Saturday, December 14, 2013

To the bookslot, soon

Desert America: Boom and Bust in the New Old West by Ruben Martinez:

"I find myself liking Lawrence...I read about him baking bread at the cabin in San Cristobal every day, and soon afterward I am at Walmart buying flour and yeast. I knead dough for the first time..."

(page 54 "Mornings In New Mexico")

http://labonnebouffonnerie.blogspot.com/2011/01/wet-kneading-sourdough-in-bowl.html


http://rudimentarian.wordpress.com/2011/01/28/snowstorm-sourdough-in-which-i-learn-air-kneading-and-humility/

"The Land of Enchantment is often represented as a land of three cultures in a sexy menage, but it is a rare day when Hispanos, Native Americans, and gringos sit down for a friendly beer at the casino."

(page 116 "In The Shadow of the Black Mesa")

http://donalupeskitchen.com/2011/12/celebrating-the-virgen-de-guadalupe/

"The new conversation was about recognizing that the acequia irrigation system was Moorish in origin and that the Virgen de Guadalupe, Mexico's Catholic patroness, was a composite of Spanish and Moorish and Amerindian dieties." 

(page 117 "In The Shadow of the Black Mesa")


http://www.daralislam.org/programs/retreats/womens-retreat/womens-retreat-gallery.aspx

"She picked up a bit from Carlos Castenada, a bit from Gloria Steinem, and some from Sandra Cisneros and Ana Castillo. She read A Course in Miracles and loved The Da Vinci Code and went to a church that Angela thought smacked of Scientology but Wilma insisted it wasn't, and what if it was?"

(page 209 "A Walk In The Woods")

http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/why-thoreau-wouldnt-drive-a-prius/

To be continued....

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