tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post4344579647638593237..comments2024-03-28T23:22:41.774-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): Isabella and the pot of basilMinnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-5698417767724237452022-07-27T11:11:13.737-05:002022-07-27T11:11:13.737-05:00Is that the people version of cats at a catnip pla...Is that the people version of cats at a catnip plant?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-74080994515438817282022-07-26T16:05:04.130-05:002022-07-26T16:05:04.130-05:00Columnar basil is not a culinary herb. It's ve...Columnar basil is not a culinary herb. It's very nice to have in a pot on the patio. While passing the time with friends, pick off a leaf and crush it gently with your fingertips. Sniff the leaf from time to time. The senses are engaged.Thaliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02910577070136404709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-17269446745914903662022-07-26T16:03:36.770-05:002022-07-26T16:03:36.770-05:00Interesting blog. Bookmarked. :-)Interesting blog. Bookmarked. :-)Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-35839111404653528232022-07-26T14:48:53.894-05:002022-07-26T14:48:53.894-05:00I've also never run into the Keats poem, but I...I've also never run into the Keats poem, but I'm a huge fan of the pre-Raphaelites so I've come across two of the paintings and checked out the story.<br />Related, you may find this of interest:<br /><br />"An Italian, through the oft smelling of an hearb called Basil, had a Scorpion bred in his braine, which did not only a long time grieve him, but also at the last killed him... Take heede therefore ye smellers of Basil."<br /><br />Thomas Lupton, A Thousand Notable Things (1595)<br /><br />Take heede therefore ye smellers of Basil<br />http://vaviper.blogspot.com/2014/06/pertinent-to-discussion-about-herb.html<br />Witt's Endhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04505106934467289492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-84471461007906340342022-07-26T08:41:17.415-05:002022-07-26T08:41:17.415-05:00Excellent. I've excerpted one segment to inse...Excellent. I've excerpted one segment to insert as an addendum to the post. Thanks, Bob.Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-58104720591431462532022-07-26T06:55:02.333-05:002022-07-26T06:55:02.333-05:00I immediately thought of Boccaccio when I saw the ...I immediately thought of Boccaccio when I saw the picture, and was a bit surprised to find you citing Keats; I'd never read his poem. Interesting!<br />SandraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-9303338134488332122022-07-26T05:28:01.185-05:002022-07-26T05:28:01.185-05:00Easy location for the Decameron Isabella: https://...Easy location for the Decameron Isabella: https://blobthescientist.blogspot.com/2020/04/decamertwo.html which I stripped off Project Gutenberg's John Florio Translation: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/52617/52617-h/52617-h.htm#The_three_Brethren_to_Isabella_slew_a_Gentleman_that_secretly_loved_her_HisBobTheScientisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02038631019672961663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-67734215894938724632022-07-25T19:05:05.445-05:002022-07-25T19:05:05.445-05:00Pasolini's version starts at 1;:10 here: https...Pasolini's version starts at 1;:10 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1LZEUcsZLAnycguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02799769428539687855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-15679752453038545262022-07-25T18:53:04.403-05:002022-07-25T18:53:04.403-05:00Keats got it from Boccaccio's Decameron, Day 4...Keats got it from Boccaccio's Decameron, Day 4 Novella 5. Dunno where Boccaccio got it from.nycguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02799769428539687855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-31132271128786567562022-07-25T17:52:52.080-05:002022-07-25T17:52:52.080-05:00By chance do you follow J. Kenji Lopez Alt? The on...By chance do you follow J. Kenji Lopez Alt? The onion burger has been a recent topic.MishaMPLSnoreply@blogger.com