NO TEARS

Yes, indeedy. Got my first (and last) harvest of red onions in, which is to say, this post's Recently Relished W(h)ine List will mark the opening of my summer 2011 harvest list. Let's see if this City Slicker does better this year! Here's a shot that makes me weep from happiness -- the red onions drying under the hot Napa sun:



And what they looked like later inside la casa:



Here's the update to my Recently Relished W(h)ine List below. Note that if you see an asterisk before the title, that means a review copy is available for Galatea Resurrects. And I'm looking looking looking for reviewers to get books offa moi floors and to hit 100 new reviews for the next issue! Yeah! More info on that HERE.

CITY SLICKER SUMMER HARVEST
28 red onions
6 strawberries
8 zucchini
17 yellow squash
44 green beans
1 lemon squash


PUBLICATIONS
THE COLLECTED POEMS OF THOMAS MERTON

KEROTAKIS, poems by Janice Lee

ETHICS OF SLEEP, poems by Bernadette Mayer

BEAUPORT, poems by Kate Colby

HEALING HEART, poems by Gloria T. Hull

* CONTENT, photography/visual poetry by Jon Leon

* HOUSE ORGAN, No. 75 Summer 2011, Edited by Kenneth Warren (just chockful of PERFECT POEMS!)

ECCOLINGUISTICS, literary journal

ALTAR OF EDEN, novel by James Rollins

DAMAGE, novel by John Lescroart

THE UNION QUILTERS, novel by Jennifer Chiaverini

STILLWATER SEASONS, novel by Linda Lael Miller


WINES
2010 Dutch Henry rose
2010 Dutch Henry sauvignon blanc
2003 Donnhoff Oberhauser Brucke Riesling Spatlese
2008 Auberge du Soleil cabernet NV Reserve
2004 Trevor Jomes Dry Grown Barossa Shiraz
2001 Jones Family Cabernet

Yet another shot of a promising summer bounty!