Parsing the Persimmon Tomato Colour Chord

 To some dishes - the joke -What did one grave say to the other? A: That looks good in you.- apply, everything looks good in this vintage Shelley lettuce dish, and here a case in point, a perfect colour chord orange and red, is chromatically delicious. There is nothing parsimonious about persimoning. 

Dear Diary - What is the Comma-tion About?

Yes, for those of you who have wrangled with errant ‘em-dashes, inserted apostrophe’s or deleted them for text not your own, this is the definite grammarian’s poetic license,  it is, in fact, a. Comma-tion, and this is so upbeat people have been seen dancing to it. Get yours from Ginnindera Press , unless your initials are IP in which case yours, as they say about the cheque, is in the mail. 

Farewell to Autumn - A Spoon and Maple Story

Autumn is over, all its red-brown leaves have gone to ground, as old spoons know each season has its measure,  as each patterned handle, each scoop gathers its patina of verdigris and oxidants.