Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Covid Cafe: Roasted Cauliflower, Chickpeas, and Olives


Peace, chefs.


Peony, iris, and clematis
from Rudy and Karin's garden

Brooke brought this melange of cauliflower, chickpeas, and olives to her parents' house yesterday to bake onsite and enjoy, appropriately distanced, in the backyard.


 David's fry pan
contains a multitude
David shot this surreal photo of his fry pan. He writes: since I’m stuck on sautéing everything in a semi-curry base, a pic. Cooking medium is lemon juice, olive oil, and fish sauce. 
 


Music
via PK
Johnny Clegg With Nelson Mandela
Asimbonanga
 (inspiration for our own country here?)



Rob walks Chicago:
The mark of community is not the absence of conflict
It is the presence of a reconciling spirit


Poetry 

Caged Bird

A free bird leaps
on the back of the wind   
and floats downstream   
till the current ends
and dips his wing
in the orange sun rays
and dares to claim the sky.

But a bird that stalks
down his narrow cage
can seldom see through
his bars of rage
his wings are clipped and   
his feet are tied
so he opens his throat to sing.

The caged bird sings   
with a fearful trill   
of things unknown   
but longed for still   
and his tune is heard   
on the distant hill   
for the caged bird   
sings of freedom.

The free bird thinks of another breeze
and the trade winds soft through the sighing trees
and the fat worms waiting on a dawn bright lawn
and he names the sky his own

But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams   
his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream   
his wings are clipped and his feet are tied   
so he opens his throat to sing.

The caged bird sings   
with a fearful trill   
of things unknown   
but longed for still   
and his tune is heard   
on the distant hill   
for the caged bird   
sings of freedom.



 

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