Slow Match- a rope of braided hemp, often infused with gunpowder that slowly burned like a candle wick and was applied to the cannon’s touch hole in order to fire it. Sponge- a damp sheepskin sponge attached to a wooden rod’s end or rope end used to extinguish any smoldering residue ...
I literally just sat down from making jalapeno cowboy candy. I’m kinda sorta addicted to it and the house smells divine. My three cattle panel arched trellises are dripping with green beans, cucumbers and little French melons. Just like the ones on youtube, lol. I guess I’m surprised ...
The Dog of Maol-Mor, whom he heard of, bids him to stay the night. He does. The next morning, the dog is grateful because he took what’s offered and didn’t mock him. So he says Covan can call on him for aid. The next day, the cows end up on a barren plain. The raven o...
it was a scene that i have only seen on television and have never experienced. the smells and the colors and the bustle of people was unbelievable. we passed markets and vendors and mosques and temples and soup kitchens and luxury hotels. we stopped at a road-side cart selling chai tea ...
I only wish I could give you the sounds of the people in the piazza and smells emanating from the many pasticcerias. I shall surely miss this chaotic, picturesque and crowded city of Napoli. I rather liked it. Napoli has personality. Napoli is spunky. I like spunk! (full disclosure – ...
Check out that candle! It's huge! Settle down, Exusiai. The air smells so sickly sweet, I feel like I want to puke. Mmm... we oughta get ourselves a booth here next time. I bet we'd make a bundle! Texas, have you heard from the boss? Not yet. He's probably passed out drunk...
She knew the way to the kitchens, but her nose would have led her there even if she hadn’t. Hot peppers and fried fish, she decided, sniffing down the hall, and bread fresh from Umma’s oven. The smells made her belly rumble. The night wolf had feasted, but that would not fill...
We must never, never have any cooking that smells; we must never have anything fried; we must just have plain things. Oh! I dare not think any more. Mother once said to me, ‘If your father ever, ever finds out, Sylvia, that you have deceived him, all, all will be up.’ I ...
Hot peppers and fried fish, she decided14, sniffing15 down the hall, and bread fresh from Umma’s oven. The smells made her belly16 rumble17. The night wolf had feasted, but that would not fill the blind girl’s belly. Dream meat could not nourish her, she had learned that early ...
And they come with a candle for Sauin. It's still the same old man, but with the kids gone I'm going to start using the ? portrait for him. Hmm... We're in no hurry. The night is young. Ho ho. And so are you. You two must be here for the downtown Carnival. (Mostima, ...