Red cabbage, sliced, sauteed --
brainlike whorls
vinegared to purple velvet.
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Who was Cassandra?
In the Iliad, she is described as the loveliest of the daughters of Priam (King of Troy), and gifted with prophecy. The god Apollo loved her, but she spurned him. As a punishment, he decreed that no one would ever believe her. So when she told her fellow Trojans that the Greeks were hiding inside the wooden horse...well, you know what happened.
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November 27, 2009
A Change of State
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Wonderful!
Posted by: Dale | November 27, 2009 at 08:04 PM
What could be more beautiful?
Posted by: patryfrancis@comcast.net | November 27, 2009 at 09:50 PM
That photo looks like a Renaissance painting. Beautiful!
Posted by: maria | November 27, 2009 at 11:03 PM
I pretty much love every image & prose that come up on my reader, but goodness.
This is fabulous. Hail the cabbage!
Thank you, Beth!
Posted by: Deb | November 28, 2009 at 12:32 AM
You are *here.*
Posted by: Deb | November 28, 2009 at 12:34 AM
Fantastic, Beth!
Posted by: Marja-Leena | November 28, 2009 at 02:58 AM
Thanks, Dale!
Patry, Happy Thanksgiving! I agree - this cabbage seemed so lovely I didn't want to cook it, and every slice was a new pleasure.
Hi Maria, I'm really glad you liked it!
Thanks, Deb, for this and the previous comment! I'm really glad you're enjoying the blog. My first attempts at a poem to go with this cabbage all included something like "your brainlike whorls/stop my thoughts" - because it was exactly that, the realization that the chopping and cooking had been very meditative and put me into a state of sensory awareness and relative non-thinking. But the poem didn't work that way, so I cut the second part - which makes it even better to know you "got" it anyway!
Thanks, Marja-Leena, and happy Thanksgiving all over again!
Posted by: Beth | November 28, 2009 at 12:14 PM
A beautiful pairing.
Posted by: Dick | November 28, 2009 at 01:01 PM
Thanks for reminding me how much beauty I overlook each day, Beth.
Posted by: loren | November 28, 2009 at 04:27 PM