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roadside find
Mugwort was what I set out for, as I have become addicted to mugwort tea.
Exhibit One: Mugwort
It's taller than me, which is something I love in a wildflower or weed.
But on my return, I found something wonderful by the side of the road: a book
It turns out to be King Spruce, by Holman Day. It was published in 1908.
Holman Day (1865-1935) was a Maine native, a journalist and newspaper publisher, and the author of twenty-three novels and three books of ballads. A scholarly article that![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
wakanomori kindly procured for me dismisses the novels ("None of his publications, unfortunately, can be placed much above the level of the pot-boiler") but takes interest in the ballads. I think I'd like to find the ballads.
I think I'll try the book too, though. I opened at random and found this passage:
Do you sense a villain?
Exhibit One: Mugwort
It's taller than me, which is something I love in a wildflower or weed.
But on my return, I found something wonderful by the side of the road: a book
It turns out to be King Spruce, by Holman Day. It was published in 1908.
Holman Day (1865-1935) was a Maine native, a journalist and newspaper publisher, and the author of twenty-three novels and three books of ballads. A scholarly article that
wakanomori kindly procured for me dismisses the novels ("None of his publications, unfortunately, can be placed much above the level of the pot-boiler") but takes interest in the ballads. I think I'd like to find the ballads. I think I'll try the book too, though. I opened at random and found this passage:
"And now, speaking of arresting in the name of the law," snarled the lumber baron, "and your duty that you seem so fond of, Rodlliff, get out your handcuffs for something that's worth while. It's three years in state-prison for maliciously setting fires on timber lands. It's a long vacation in the county jail for assaulting a man without provocation. There's the girl who set that fire; there's the man that struck me. So you see, Lane, your prisoner is going to have company."
Do you sense a villain?
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I used to drink sassafras tea. You know, it has that root beer flavor? It was soooo good.
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I can't really describe the flavor of the tea. It tastes the way it smells, which is a little like chrysanthemums, but the scent is stronger and richer than that.
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Actually, what I want to do is make a home-batch of root beer. I'll have to talk Andrew into it; he thinks that the house gets too warm to do home brews.
I don't know what chrysanthemums smell like. Sweet?
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I don't know how to describe chrysanthemums! We are going to get into a chain of comparisons. Getting back to mugwort, it has a sharp, strong, rich, herby scent. Resinous, maybe? That's the best I can do :-P
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Let me put it to you: which seems more authentic, coffee, or decaffeinated coffee?
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I mean, I wouldn't say this about *every* cancer-causing agent. Asbestos-- I'd avoid that, for example. And nicotine. But things like saccharine and safrole, not so much. (Actually, I'm not a big fan of saccharine, but I include it for an example because it's another one where the amounts you'd need to take to make a difference seem really small... at least, based on casual hearsay. I don't have any real *facts* at my fingertips.)
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How about, like, pokeweed? Would you eat that from the wild?
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I heard that if you eat young shoots of poison ivy, you can develop immunity to it.
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Coffee!!! D:
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Actually, today's Andrew's day off so we're gonna see a movie together, and I might get a mochacino or something. My stomach can stand cold or frozen coffee better.
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