“Ethically produced by hand at a shop that pays a living wage, has reasonable working hours and a good work environment.”
Hey, some days it’s a sweat shop, but I signed up for this.
Two-Meat Tuesday – Kramer Wetzel
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What is wrong with our current crop? I happened across an old image
iPhone 5, Sep. 2014, Mustang Island Grocery. Pre-recent hurricane.
I’m not much use in the veggie section of the store, but I know, for a fact, those aren’t cabbages, but jalapeño peppers. Good with a variety of meals, recently, in a crook pot with a little bit of chicken and lot of other vegetable like things. Used in chili.
Might be why we’re in this situation, though, if that’s supposed to be cabbage.
I’ve had two coast fishing trips cancelled by the corona. Closer inspection would suggest possibly Serrano Peppers, not sure.
But I’m pretty sure that’s not cabbage.
Pink Cake: The Quote Collection – Kramer Wetzel
Pink Cake
Pink Cake: A Commonplace Book
San Pedro Creek (temporarily free e-book)
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Started with a raft of characters in Slow Horses, or even, before that? Prey, as the protagonist in that series recommended the author — book recommendation in a book. After the first one, though, it was easy to understand why, whip-smart writing, and convoluted spy-thriller plot. Counter-plot.
“Means a totally unexpected event with a big impact. But one that seems predictable afterwards, with the benefit of hindsight.” Chapter 1. (Kindle)
Black Swan. British idiom? The first book was British punctuation, but this one has been “American-ized.”
Part of the lockdown entertainment, that Capricorn suggested “Killing Eve,” a BBC series, fraught with controversy, twisted alliances, and shifting allegiance. The gritty nature of the seamier side of Europe, and the U.K., as a device to shape character? There’s that fine-edged sense of sooty dirt that gets under the nails, with the Slough House series — so far — carries that essence.
She said, “Because that’s the first step to political office, isn’t it? Sell yourself to another country’s intelligence service.” Chapter 7.
That’s frightening for a 2013 copyright.
The shifting point of view, quick cuts in narration, I could see that as an influence in the subsidy Prey books. No wonder Davenport liked the author.
I suppose, as I have no real baseline to compare? I suppose that this is a fresh take on the the old James Bond, only updated, where one does a quick Google search before going out on a date. 2nd date, Google your future ex?
Now, to make this weirder, there’s a similar plot element from one of the Prey books, but I can’t recall which one, not now. Fun, and tautly wrought.
Under Six Flags: The Story of Texas e-book for free. Under Six Flags: The Story of Texas by M. E. M. Davis, (c) 1897.
“The viceroy, having a hint of this, did not trouble St. Denis again; but he decided to establish posts and missions throughout the New Philippines—as Texas was still called—with garrisons armed to prevent contraband trade.” Page 16.
Came through on a list-serve of recent public domain offerings, and intrigued, I downloaded it. The beauty of the digital stuff, the front cover image is redolent in velvety, aging red leather, but the book is durable.
Not that I haven’t read a lot of Texas history already, just that an 1897 imprint might offer some different version. Right away, the early days, in all I’ve red, I never heard Texas called “the New Philippines.” Which goes to show, hat tip to Pizza Steve, why books are such a adventure, even straight up ancient history tomes.
“Enlarged and rebuilt on the same spot, San Fernando remains to this day the parish church of the Spanish-speaking Catholics of San Antonio.” Page 24.
I maintained, like London, living within earshot of the San Fernando Cathedral counts as a form of validation.
Books, in and of themselves, and especially in a colloquial history tome like this, offer a way to see the past, the historical past, the past when the book was published, and the present, all in a new light. It’s also easy to set it aside, then come back, over time. Just local history, no new ground, but with its older style, more than a century distant, it does have nuanced flavors, attitudes that would be possibly objectionable now.
In other notes?
“The Texas mustangs were the product of the cavalry horses brought from Europe to Mexico by Cortez in 1519. They had multiplied, almost unmolested, during the three hundred years they had roamed prairie and forest. These mustangs were always fat, and when nothing better was to be had they made tolerable food.” Page 54.
That much is true.
“Some Irish colonists founded on the Nueces River, near its mouth, a town which they named St. Patrick in remembrance of the patron saint of Ireland. To the Spanish-speaking people of Texas it soon became known as San Patricio, and so it is still called.” Page 55.
The answer to a questioned I never asked, the name for that county, been through there, to fish, seems like a lot.
“A temporary government was therefore agreed upon, and a declaration of adherence to the Republican constitution of Mexico of 1824 was signed and sent out.” Page 74.
Under Six Flags: The Story of Texas e-book for free. Under Six Flags: The Story of Texas by M. E. M. Davis, (c) 1897
Tried three times, works in practice, doesn’t work when I want to be live. So not really trying to do FaceBook live anymore. Nice try.
Zoom works, although, yeah, I was in one group that got rudely interrupted. Such is our modern life. Phone works, too. As does every other detail. I guess my natural suspicion of the FB security protocols…
“These bad, revolting stars…”
Pink Cake: The Quote Collection – Kramer Wetzel
Pink Cake
Pink Cake: A Commonplace Book
San Pedro Creek (temporarily free e-book)
#HashTagsSuck
Sunday in San Antonio — and answers to questions….
Sunday! Sunday in San Antonio!
Curious as to the astrological details?
There are two sources of data, seeing me in San Antonio this weekend on FaceBook — or the weekly horoscopes.
Portable Mercury Retrograde – Kramer Wetzel
Portable Mercury Retrograde: astrofish.net’s Mercury in Retrograde
“First to arrive gets the best deal.”
“As a Christian, it’s my job to love all of you, but GOD-DAMN that’s hard some days.”
Two-Meat Tuesday – Kramer Wetzel
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San Pedro Creek (temporarily free e-book)
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