THE EMPTY HAMMOCK

Well, I thought I’d gone and returned here. Instead, I’ve unexpectedly to leave the country (pun intended) for a couple of weeks. So please be aware that, as of Wednesday, I am offline until end of the month. I also will not be able to do mail.

Anyway, Galatea’s got a nice hammock this summer—this, from Nicaragua if memory serves moi right (and what a portent it was to have gotten this a few years back: Michael is now in Nicaragua on an internship serving at a free clinic there). Too bad the hammock’s usually empty. It’d be nice to spend time there but I’m too busy working to ensure … the hammock exists! Well, at least we can admire the image:

And here’s another update of my Recently Relished W(h)ine List below. Needless to say, none of the books were read … within the hammock! And in the Publications section, note that if you see an asterisk before the title, that means a review copy is available for Galatea Resurrects! More info on that HERE. If you want a review copy, email me at GalateaTen@aol.com but I won't be able to respond for a couple of weeks.

SUMMER CITY SLICKER HARVEST
0 plums for the season—that’s right, zero! Because the birds et ‘em all! Sheesh!
5 strawberries
3 sprigs of mint
22 yellow squash
11 eggplant
8 zucchini
3 bell peppers


PUBLICATIONS
* SILVER, poems by Jason McCall (a pleasing debut)

* STELE, poems by Cole Swensen

LAND OF CIRCLE: WRITINGS COLLECTED FROM THE LAND, poetry and prose by Linda M. Hasselstrom

THE ART OF ROY HENRY VICKERS, monograph

NO LIFE FOR A LADY, memoir by Agnes Morley Cleaveland

ALMOST AMERICANS: A QUEST FOR DIGNITY, memoir by Patricia Justiniani McReynolds

SHADOW MOUNTAIN: A MEMOIR OF WOLVES, A WOMAN AND THE WILD by Renee Askins

YELLOWSTONE AUTUMN: A SEASON OF DISCOVERY IN A WONDROUS LAND, memoir by W.D. Wetherell

THE TREE FARM: REPLANTING A LIFE, memoir by Robert Treuer

THE OUTERMOST HOUSE: A YEAR OF LIFE ON THE GREAT BEACH OF CAPE COD, nature/memoir by Henry Besson

AN HOUR BEFORE DAYLIGHT, memoir by Jimmy Carter

OFF THE BEATO PATHO, travel essays by Doreen Woodard

A COUNTRY AFFAIR, novel by Rebecca Shaw

WINTER WHEAT, novel by Mildred Walker

THE ARRAIGNMENT, novel by Steve Martini

THE PANIC ZONE, novel by Rick Mofina

THE RECESSIONISTAS, novel by Alexandra Lebenthal

SCARED TO DEATH, novel by Wendy Corsi Staub


WINES
1997 Greenock Creek 7 Acres shiraz
2009 Trapiche Malbec
___ Inniskillin eiswein British Columbia
200_ Buehler Zinfandel
2009 Elk cove Pinot noir
1996 Graham's port
2010 Penfolds Dawson Creek
Veuve Cliquot champagne