Water has been a prevalent force these days.This summer, both its long absence and its over abundant presence have been noticeable in taste and looks of fruits and veggies. Tomatoes were divine and abundant, and then over saturated. As Claire wrote in her blog, the rains have pushed the tomatoes to bursting. Then, came the peaches and melons - the sweetness from the drought followed by the juiciness from all the rain.
Grilled mushroom and watermelon Ceviche- from Latin Grill, strange sounding combo, but wonderful!
Soak thinly sliced fish (recipe calls for sashimi grade striped bass, we used tilapia but maybe orange roughy or halibut might have been better) in orange juice and lime juice for at least 10 minutes
Grill about 10 wild domesticated mushrooms (i used oyster, shitake, portabello) in olive oil till soft, chop, and add to a salsa of:
Chopped Poblano and other hot peppers
Chopped Cilantro
Julienned red onion
salt and pepper
some lime juice
Add fish and watermelon balls just before serving.
At Camphill Village Kimberton Hills there is a fountain called a Flow-Form. People are drawn to it. It is a special fountain designed to mimic the natural movement of water that is difficult to see in most conditions. I’ve been reading “Sensitive Chaos” by Theodore Shwenk. Put very simply, through extensive observation and research, Shwenk realized that the natural state of water wants to be in a sphere, and when forced upon by gravity, wind, movement and matter, it moves in both spirals and in rhythmical waves, influenced by air, temperature and matter (water, air, fire and earth). This explains why we have meandering rivers, why a hose writhes like a snake when you turn it on, why intersecting waves on a lake make such perfect patterns, why rivers carve rocks into flowing forms, why spirals are visible in plants and more primitive species, and why bones and muscle, and even the heart chambers, spiral. Spirals may not be visibly evident in form, but evidence of them is ubiquitous. It conjures the image of DaVinci’s man as a golden rectangle, the ancient Yin Yan symbol, and more…
As I write this, the news announced that a man wanting to drain his property opened a manhole and was sucked down the drain by a whirlpool vortex. !
you can see it yourself with cinnamon and water!
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| plate by Ron Meyers |
Then the rains came down in the name of Irene. The bands of clouds, the giant spiral she was, the wind, the power, the flooding, the dampness….The water….The subsequent crisp, blue-skied perfect days and the happy, giant mushrooms growing all around us in the woods in central PA. When I discovered huge patches of giant mushrooms, as many as 15 different varieties, the experience of not being able to pick and eat any due to our ignorance of the forest gave me a strange emotion I can’t name.
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| this is just a few of the species, upon close examination, many are spiraling |
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| tiny hot peppers from Happy Cat Organics |
Soak thinly sliced fish (recipe calls for sashimi grade striped bass, we used tilapia but maybe orange roughy or halibut might have been better) in orange juice and lime juice for at least 10 minutes
Grill about 10 wild domesticated mushrooms (i used oyster, shitake, portabello) in olive oil till soft, chop, and add to a salsa of:
Chopped Poblano and other hot peppers
Chopped Cilantro
Julienned red onion
salt and pepper
some lime juice
Add fish and watermelon balls just before serving.
At Camphill Village Kimberton Hills there is a fountain called a Flow-Form. People are drawn to it. It is a special fountain designed to mimic the natural movement of water that is difficult to see in most conditions. I’ve been reading “Sensitive Chaos” by Theodore Shwenk. Put very simply, through extensive observation and research, Shwenk realized that the natural state of water wants to be in a sphere, and when forced upon by gravity, wind, movement and matter, it moves in both spirals and in rhythmical waves, influenced by air, temperature and matter (water, air, fire and earth). This explains why we have meandering rivers, why a hose writhes like a snake when you turn it on, why intersecting waves on a lake make such perfect patterns, why rivers carve rocks into flowing forms, why spirals are visible in plants and more primitive species, and why bones and muscle, and even the heart chambers, spiral. Spirals may not be visibly evident in form, but evidence of them is ubiquitous. It conjures the image of DaVinci’s man as a golden rectangle, the ancient Yin Yan symbol, and more…
As I write this, the news announced that a man wanting to drain his property opened a manhole and was sucked down the drain by a whirlpool vortex. !
Water has changed and is changing our planet. 71% of the earth is covered by water. Human beings are 70% water… (Beer is about 90% water)...I am going to keep thinking about the words Sensitive...Chaos.........
An aeolian harp (æolian harp or wind harp) is "played" by the wind. It is named for Aeolus, the greek god of wind. The harp is driven by the vortex street effect where the motion of the wind across a string causes the vortex stream effect, and this alternating vortex causes the string to vibrate!
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| Chaco, AD 450-500 |
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| post-Chaco |
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| China, 5000-3000BC |
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| Minoan, Kamara style, 2100-1700 |
