Poem: "chado"
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This poem was written outside the regular prompt calls, inspired by
kelkyag. It has been sponsored by
kengr. It belongs to the series Lacquerware, which you can find via the Serial Poetry page.
chadÅ
the tea master is
also the accountant: she
measures, stirs, and pours
to balance the accounts as
carefully as the tea things
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chadÅ
the tea master is
also the accountant: she
measures, stirs, and pours
to balance the accounts as
carefully as the tea things
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Date: 2017-10-11 05:48 am (UTC)And I appreciate that the Japanese do it by eye and by feel; that is art, and cause for a smile.
Go you!
Date: 2017-10-11 06:02 am (UTC)Re: Go you!
Date: 2017-10-11 06:05 am (UTC)Re: Go you!
Date: 2017-10-11 06:24 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2017-10-11 03:20 pm (UTC)I've learned the science of pressing. If I could get the kemx (I need one) down, I'd be very willing to give up my drip-maker except for times of company.
I lovew the flexbrew (My single side quit working for which I'm sad) but I love being abale to put energy into my own food, you know?
-Fallon~
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Date: 2017-10-11 04:43 pm (UTC)I'm probably going to end up with a French press for making enough to share... that is, until I save up enough to get a siphon brewer (and that only at home, b/c open flame in the office, probably bad... ) Talk about a gadget geek magnet... the only thing better would be one of these, a balance siphon, which is a total Heath Robinson (Rube Goldberg, for the Yanks) invention.. but those are PRICEY...
Well ...
Date: 2017-10-11 05:49 pm (UTC)Same rule applies to duplication. It's okay to collect subtle variations of something that you use frequently for assorted purposes. I have five crockpots. I use all of them, occasionally even two at the same time, and the biggest one was not cheap. But they're worth it. I use them intermittently through the year, and more vigorously in the summer while stocking up.
Re: Well ...
Date: 2017-10-11 06:03 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2017-10-11 04:47 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2017-10-11 04:56 pm (UTC)We'll be wearing a badge with our handle (We_are_spc) and we'll be with Callibr8, so we won't be hard to miss. :d
Because I was going to say-we've never seen an aeropress, and when we tried to read the instructions-well, the PDF didn't work very well. :( We'll probably have to use whatever mashine the hotel has because...well. Granted we'll be bringing (probably) some of our own coffee with us (In either pods or a plastic airtight container (Unless you have a better idea?) because us without caffine is a bad day. :d Granted, we only need 1 cup of said caffine these days if we get enough hydration-and sometimes we'll use yerba matte tea or something else for it, but it's still pretty much a standard. That and breakfast. Wake up, shower, do short grounding rit, breakfast, caffine. Pretty much in that order. :d
-Fallon~
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Date: 2017-10-11 05:08 pm (UTC)I can find out whether the hotel in-room pots are podmakers or basket brewers... *or* if you're willing to come out to consuite for your fix, I can press you a cuppa. You like dark dark darkity dark, kona light roast, or something in between?
(I'm thinking of putting together a sample set of Seattle coffees for the Interfilk auction... :D )
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Date: 2017-10-11 05:22 pm (UTC)we like...anything medium or darker-light roasts are sometimes our go tos if we want OMG caffine, but we're...medium to darkity dark type people.
And yes, please do because that would be amazing. Because our only light roast (A breakfast blend) is in tose single serve pod things and if we don't have to bring those...
I doubt we'll be able to participate in the auction much, we're lucky to jus *get* there...let alone for anything extra. But that should be fyun! Also: just because we won't bid doesn't mean we can't look... xd
-Fallon~
Yes ...
Date: 2017-10-11 06:00 pm (UTC)Re: Yes ...
Date: 2017-10-11 06:04 pm (UTC)Okay, I need a coffee icon. Maybe a mini of that siphon brewer... ;)
Well ...
Date: 2017-10-11 05:57 pm (UTC)It's why geeks often make the best coffee. ;) It functions very nearly as a biofeedback machine if you pay close enough attention to what you're doing and how it comes out. You don't have to actually pray over it to turn the trick; a simple attitude of reverence will suffice.
Re: Well ...
Date: 2017-10-11 06:06 pm (UTC)But...for me, I've lways enjoyed doing all the steps of something-the steps in my sauce-the steps in making coffee-the steps in...learning to write, etc.
I dearly wish I could write print for that reason-kaligraphy is one of my interests despite the visuality of it because both my Dah and my brother are bardmages )Litteral wordsmiths; they can write things on people metaphysically and it will affet them exactly as a spell would-it's why you really *do not* want ot piss them off...) and I sometimes wish they could do that in here on paper first before...well, you know. Because al ltheir magic isn't bad-they'll oftentimes write 'blessings' on the people who tend to help out-so they get the carma they deserve...quite a bit faster (Or as it's needed as the case might be) than they would otherwise.
-Fallon~
Re: Well ...
Date: 2017-10-11 06:23 pm (UTC)Yep, some people have a knack for that. If it's something other folks can sense, it might make you very popular.
>> I dearly wish I could write print for that reason-kaligraphy is one of my interests despite the visuality of it because both my Dah and my brother are bardmages <<
Calligraphy can be made tactile in a variety of ways, including but not limited to:
* writing in "puff" ink
* writing in glue and sprinkling a texture over it
* using a stylus for freehand embossing on heavy paper or foil.
It might even be possible to do Braille calligraphy, but that would take some serious creativity. *ponder* Maybe something like gluing seed beads around a twisted ribbon. You can get fine silk ribbon for embroidery.
If there's a guy who makes whole paintings with the raised-outline method, there's no reason you couldn't do textured calligraphy. I bet vision-impaired audiences would really enjoy something like that.
Re: Well ...
Date: 2017-10-11 07:09 pm (UTC)Especially since we tend to be able to do it with adult beveratges, too. We've been told several times that we mix awesome drinks. I still wouldn't want ot tend a bar-we tend to need to take our time sometimes.
Calligraphy can be made tactile in a variety of ways, including but not limited to:
* writing in "puff" ink
* writing in glue and sprinkling a texture over it
* using a stylus for freehand embossing on heavy paper or foil.
It might even be possible to do Braille calligraphy, but that would take some serious creativity. *ponder* Maybe something like gluing seed beads around
a twisted ribbon. You can get fine silk ribbon for embroidery.
If there's a guy who makes whole paintings with the raised-outline method, there's no reason you couldn't do textured calligraphy. I bet vision-impaired
audiences would really enjoy something like that.
...weeel crap-we were thinking of trying to paint with oils-and the only reason we haven't is becave no oils with witch to practice, let along the acrilics/other paints with which to start)...so I don't see why we couldn't do something like that.
Though learning standard print would be our first thing-since we used Braille our entire lives we weren't really taught print, though we explored it on our own wit the big Fisher Price letters.
-Fallon~
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Date: 2017-10-11 07:34 pm (UTC)So do it at parties. It'd be fun for you, popular with other guests, and a good host could find you a quiet corner to work in where you could enjoy a little interaction without getting mobbed.
I've seen it at cons in the green room. Not just with alcohol or coffee -- one time there was a guy making fresh salsa and other veggie things. He largely stayed in the back of the kitchen-corner behind a counter, while other volunteers passed stuff back and forth. It kept the weight off him. Talk about being mobbed, you could eat out of that green room all con long, which we mostly did. <3
>> ...weeel crap-we were thinking of trying to paint with oils-and the only reason we haven't is becave no oils with witch to practice, let along the acrilics/other paints with which to start)...so I don't see why we couldn't do something like that.<<
Yay! I'm glad I could give you ideas. When it comes to paint, you can start with just one tube. Normally I'd say two for color mixing, but unless you can see at least colors, you'll be working primarily with texture, so one would do. Oil paint is best for sculptural work; acrylic will do but it dries a lot faster. That may be an asset at first because you'll need to feel what you're doing. Plus acrylic is way cheaper.
>> Though learning standard print would be our first thing-since we used Braille our entire lives we weren't really taught print, though we explored it on our own wit the big Fisher Price letters. <<
I highly recommend using the Montessori method. You'll probably want to have someone make the materials because buying them is ruinously expensive. But the writing education is extremely tactile -- they use sand trays, tracing cards, sandpaper letters, etc. You might want something that'll hold its shape better than dry sand or salt, such as "moon sand" or clay. But the sandpaper letters are perfect. Once you learn the basic shapes, you can just redo your alphabet in a calligraphic font.
Re: Well ...
Date: 2017-10-11 06:06 pm (UTC)(Besides, the crossover between "geek" and "foodie" is HUGE. :D )
Re: Well ...
Date: 2017-10-11 06:16 pm (UTC)"Praise to Caffeina ..."
I made an altar figure of her once from polymer clay. She is coffee-brown with long flowing hair. Two arms hold a bean above her head. The other two hold a coffee pot and a mug.
While I don't care for the taste of coffee, I love the smell. It just makes me smile in the morning. For a while we had a housemate who, although vexing in some other ways, routinely made coffee in the morning which was very nice.
>> (Tea is much the same way....) <<
I will definitely splurge on high-quality tea. But when it comes to brewing, I usually just throw it in the microwave. I have a fancy brewer, but I discovered that's it rarely worth the bother of using. I can't taste much of a difference there. I can taste the difference between high and low quality tea, and have definite favorite brands. Not all of them are expensive, though -- I like a lot of the Celestial Seasonings stuff.
>> (Besides, the crossover between "geek" and "foodie" is HUGE. :D ) <<
It's not a crossover, it's a subdivision. Foodies are geeks who do edible science.
That raises an interesting question about geekdom, though, between love of something, innate knacks, and the use of technology. I tend to think that nerd is more about love, and geek is more about skill and tech. Certainly I can do things with food that most people can't or won't, but I'm not in there with a blowtorch or a pearler. Of course, the kitchen gizmologists usually aren't in theirs invoking hearth goddesses whilst kicking the fairies out of the way. ;)
Re: Well ...
Date: 2017-10-11 06:58 pm (UTC)Ummmm, I would pay good money for a Caffeinia. Am seriously considering a Geek's Altar to Her... Herself as the centrepiece, with all the accoutrement necessary to make her Offering, on something like a baker's rack... gizmos up top (brewer(s), scale, grinder(s), kettle, mugs, and the Coffee itself below, in enclosed space where it's nice and cool and dark...
(and, yeah, she and Pele get along *just* fine. See also, Kona... without Pele and her Mountains, there would not be Coffee as we know it. The best stuff grows in volcanic soil...)