Cynthia D. Bertelsen's Gherkins & Tomatoes
A Writer's Musings on Nature and Culture, Since 2008
Mackerel scales and mares' tails Make lofty ships carry low sails. ‑Old Sailors' Rain Warning‑ (Due to family obligations for a few weeks, I'm posting some previous posts that I've dusted off and updated. ) Alas, the poor mackerel! A sky resembling its scales bodes rains. An unfriendly person is "cold as a mackerel". "Dead…
Continue reading ➞ Holy Mackerel!
As I cooked a Diamond Jim-sized American breakfast this Super-Bowl-Sunday morning - pancakes with real maple syrup, thick-sliced bacon from Edwards' Surry smokehouse, scrambled eggs, and orange juice - I considered taking a picture of my cholesterol-laden plate for "Gherkins & Tomatoes." But hunger beat me to it. In the end, the only picture I…
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