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taiwanese grass jelly herb (3.1/5) (cooling, bitter mint sensation that feels light but has an intense climate. apparently, when steeped with agar agar or gelatin, it can thicken into a jelly. however, i would prefer to drink the herb as is.) "And surely you have seen, in the darkness of the most innermost rooms of these huge buildings, to which sunlight never penetrates, how the gold lead of a sliding door or screen will pick up a distant glimmer from the garden, then suddenly send forth an ethereal glow, a faint golden light cast into the enveloping darkness. How in such a dark place, gold draws so much light to itself is a mystery to me. Modern man, in his well-lit house, knows nothing of the beauty of gold, but those who lived in the dark houses of the past were not merely captivated by its beauty, they also knew its practical value, for gold in these dim rooms, must have served the function of a reflector. Were it not for shadows, there would be no beauty." Tanizaki'...
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What is September

September is approaching and I feel as if I have been sixteen for twenty years. 

Here is the month when the days hold summer's warmth in their briefer hours,

evenings a prophetic breath of autumn. It seems in September,

something awaited arrives, perhaps the particular scent in the stillness of the quay. 


I will still make two cups of tea a day for the warmth that reaches my hands,

the feeling of self-directed kindness. I'm not used to it--

warmth and kindness both,

so I create my own when I can. 


When September comes I will have to lose myself, 

all of it, soft and bruising, 

blooming and unblooming the way it is impossible

to grow into something unstill. 










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