Corneliagracchi

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Opinionated Old Lady, Doting Grandma, Retired History teacher, Gardener, Book Hoarder, Traveller (vicariously of late), #AncientHistory #Environment #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #UrbanFarming #FoodInsecurity #Immigration #VotingRights
just spent some time under this absolute legend of a #MoretonBayFig #tree   #treesofmastodon #lovemyhood
September 21, 2024

On Thursday, September 19, the day after the Federal Reserve began to lower interest rates two and a half years after it began to raise them to get inflation under control, President Joe Biden spoke to the Economic Club of Washington, D.C., a nonprofit, nonpartisan forum where leaders from around the world can speak to larger questions about the global economy.

Letters from an American

WOW! The oldest wine ever discovered in liquid form was found in an urn with #Roman remains in southern Spain.
The reddish-brown liquid found in an untouched 2,000-year-old Roman tomb is a local, sherry-like wine. 🍷🍷

👉https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/jun/18/oldest-wine-ever-discovered-in-liquid-form-found-in-urn-with-roman-remains

#RomanArchaeology

Oldest wine ever discovered in liquid form found in urn with Roman remains

Reddish-brown liquid found in untouched 2,000-year-old Roman tomb is a local, sherry-like wine

The Guardian

It's late (there are reasons), and personal, and a bit of a 'cri de coeur'. This one hurt to write:

https://loreandordure.com/2024/05/30/covid-stole-my-medlar-jelly/

COVID Stole My Medlar Jelly

A couple of days late, sorry: this one is a bit more personal than usual. About health and sickness, hopes, broken dreams, and making preserves.

Lore and Ordure

The names of 15,000 children killed in #Gaza will be read aloud in Berlin tomorrow.

https://lithub.com/the-names-of-15000-children-killed-in-gaza-will-be-read-aloud-in-berlin-tomorrow/

The names of 15,000 children killed in Gaza will be read aloud in Berlin tomorrow.

Faced with the German media’s failure to inform, and the subsequent silence surrounding the horrific death tolls of so many innocent victims, we want to speak aloud: our frustration, our outrage, o…

Literary Hub

Those who survived Israel’s deadly bombardment now have to contend with the rising environmental disaster in Gaza’s displacement camps, including insect infestations, dangerous amounts of garbage and human waste, and the spread of infectious disease.

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/05/palestinians-in-gazas-displacement-camps-face-rampant-disease-due-to-destroyed-infrastructure/

#Palestine #Israel #Gaza
@palestine @israel

Palestinians in Gaza’s displacement camps face rampant disease due to destroyed infrastructure

Those who survived Israel’s deadly bombardment now have to contend with the rising environmental disaster in Gaza’s displacement camps, including insect infestations, dangerous amounts of garbage and human waste, and the spread of infectious disease.

Mondoweiss
Kolonos, last month. Cropped and colour-adjusted. #Athens #RuinsOfAthens #architecture #urbanism #UrbanHistory #UrbanPhotography
Apple blossom #BloomScrolling

Flowering #Borage #plants (own).

I love borage so much. Grows well in poor soil, with tiny blue star-shaped flowers all summer that bees love.

The #flowers are edible, but tricky to pick without damaging them (pinch the black centre, and twist).

They look nice in salads and on cakes, but wither fast unless chilled.. so they're best in drinks!
Mint leaves/borage / ice / drink. Or floating in wine glasses (they turn pink!)

#photooftheday #forest #photography #herbs #garden #bee #nature #botany

It’s wild asparagus season again #food #cooking