Paris / Le Roi Soleil
When I ran my fingers over the edge of the guillotine blade, it felt quite dull. Waking up at rue Mazarine, Having café crème at Deux Magots, buying bread at Poilane, strolling the…
Music for Films
“You see, this is my life. It always will be. There’s nothing else, just us and the cameras and those wonderful people out there in the dark.” – from Sunset Boulevard I have…
Weekend Playlist: The Spice Route
Spices were an important component of ancient commerce well before the 15th-century, but were monopolized for centuries by Middle Eastern and North African middlemen who guarded the Asian provenance of their valuable sources…
Weekend Playlist: My Lost City
Before the advent of revolution, vulgarity, thought police and the great Diaspora, there lay a magical city, The pearl of The Antilles; Habana, Cuba. Amidst its architectural wonders, the denizens of Habana were…
Weekend Playlist: Sketch for Summer
An impression or a pentimento, the line flows from your fingers as it fashions a beautiful shape, it curves and travels as you introduce color. Hold it to the light as it prisms…
Weekend Playlist: Sabor de Verano
In other words, A Taste Of Summer. Yes, taste it, live it. Happy Birthday to the United States of America with a wink to Henry Hudson. Fireworks can be made or found anywhere,…
Weekend Playlist: True Flowers
“…Whether it is because the faith which creates has ceased to exist in me or because reality takes shape in the memory alone, the flowers that people show me nowadays for the first…
Weekend Playlist: Aqua
The water glitters and shines as it dances in the light. On this gorgeous weekend find a pool, or an ocean, or a stream. Leap in the sun and dive in again. These…
Weekend Playlist: Armed and Extremely Fabulous
It’s time to dig up your bijou de plage for the first big Summer Weekend. Why not frolic in cool waters with a delicious cocktail, preferably of the flammable fluid variety? Shimmy, Shake…
Weekend Playlist: Ridin’ down to Key West
In a 1967 turquoise Fury, black naugahyde interior, no a/c. Backseat: tequila, lemonade from Farm Stores and sunglasses. View: funnel clouds, The Turtle Inn, Islamorada, fish shacks, trailer parks with awesome views, boats,…
Weekend Playlist: A Sentimental Walk
Perhaps, because it’s a drizzly Friday, perhaps because you can’t be with the one you love or perhaps it’s because we are all hopeful romantics… Have a listen, celebrate love and cuddle up!
Weekend Playlist: Harlem Overdrive
Raindrops, footsteps and so you go, lazy and liquid… One hand on your hip. Everyone’s life should have a soundtrack. The first warm evening of the season. Use it.
November 18, 2015
Mrs. Kimberly Leonard — Dear Harmless Harvest,
Where do I begin? It's hard to choose the correct words to say THANK YOU! You...
September 1, 2015
Kelly Sims — Gwen,
I live in Durham and I see it all the time, sometimes on sale at Kroger and Harris Teeter.
Kelly...
