Today's random bibliomancy from...what else...Earth Prayers

Life and death,
a twisted vine sharing a single root

A water bright green
stretching to top a twisted yellow
only to wither itself
as another green unfolds overhead

One leaf atop another
yet under the next;
a vibrant tapestry of arcs and falls
all in the act of becoming

Death is the passing of life
And life
is the stringing together of so many little passings.

--Rabbi Rami M Shapiro


When I read first read this selection, I found this an oddly compelling image. I see the caduceus...or a strand of DNA. Meeting...joining...parting, an eternal dance of beginnings, endings and beginnings.

paean to an Italian cheese...

I just love to say its name...Sottocenere al Tartufo. And it is sublime. An Italian (I think it's cow's milk) semi-soft cheese infused with truffles. Smells and tastes earthy, with a hint of mellow garlic. It's scary expensive (like $20 per pound), but luckily you don't *need* much. And it's still less expensive than my other sublime find, La Leyenda, which is packed with rosemary and steeped in brandy.

Sottocenere al Tartufo... I think I should try to learn Italian. :o)

silly 12 days of Christmas meme...gakked from rhiastarr

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My LiveJournal 12 Days
My True Love gave to me...
12 ravenstorm27s a-spitting.
11 snowwys a-dialing.
10 tigiras a-groaning.
9 mscindyns a-breakdancing.
8 giffins a-bowing.
7 cmyriams a-tickling.
6 lindalees a-leaping.
5 red-orange breccias.
4 giggling rhiastarrs.
3 Iranian sabrinamaris.
2 terrapin elphaba_of_ozs.
And a mecracker in a olive tree.
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Another fun meme brought to you by rfreebern.