Twelve Simple Songs is a short cycle of poems in dialogue with photographs about an intercontinental love affair. It started as a Valentine’s Day gift for my girlfriend Rachel, a one-off print publication through Snapfish, but then I decided to…
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[Slippage] is a brand-new magazine devoted to “the confluence of science and art.” I have three poems in the first issue: “Dutchman’s Breeches,” “Kissing Bug” and “Siphonophore.” All three originally appeared at Via Negativa, but much to their credit, the…
Brewed on 3 March, 2013. Grains (all organic) 2-row pale malt, 8 lbs. Caramel 60L, 1 lb. Munich, 1 lb. Briess Victory, 1/2 lb. Herbs yarrow, dried tops, 2 packed pints plus one cup dried spicebush (Lindera benzoin) berries, crushed,…
This is a good example of why Dogfish Head remains such an inspiration to off-beat brewers world-wide: In ancient Europe, before wine arrived from the Near East, alcoholic beverages were cocktails of sugar-rich ingredients like honey, fruit and grain. With…
I’ve just expanded the Brewing page here to included a selection of links to my better posts on beer and herbal brewing at Via Negativa. In the process, I rediscovered a couple of things I’d forgotten about, including a short…
One of the best books I’ve ever read about gardening was Ruth Stout’s No-Work Garden Book, which advocated the use of a heavy hay or straw mulch and dismissed the idea that gardeners have to cultivate, make compost, or even…
I have a photo up at one of my favorite online magazines, tinywords. The editors chose it as an interim feature between issues, a visual writing prompt for fans of the site: While we are assembling the next issue, tinywords…
I have a brief essay about bento boxes in the new anthology New Sun Rising: Stories for Japan, available in paperback (Amazon link) and for the Kindle. That’s not the main reason to get it though. Think of it instead…
5 1/2 gallons. Brewed on 6 August, 2012. (Compare with Mugwort Oatmeal Stout.) Grains pale 2-row malt, 9 lbs. carafa 2 malt, 1 lb. roasted barley, 3/4 lb. caramel 120L malt, 1/2 lb. crystal 60L malt, 1/2 lb. black patent…
5 1/2 gallons. Brewed on 10 July, 2012. Grains 2-row pale malt (Briess organic), 9 lbs. Breiss Victory malt, 1 lb. Great Western Munich, 1 lb. Breiss Caramel 60L, 3/4 lb. Roasted barley, 1/4 lb. Herbs yarrow, dried tops, 1…
