Tag Archives: nature

In Algiers

Posted on January 18, 02009 by Fremont

DISCLAIMER & WARNING: If you are a rabid animal-rights-type vegetarian and/or don’t have a stomach for some less delicate events in life, please do not read this. . . I started using Twitter recently. I’ve been using Facebook since last … Continue reading →

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Naval gazing Thursday

Posted on October 23, 02008 by Fremont

It’s cold Not biting Smell’s burning outside I breathed it in here I did Deeply Head up, nose into it Ribs opened sideways And pulled it in Coals glow there Something plastic thrown in the fire and melts on a … Continue reading →

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It’s a big cairn out there

Posted on October 22, 02008 by Fremont

This concludes the cairn series, until and unless the urban-cairn maker decides to throw some more rocks together. Until then..

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Haven’t got a cairn in the world

Posted on October 21, 02008 by Fremont

Bonne chance..

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Cairn free

Posted on October 20, 02008 by Fremont

Ciao..

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Urban cairn

Posted on October 19, 02008 by Fremont

Bon nuit..

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Les fleurs

Posted on October 3, 02008 by Fremont

À bientôt..

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To the pumpkin ball

Posted on October 2, 02008 by Fremont

Tic tic toc tic tic toc..

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From the pumpkin patch

Posted on October 1, 02008 by Fremont

Tic toc tic toc..

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Weekend nuptials

Posted on September 30, 02008 by Fremont

My little sister’s mawwidge is this Saturday. All week I’ve been going at a pace I haven’t for some time. There’s preparing for the weekly skewering in class on Thursday, then there’s all the primping and preparing to take care … Continue reading →

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A baguette request

Posted on September 29, 02008 by Fremont

Going through more stuff, things, papers and piles. I found an entry I wrote during a trip to Monhegan Island back in, I think it was 01994. It was my second time there to stay with a friend and her … Continue reading →

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Very good dogs eat poulet

Posted on September 28, 02008 by Fremont

Sometimes two dogs, especially two poodles, swap notes in misbehaving. Or the same two poodles work out a new routine in waking someone (me) up. Or they learn a new song that they perform in sneezes and coughs to get … Continue reading →

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Hustle to Flow

Posted on September 16, 02008 by Fremont

There’s a new must-see environmental documentary, Flow, that opened this week. The trailer is available here: Watching just the trailer made me cringe. It’s the guilty conscience sort of cringe. Imagine how I’ll feel Thursday night walking out of the … Continue reading →

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Keeping it honest

Posted on September 14, 02008 by Fremont

I know. It’s been a while since Daily Prandium’s been hidden from public view. After the trip to California back in May, I decided to take the pressure off of daily posting. For most of the summer, the posts went … Continue reading →

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Quiet labor

Posted on September 1, 02008 by Fremont

I spent the weekend in town, namely because my car’s still at the body shop, and also because the new roommate moved in yesterday. So there was much to do and I’m still doing it at time of tapping this. … Continue reading →

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Weddings

Posted on August 31, 02008 by Fremont

These have been an interesting past few days. After the autopilot mode that found me the perfect dress and an eBay auction win that sent the perfect pair of shoes into the snail post on their merry way to me, … Continue reading →

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Thrifty? Prandium.

Posted on August 30, 02008 by Fremont

This here was transcribed and cleaned up from ink marks in my notebook.. Wow. What I am eating for my midday meal today. I must ink this. Out of pocket (mine), I maybe spent about thirty cents for my afternoon … Continue reading →

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A celebratory seltzer

Posted on August 18, 02008 by Fremont

This seltzer is dedicated to a recently minted peanut. And to the little peanut Q, an IOU for seltzers—in a cone or in a dish, whichever as you wish—as soon as your little hands can hold them. Buen provecho..

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The incredible readable Eggcyclopedia

Posted on May 29, 02008 by Fremont

One of the resources I use when writing lists the American Egg Board’s Eggcyclopedia in the bibliography. This is my new favourite resource of the week. It provides detailed information for all things egg related, from air cell to foam, … Continue reading →

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Summer intersession free read

Posted on May 28, 02008 by Fremont

During winter and summer breaks, I can get around to the pile of books there’s no time to read during the class terms. I call these intersession free reads. Since my work schedule for the summer just changed, I finally … Continue reading →

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Blueberry pancakes and senseless self-promotion

Posted on April 30, 02008 by Fremont

After a meeting with a fella from my department, I followed a craving for blueberry pancakes to Coffee in the West Village. This is one of the exceptions to my no blueberries except from New Jersey in July rule. I’ll … Continue reading →

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A good prandium

Posted on April 29, 02008 by Fremont

For those of you still wondering what the hades prandium is, here is a pretty near-perfect picture of one. The natural lighting is just about spot on too. I’m still crunching, like a hard pretzel, through tomorrow night. For those … Continue reading →

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Rain days

Posted on April 28, 02008 by Fremont

The monsu and its residents seem to be enjoying their new locale. Rain days in Gotham are perfect for staying in and getting work done. If it rains straight through the 13th, is fine with me. I won’t feel guilty … Continue reading →

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Fruitarian in Siberian spring

Posted on April 23, 02008 by Fremont

02007 vintage cold storage apples have seen their days. Please don’t make me eat another one, with their puckering skins and flesh turned to meal. A monsu from the last bunch I bought at the Morningside greenmarket’s been sitting on … Continue reading →

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A fiddlehead fancy

Posted on April 21, 02008 by Fremont

On a warm, variably sunny and cloudy Sunday afternoon in April, along a swampy riverbank somewhere upstate, a girl and her two poodles, a Slow Foodist from Munich, a wacky naturalist foraging guide, and a bunch of amature foragers went … Continue reading →

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Reading the A train

Posted on April 21, 02008 by Fremont

The MTA and Poetry Society select poems, as part of the Poetry in Motion program, to post on Gotham’s beloved metro system. One from this years’ selections includes an excerpt from In My Craft and Sullen Art by Dylan Thomas. … Continue reading →

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Ssh, I’m foraging fiddleheads

Posted on April 20, 02008 by Fremont

Daily Prandium is off this morning to forage with Wildman Steve Brill. Today is the big day. We should find fiddlehead ferns, among other rare and delightful wild edibles. Will report back this evening. Ciao for niao..

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