chard, twittering, shower

The chard known as ruby chard. The stems, which take longer to cook than the leaves, which resemble spinach, are best cooked separately. After blanching the leaves, I sometimes add them to a frying pan where onions are beginning to caramelise and cook the two together for a while.

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It never occurred to me to twitter, until I read Dave Bonta's post in via negativa, on micro-poetry. He points out that haiku and the 31 syllable tanka both fit snugly into the 140 character Twitter format. It occurs to that the apophthegm - brief, pointed and practical - is another attractive possibility to engage twitterers. I suspect that Twitter is not intended for such rarified activity, but the format should be seen as a challenge rather than as a receptacle for idle doodling. I recommend Dave's post and the examples he gives of the sort of material suitable for twittering. For instance: "For me neither the honey nor the bee", which somehow resonates with opportunities to vary the usual, to twitter for example.

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Sitting under sunshades outside Sankey's at lunchtime, the rain suddenly tumbles down with tropical intensity. We manage to remain dry, just; though the rain is rushing through holes in the umbrella. I watch Heidi nursing her Sauvignon Blanc and remember G K Chesterton:

"And Noah said to his wife as he sat down to dine,

I don't mind where the water goes, if it doesn't get into the wine.