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44.—A MOST DELICIOUS LEMONADE, TO BE MADE THE DAY BEFORE WANTED.
Take and pare two dozen of good sized lemons as thin as you possibly can; put eight of the rinds into three quarts of hot water, but not boiling, cover it close over for four hours, then rub some sugar to the rinds to attract the essence, and put it into a bowl, and into which squeeze the juice of the lemons; to which add one...
42.—HOW TO MAKE ALL KINDS OF SYRUPS, WITH ALL SORTS OF FLOWERS.
Heat in a pan half a pint of water, then put into it sugar to the quantity of flowers; boil, skim, and thicken it to a proper consistency; when done, put it into a glazed pot or pan and cover it over with a linen cloth, through which pour the syrup upon the flowers; these being deadened, put altogether again into the same...
March 2011
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new portfolio website
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January 2011
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letter to e during a gale, from this summer
the third night of a three-day gale the house on lake michigan lost power and rattled as though bones beginning to loosen against the persistent, howling wind. in a way that is typically not apparent the world was living as readily as though a flock of birds as large as the sky had come to swarm around our place in the world, in constant flight, and in constant song. i went out into the night...
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The Record
Invocations
1.
Now I will do nothing but listen,
To accrue what I hear into this song, to let sounds contribute toward it.
I hear bravuras of birds, bustle of growing wheat,
gossip of flames, clack of sticks cooking my meals
I hear the sound I love, the sound of the human voice,
I hear all sounds running together,
combined, fused or following.
2.
All the Records previous to this.
Past...