BOOM !
You take a good Wolf River apple
preferably that juicy variety
obtained on a Saturday ride a half hour
south of Waukesha out East Avenue
to Ela Orchard, Rochester
a 3rd generation family connected
to my son in law
(small plug)
If you reach in the bag
and pull out a Wolf River big one
with a heart on the peel
so much the better for influence
Core out the center leaving a cavity
in which to pack in brown sugar, raisins;
a bit of ground clove, and a snippet of rum
are optional,
Place apple in a microwave oven
for, say 5 minutes. Experiment with a bit more
Allow a minute after the nuclear blast to meld the flavors
An Ela Wolf River apple will literally explode
in the old covered Corning-ware casserole
we use ~
💘 EAT
^,^
Bespangled Behemoth
I have on my screensaver and will feature in the Raccoon an
underwater picture I took in the 70s and much later decided to amplify my
recollection with computer-drawn-in snapped fishing lures - of a Northern Pike
in Lake Lundgren near Pembine WI. See attached versification. I changed the
lake name.
This lurking in the depth of the lake giant dragging
its accumulation of what amounted to a breastplate of lures that caught filtered
yet bright sunrays ~
flashes of residual still-there color on the lures
caught my face-plated eyes before the fish did actually ~
gave me just a passing glimpse of a great battle to
live. To survive the death-dealing trinketry attached to strong, but not strong
enough, lure linage. The fish bit through these invasions of his peace every time.
One supposes the stubborn finned one met an eventual
end by the overcoming weight of his e'r lurid armor.
But what a fight !
^,^
Two classmates
of the Waukesha High School
- class of 1954 -
enjoy the peace and tranquility of Frame Park
which is under threat, contrary to the bequest
of the late philanthropist,
Waukesha's Andrew Frame
that the park be set aside for a wide and open green space
next to the Fox River that flows through Waukesha.
Developers have their eyes on the White Rock corridor,
counting on the changing times in the community
allowing passage of a professional lease for a baseball stadium
going in the west end of Frame's reserve.
We WHS 1954ans may have by virtue of age
some blindness, like the cat with just one eye that sees,
'BLINDY' the beloved
Ela Orchard former barn cat -
now a welcome in-house older resident.
But we are clear-eyed, and
with a gathered group of
"Friends of Frame Park"
WE OPPOSE THIS,
YOUNGSTERS AND OLDSTERS ALIKE
^,^
Imagine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8kpnhxoGYw
