SQUASH MOI!

It's a lovely squash blossom, yah? 'Twas moi breakfast centerpiece last weekend. The problema, though, is that it's just another bit of evidence that I don't know when to time my garden harvests. Apparently, I should have harvested squash blossoms when they were slightly larger than my large thumb! Ah well. But I just got the first of the peaches in...and the figs look to be bountiful this year! Yay.

Here's my latest Recently Relished W(h)ine List:

SPRING/SUMMER/FALL HARVEST:
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
718 tomatoes
67 figs
16 bell peppers
75 leaves of basil (Michael "harvests" them leaf by leaf)
15 cucumbers
3 squash blossoms
260 chives
27 jalapenos
18 bunches of house grapes
10 stalks of thyme
3 squash blossoms
2 peaches (a bit unripe; our first of the season!)


PUBLICATIONS
OVERTIME: SELECTED POEMS by Philip Whalen, Ed. Michael Rothenberg

THE MS OF M Y KIN, poems by Janet Holmes (in addition to its intelligent conceptual underpinnings, the resulting poems are really effective. Well done!)

FORCE FIELDS, text by Andrew Joron; art by Brian Lucas (lovely, resonant project)

2ND NOTICE OF MODIFICATIONS TO TEXT OF PROPOSED REGULATIONS, REGULATION AND POLICY MANAGEMENT BRANCH, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION, poetry by John Bloomberg-Rissman

THE PACKAGE INSERT OF SORROWS, poetry by Angela Genusa

THE LEDGE, poems by Michael Collier

ARCHIPELAGO DUST, poems by Karen Llagas (Very SPECIAL RELEASE OFFER through Sept. 30)

THE CHAINED HAY(NA)KU ANTHOLOGY, hay(na)ku collaborative poem anthology curated by Ivy Alvarez, John Bloomberg-Rissman, Ernesto Priego and Eileen Tabios (Very SPECIAL RELEASE OFFER through Sept. 30!)

STAYING TRUE, memoir by Jenny Stanford

CHERRIES IN WINTER: MY FAMILY'S RECIPE FOR HOPE, memoir by Suzan Colon

THE PRICE OF STONES: BUILDING A SCHOOL FOR MY VILLAGE, memoir by Twesigye Jackson Kaguri with Susan Urbanek Linville

MOVING HEAVEN & EARTH: A PERSONAL JOURNEY INTO INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION, memoir by Barbara U.Birdsey with George Canwalader

THE BABY BOAT: A MEMOIR OF ADOPTION by Patty Dann

OUT EAST OF ALINE: AN ADOPTION MEMOIR by Rex L. Wilson

ADOPTING ALESIA: MY CRUSADE FOR MY RUSSIAN DAUGHTER, memoir by Dee Thompson

CHILDREN OF DREAMS, memoir by Lorilyn Roberts

DOUBLE JEOPARDY, novel by William Bernhardt

PART OF THE BARGAIN, novel by Linda Lael Miller

TO WED AND PROTECT, novel by Carla Cassidy

CRUSH ON YOU, novel by Christie Ridgway


WINES
2005 Molly Dooker "The Boxer"
2003 Dutch Henry Chardonnay
2008 Chappellet chardonnay
2004 Bruno Colin Puligny-Montrachet La Truffiere
1990 Fredric Esmond Gevrey-Chambertin Estournelles Saint-Jacques
2004 Trevor Jones Barossa Valley Shiraz
2005 Schramsberg Blanc de Blancs
2005 Peter Michael "Point Rouge"
1990 Paoli Scavino Bric del Fiasc (magnum)
1960 Grahams port (best port tasted from the 1960s)
2005 Favia pinot noir (outstanding!)
2005 Volnay
Kistler Dutton Ranch chardonnay
2005 Chablis (details tbd)
1991 Navarro Correas Coleccion Privada