Winter

A handmade fire. My gaze fixed on it. The deep amber of its glowing center. Tangle of root. Rot. Of bark and branch. The gradual unraveling of burn. Birch. Dogwood decomposing. The old oak within me. Listen as it sizzles. Spits. Red maple exploding orange. Hold a picture of the color in my head. Now […]

Thought Soup of the Day: (Rotten) Tomato

Early human communities developed from thriving agrarian settlements. In thriving settlements, an increase in agricultural production enabled some people to pursue work unrelated to agriculture. This generated specialized labor, opportunities for trade, an increase in population, and socioeconomic stratification. Somewhere, underneath the heaps of agricultural achievement, seeds of individualism were sewn. Of course, the term […]

Fascism & Food

an opinion of The Futurist Cookbook In 1922, Italian nationalist and political leader Benito Mussolini was elected Prime Minister of Italy, a position he strategically leveraged to impose fascist ideology on the Italian citizens over whom he dictated. A former socialist, Mussolini characterized his political orientation as the marriage of state and corporate power, posturing […]