM, memoir by Karen Ivano

LOVE IN THE DRIEST SEASON: A FAMILY MEMOIR by Neely Tucker (wonderful read!)

AMERICAN ASSASSIN, novel by Vince Flynn

WITHOUT FAIL, novel by Lee Child

STRONG JUSTICE, novel by Jon Land

GENOA BAY, novel by Bette Nordberg


WINES
2008 Clos Pegase chardonnay (awful. but I supped it, hence it gets on list)
2007 Ch. St. Jean pinot noir (ditto)
Schramsberg pink sparkling wine
2009 Dutch Henry sauvignon blanc
Tra Vigne chardonnay
2002 Hutton Vale Grenache Mataro
2007 Biondi M.I.
2001 Finca Dofi (sublime)