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汝窯 / Ru Ware, listening to Brice Marden

Listening to Brice Marden interview on wnyc
talking about his love of Ru ware (汝窯)
this photo with interesting caption came from flickr

The blue-green color of Ru ware glaze
(which contains amber)
is meant to mimic
"where clouds break and sky clears after rain"
「雨過天晴雲破處」

Tumbleweed!

Tumbled all the way from
Kansas
to
Brooklyn
on Thanksgiving!!!
Thank you E and E's Dad...

Thanksgiving Haga 客家 Style

1 煮花生 boiled peanuts
2 pan fried shrimp
3 辣拌牛筋
4 jellied can-o-cranberry sauce

5 釀豆腐 stuffed tofu Haga style

6 star of this day
7 roasted brussels sprouts & potatoes
8 涼拌海帶 seaweed (kelp) salad
9 the whole spread

Silent Illumination

My first time volunteering in the kitchen during a retreat
Was eventful and fun
Save that I had difficulty staying on my feet
because of a very painful & acute condition

Without going into personal details
It would suffice to advise everyone
DRINK WATER!!!
not tea, not juice, not soup, not soda, not even a little slice of lemon
sorry, those beverages are not water to our bodies

*~Basta!
Let's admire the pumpkin
and [what how I visualize]
Silent Illumination

Weekend retreat

I am a lucky lady
My sweet friend made this sandwich for me today
Homemade Hummus+freshly-grilled red pepper
+olive oil from Beataly (what she calls it & its Price$)

I'm super excited for the next few days
this weekend, I will be volunteering at a Silent Illuminations Retreat
after that, Thanksgiving!!!
(at our family gathering is usually
a round table covered with dishes & dishes of Chinese food
except a big turkey in the center)!
Will photograph and post, I promise!

囍 Double Happiness

In what seemed like an eternity, I finally began another quilt.
This was a terrific find,
a sweater with this chinese character
囍 (double happiness)
Now a double happy blanket with bergundy backing and sunshine stitching!