November 27, 2016

Observations from China #3 | #CapturedInWords

Travel photography from a trip to tea plantations in Fuijan Province

We scrolled through small villages, never pausing for longer than a moment's thought, succeeded by another, the roadside washing over us in blurred, racing folds. Even with an astute memory, all of the images rolled into the other, knowing it would make an impossible feat to untangle at a later date. 

And so I perched my camera at the sill, clicking furiously as we flew along, hoping for a breath; praying for an afterlife.

Here she is. There she was. 

All I can wonder now is, what was she thinking?

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November 26, 2016

Earl Grey, Fig, and Vanilla Cake | Celia's Saucer

Earl Grey, Fig, and Vanilla Cake | Celia's Saucer
This cake encapsulates some of my favourite scents. The malty-ness of black tea with bergamot, the mellow tones of vanilla, and sweet,...
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November 20, 2016

Notes at 6:16am | #CapturedInWords

Notes at 6:16am | #CapturedInWords
 Last night I dreamt of a burnished American landscape in Fall  My reflection hung and pregnant upon my own gaze;  A swollen hau...
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November 19, 2016

Piaf's Mask | #CapturedInWords

Piaf's Mask | #CapturedInWords
I found your eye, Blue Scratched into my notebook January 2007 Burnt there, lingering With notes on Piaf Her name Scrawled a doze...
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November 13, 2016

A Weekend Walk #16

A Weekend Walk #16
Mark the passing of the year on the park circuit, by the leaves on the tree - or on the ground - and by the colour of the cygnet feath...
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November 13, 2016

The Nighthawk | #CapturedInWords

The Nighthawk | #CapturedInWords
I came to meet a nighthawk As the moon it swelled to its fullest fill Heavy, held aloft on the shoulders of the horizon As it r...
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November 06, 2016

Observations from China #2 | #CapturedInWords

Observations from China #2 | #CapturedInWords
Along the snarling mountain roads of Anxi County, pumpkins, gourds, squashes and marrows grew haphazardly; tumbling from shed tops, gna...
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November 03, 2016

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock | #CapturedInWords

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock | #CapturedInWords
Let us go then, you and I, When the evening is spread out against the sky Like a patient etherized upon a table; Let us go, thr...
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October 30, 2016

A Weekend Walk #15

A Weekend Walk #15
So maybe there are rocks in your pockets, Virginia, but none of us want you to go. 
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October 23, 2016

Observations from China #1 | #CapturedInWords

Observations from China #1 | #CapturedInWords
In the office of an old tea factory, the light of the late afternoon reached its arms into the dark space and illuminated that which ha...
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October 16, 2016

Pecan and Pumpkin Seed Pie | Celia's Saucer

Pecan and Pumpkin Seed Pie | Celia's Saucer
Adapted from recipe: BBC Good Food Ingredients 110g/4oz unsalted butter 110g/4oz golden syrup 1 tsp vanilla extract 225g/8oz ...
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September 29, 2016

Autumn Haiku | #CapturedInWords

Autumn Haiku | #CapturedInWords
An autumn morning  The skies they are sighing  In a slow grumpy roll
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September 21, 2016

A Weekend Walk #14

A Weekend Walk #14
"And what did you say, dear?"
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September 20, 2016

The Larder #3 | Celia's Saucer

The Larder #3 | Celia's Saucer
It's been a while since the last instalment of this series - just a casual year and a half - but I like it for documenting things...
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August 22, 2016

A Polite Man is Gone | #CapturedInWords

A Polite Man is Gone | #CapturedInWords
This grief is a quiet visitor Waiting for its turn to speak Gently, holding up its hand as if to say Don't mind me This g...
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