Comments for ReallyGoodWriter | Food • Writing • Poetry http://reallygoodwriter.com food & poetry, but mostly the poetry of food Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:52:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Comment on Year of the Dragon: seeds, storms and Sipsmith gin by Chocolate, gastronomy and Seedy Sunday | Iambic Cafe http://reallygoodwriter.com/gm-sugar-beets/year-of-the-dragon-seeds-storms-and-sipsmith-gin/#comment-2716 Chocolate, gastronomy and Seedy Sunday | Iambic Cafe Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:52:17 +0000 http://reallygoodwriter.com/?p=25412#comment-2716 [...] bigger every year, and I’ll be sorry to miss it, so am doubly grateful to have made it to the GTUF seed swap last month. GTUF will be at the Victoria event this year, joining other UFs (as we call our [...] [...] bigger every year, and I’ll be sorry to miss it, so am doubly grateful to have made it to the GTUF seed swap last month. GTUF will be at the Victoria event this year, joining other UFs (as we call our [...]

]]> Comment on READing and retreating by rhona http://reallygoodwriter.com/writing-conferences/reading-and-retreating/#comment-2666 rhona Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:27:32 +0000 http://reallygoodwriter.com/?p=25462#comment-2666 We miss you here now! Basil seems to be on his feet - haven't spoken to him yet but saw he was at lunch today. Will give him your regards! We miss you here now! Basil seems to be on his feet – haven’t spoken to him yet but saw he was at lunch today. Will give him your regards!

]]> Comment on READing and retreating by the regina mom http://reallygoodwriter.com/writing-conferences/reading-and-retreating/#comment-2665 the regina mom Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:10:52 +0000 http://reallygoodwriter.com/?p=25462#comment-2665 I spent a couple of nights in the new guest wing at St. Pete's a few weeks ago. I loved it! The view from the kitchen/lounge is spectacular! Please give my love to the colonists there gathered! PS: How's Br Basil? He had some health issues a while back... I spent a couple of nights in the new guest wing at St. Pete’s a few weeks ago. I loved it! The view from the kitchen/lounge is spectacular!

Please give my love to the colonists there gathered!

PS: How’s Br Basil? He had some health issues a while back…

]]> Comment on Polpo in Parma by London farewells: Food, film and the future of work | Iambic Cafe http://reallygoodwriter.com/parma/polpo-in-parma/#comment-2497 London farewells: Food, film and the future of work | Iambic Cafe Sun, 15 Jan 2012 03:26:30 +0000 http://reallygoodwriter.com/?p=25185#comment-2497 [...] rock oysters at Pescatori, followed in my case by a nice octopus salad (which did make me pine for Parma, but was good in a different way, a kind of spin on salade nicoise, with potatoes and green beans [...] [...] rock oysters at Pescatori, followed in my case by a nice octopus salad (which did make me pine for Parma, but was good in a different way, a kind of spin on salade nicoise, with potatoes and green beans [...]

]]> Comment on Readings & mushrooms & quince by Quinceaholic | Iambic Cafe http://reallygoodwriter.com/tomatoes/readings-mushrooms-quince/#comment-1584 Quinceaholic | Iambic Cafe Thu, 24 Nov 2011 23:29:41 +0000 http://reallygoodwriter.com/?p=24733#comment-1584 [...] Before I left I tested just about every recipe I had time to try, both sweet and savoury. Here’s a recap of some of the ideas I checked out, including those already mentioned in an earlier post. [...] [...] Before I left I tested just about every recipe I had time to try, both sweet and savoury. Here’s a recap of some of the ideas I checked out, including those already mentioned in an earlier post. [...]

]]> Comment on Banff Finale by Readings & mushrooms & quince | Iambic Cafe http://reallygoodwriter.com/banff/banff-finale/#comment-1384 Readings & mushrooms & quince | Iambic Cafe Tue, 25 Oct 2011 06:08:28 +0000 http://reallygoodwriter.com/?p=24694#comment-1384 [...] Coady reading with Douglas Gibson. Gibson was in good form, spinning tales I hadn’t heard on my last listen, from WO Mitchell’s farewell joke, to respectful admiration of Alice Munro, to the dangers of [...] [...] Coady reading with Douglas Gibson. Gibson was in good form, spinning tales I hadn’t heard on my last listen, from WO Mitchell’s farewell joke, to respectful admiration of Alice Munro, to the dangers of [...]

]]> Comment on Banff Finale by Bernadette http://reallygoodwriter.com/banff/banff-finale/#comment-1359 Bernadette Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:18:34 +0000 http://reallygoodwriter.com/?p=24694#comment-1359 I dunno wtf it is, but I was there for 18 days out of 30 in August and September and sleep was rare both times, most especially at WWS... I dunno wtf it is, but I was there for 18 days out of 30 in August and September and sleep was rare both times, most especially at WWS…

]]> Comment on Banff Finale by rhona http://reallygoodwriter.com/banff/banff-finale/#comment-1357 rhona Mon, 17 Oct 2011 05:16:20 +0000 http://reallygoodwriter.com/?p=24694#comment-1357 Bernadette, it's not the first time I've experienced it either. (Makes me wonder what kind of shape the 5 week people are in by the time they leave!) But I wouldn't have missed it. Perhaps they put something in the water with the intent to invoke a dream-like creative mood in the artists... Bernadette, it’s not the first time I’ve experienced it either. (Makes me wonder what kind of shape the 5 week people are in by the time they leave!) But I wouldn’t have missed it. Perhaps they put something in the water with the intent to invoke a dream-like creative mood in the artists…

]]> Comment on Banff Finale by Bernadette http://reallygoodwriter.com/banff/banff-finale/#comment-1354 Bernadette Sun, 16 Oct 2011 01:02:10 +0000 http://reallygoodwriter.com/?p=24694#comment-1354 Oh, Rhona! I'm sorry to hear you were also afflicted with the no-sleep at Banff virus, too. I spent a week at Writing With Style last month, came home and slept for a week! It wasn't the social activity that kept me from sleep, as is typical of me, and it wasn't the writing, either. My room and the bed were lovely! I loved the food, ate well, but didn't overindulge, so no heartburn or anything like that to keep me from sleep. I simply did not sleep well while there! Oh, Rhona! I’m sorry to hear you were also afflicted with the no-sleep at Banff virus, too. I spent a week at Writing With Style last month, came home and slept for a week! It wasn’t the social activity that kept me from sleep, as is typical of me, and it wasn’t the writing, either. My room and the bed were lovely! I loved the food, ate well, but didn’t overindulge, so no heartburn or anything like that to keep me from sleep. I simply did not sleep well while there!

]]> Comment on Sick as a dog for Animal Health Week by Nancy Mattson http://reallygoodwriter.com/writing-retreats/sick-as-a-dog-for-animal-health-week/#comment-1316 Nancy Mattson Tue, 04 Oct 2011 22:23:16 +0000 http://reallygoodwriter.com/?p=24638#comment-1316 Hi Rhona, It's good to hear you are working with Stan Dragland. He was my English 200 prof. in 1967 (!) in an evening class at the U of A when I had a different surname. Stan was a great teacher with a sly and apt sense of humour. Before being in his class I didn't realize that anyone was allowed to relate politics to literature and to be cheeky & satirical in the process. Was it not written in stone that Ernest Manning was destined to be Alberta's premier always, that he could never be wrong about anything? How sheltered, how innocent I was. Stan took the leaden cover off the study of literature -- my high school teachers did what they had to, I guess, in an era when our final marks were 100 percent determined by our provincial examination results. So they taught to the test and put a damper on any enthusiasm for books on the syllabus. See you soon in London! Nancy xx Hi Rhona,
It’s good to hear you are working with Stan Dragland. He was my English 200 prof. in 1967 (!) in an evening class at the U of A when I had a different surname. Stan was a great teacher with a sly and apt sense of humour. Before being in his class I didn’t realize that anyone was allowed to relate politics to literature and to be cheeky & satirical in the process. Was it not written in stone that Ernest Manning was destined to be Alberta’s premier always, that he could never be wrong about anything? How sheltered, how innocent I was.

Stan took the leaden cover off the study of literature — my high school teachers did what they had to, I guess, in an era when our final marks were 100 percent determined by our provincial examination results. So they taught to the test and put a damper on any enthusiasm for books on the syllabus.

See you soon in London!
Nancy xx

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