haiku. eggs. ideas.

I was thinking how marvellous it is that when writing poetry with a group of children, I can give them a subject and a structure for their work, but each young writer produces their own unique poem.

free ranging
the same - different -
half a dozen ways to look
at the same subject

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Poem. slicing onions. different recipe.

I just realised the truth of it, onions no longer bring tears when I am slicing them. A little like realising that something that was once very important no longer matters. Or it could just be that red onions are milder than the others.

Here I am taking the photo. Note the cat lying in his winter position on the radiator behind me.

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Haiku. making risotto

I love making risotto, and while stirring a risotto with bacon and leek yesterday evening, I distilled my method into a haiku. Haiku is below if the writing on the photo isn't too clear. Well I had drunk a big glass of wine before taking the picture!

risotto
the secret? go slow -
stir while reading a good book,
or sipping good wine

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Haiku. Baking. Magic.

I cannot believe that baking is about science. It's alchemy. How else can lemon cake be explained? The haiku is below, in case my writing isn't very clear.

oven incubates -
ingredients mix, transform
alchemy of cake.

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