Author: Peter Conway

Sunday Poem — The Summer River by Masaoka Shiki

HIROSHIGE_MAN_ON_HORSEBACK_CROSSING_A_BRIDGE

The summer river:
although there is a bridge, my horse
goes through the water.

Masaoka Shiki, a poet, author, and literary critic in Meiji period Japan.

Masaoka Shiki was the pen-name of Masaoka Noboru (September 17, 1867 – September 19, 1902) born into a ‘middleMasaoka Shiki class’  family and raised in the classical fashion. Shiki was a rebel in his mid teens. Although best known as one of the leaders of the Modern Haiku Movement, Shiki wrote in many styles of poetry and prose as an author, biographer and critic. He also wrote on reform of tanka poetry.

Some consider Shiki to be one of the four great haiku masters, the others being Matsuo Bashō, Yosa Buson, and Kobayashi Issa – Wikipedia & All Poetry 
Paining Man on Horseback Crossing a Bridge by Ando Hiroshige (1797-1858) Japanese Artist

 

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The Beautiful Luminaries Who Support the Desmond-Fish Library

The Roundhouse BeaconWere present in numbers, glamorously attired, and sweetly conversant for the Annual Associates Dinner to honor the 2015 Desmond-Fish award winners.

Held at The Round House Beacon Falls, we were so thrilled to be present at this grand occasion and make many new friends. Continue reading The Beautiful Luminaries Who Support the Desmond-Fish Library

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From a California Farm to My Hudson Valley Table

Tom Gore Farm

Can’t wait to to taste all this from  Tom Gore Vineyards. “The namesake wines are the first to bear the name of a grape farmer, telling the story of the land, the growing season and the complexities of how growing grapes impacts the aromas and taste of wine – a truly farm-to-glass wine!” Stay Tuned… Continue reading From a California Farm to My Hudson Valley Table

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Wine: Two Great Summer Quaffers from Austria

Two Austrian Summer Quaffers

 

Quaff (kwäf) verb

Drink (something, especially an alcoholic drink) heartily.
synonyms: drink, swallow, gulp (down), guzzle, slurp, down

We love Austrian wine in the spring and summer, all year round really, but these inexpensive, full one liter bottles are great for picnics, BBQ’s, any warm weather fun. The relatively low alcohol content, especially when cut with sparkling water, make them great summer quaffers.

Their “soda cap” tops are a curious novelty that your guests or host will love.

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Sunday Poem — The Hudson As You Haven’t Seen It Before

Pierce River CroppedThe Hudson As You Haven’t Seen It Before

This great material was posted by Will Nixon of Kingston on his fascinating Website.

Thomas Wolfe wrote big rhapsodic novels such as Look Homeward, Angel that I read as a teen. After his early death in 1938, an enthusiast named John S. Barnes went through Wolfe’s prose to convert passages into poems with line breaks, which were collected and published as A Stone, A Leaf, A Door. I love these examples of cross dressing poetry and prose. Jack Kerouac cannibalized his haiku for Desolation Angels. Melville was so immersed in Shakespeare while writing Moby Dick that whole paragraphs scan in iambic pentameter. Even Donald Rumsfeld had a book of poetry in him surely more entertaining than his current biography. Continue reading Sunday Poem — The Hudson As You Haven’t Seen It Before

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We Enjoyed this Cocktail, a New Negroni, I call it ” The Europa”

Euro Negroni Sips

With French Gin, Spanish Vermouth, and Italian Amaro this exotic Negroni has three of the major Euro Zone members, sorry Germany we’ll get you in next time.

The Spanish Vino Vermouth Atxa (Acha) is the star in this cocktail with bright complex flavors, accented with fresh rosemary and the cardamom bitters. Read More

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