MOUNT LEAVES

 "What to Cook this Week?" The spring mix and arugula bags have been washed and mounted on cloth and paper to air dry; the calamansi fruits have been juiced in a mason jar; the Mana Foods wheat baguette cut up sandwich-ready and stored in the ice box (reheating in the toaster frozen bread comes...

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FOREST UNSEEN

Stay by the hearth, little cricket. You prefer me invisible, no more than a crisp salute far away from your silks and firewood and woolens.   — Rita Dove      Kahakapao Trail in upcountry is a nice hike, a 6-mile necklace loop inside a gorgeous forest of rainbow eucalyptus trees...

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FOOD RUN

On Maui provisions are overwhelming, you are given your neighbor's vegetables, year-round fruits come from coworkers' yard bursting at the seams in the bag in the office (take them, take them, take them), you get your basics at the health food store, and all comes out too plenty and you don't know what...

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A RETROSPECTIVE: WHITE KIMCHI

 REGENTROPFEN          For Sundur, the music man and my écologique friendHalf leaves-half blossomsin the magnoliano egoI've learned populatescreativitya nun monk saidwhileseasoning her whitekimchi with nature.Sitting on a stoneshe floats like Buddhaand...

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