http://mynepenthebook.com/2009/10/henry-miller-and-the-quince-tree/ Tue, 20 Dec 2011 03:55:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://mynepenthebook.com/2009/10/henry-miller-and-the-quince-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-2651 John Hunter Mon, 08 Nov 2010 01:44:40 +0000 http://mynepenthebook.com/?p=1264#comment-2651 Once of the most enjoyable aspects of writing and reading is the sense of conversation that it evokes. The writer can be from another country and culture (as in this case), may have written sometime in the past and may even be long dead (not, it seems, in this case). I remember quince trees from my childhood where we ate the fruit straight off the tree with a sprinkling of salt to ease the taste. Occasionally we would have stewed quinces for dessert, prepared with cupfuls of sugar, but not often as sugar was somewhat of a luxury at the time. What bought me to your site was a Google search where I was looking for information about a domain I have recently purchased. I intend to use it in an attempt to organize my boxes of material on THE FAMILY TREE. I read somewhere that if the Garden of Eden did in fact exist and it was somewhere in the Middle East then the tree could not have been an apple tree and was most likely a quince tree. There are many delicacies to be found all through that region where the quince is endemic. Perhaps you could explore some of those? Once of the most enjoyable aspects of writing and reading is the sense of conversation that it evokes. The writer can be from another country and culture (as in this case), may have written sometime in the past and may even be long dead (not, it seems, in this case).
I remember quince trees from my childhood where we ate the fruit straight off the tree with a sprinkling of salt to ease the taste. Occasionally we would have stewed quinces for dessert, prepared with cupfuls of sugar, but not often as sugar was somewhat of a luxury at the time.
What bought me to your site was a Google search where I was looking for information about a domain I have recently purchased. I intend to use it in an attempt to organize my boxes of material on THE FAMILY TREE.
I read somewhere that if the Garden of Eden did in fact exist and it was somewhere in the Middle East then the tree could not have been an apple tree and was most likely a quince tree. There are many delicacies to be found all through that region where the quince is endemic. Perhaps you could explore some of those?

]]> http://mynepenthebook.com/2009/10/henry-miller-and-the-quince-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-321 Quince Jelly | Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:07:04 +0000 http://mynepenthebook.com/?p=1264#comment-321 [...] mentioned in an earlier post about Henry Miller, I first came across a quince tree while living for one magical year in his Big Sur house. The old [...] [...] mentioned in an earlier post about Henry Miller, I first came across a quince tree while living for one magical year in his Big Sur house. The old [...]

]]> http://mynepenthebook.com/2009/10/henry-miller-and-the-quince-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-320 Mary Stewart Anthony Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:38:49 +0000 http://mynepenthebook.com/?p=1264#comment-320 Nani, so good to trace the beginnings to its very roots, and in this case, sweetened by quince. Your style is warmly inviting, like an open door to your kitchen, and evocative, embellished with lovely images, and quick sketches of people. Wonderful stuff, this stuff of life that runs through us, and swirls around us. So glad you started putting pen to paper then, and giving tribute to the heritage of time, place and people given to you by God. You are a shining light for Big Sur, like your cousin Erin. Check out the new look of my blog, and let me know what you think. Love you, Mary Nani, so good to trace the beginnings to its very roots, and in this case, sweetened by quince. Your style is warmly inviting, like an open door to your kitchen, and evocative, embellished with lovely images, and quick sketches of people.
Wonderful stuff, this stuff of life that runs through us, and swirls around us. So glad you started putting pen to paper then, and giving tribute to the heritage of time, place and people given to you by God.
You are a shining light for Big Sur, like your cousin Erin.
Check out the new look of my blog, and let me know what you think.
Love you, Mary

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