Coffee trees are pruned
short to conserve their energy and aid in harvesting, but can grow to more than
30 feet (9 meters) high. Each tree is
covered with green, waxy leaves growing opposite each other in pairs. Coffee cherries grow along the branches. Because it grows in a continuous cycle, it’s
not unusual to see flowers, green fruit and ripe fruit simultaneously on a
single tree. It takes nearly a year for
a cherry to mature after first flowering, and about 5 years of growth to reach
full fruit production. While coffee
plants can live up to 100 years, they are generally the most productive between
the ages of 7 and 20. Proper care can
maintain and even increase their output over the years, depending on the
variety. The average coffee tree
produces 10 pounds of coffee cherry per year, or 2 pounds of green beans. All commercially grown coffee is from a
region of the world called the Coffee Belt.
The trees grow best in rich soil, with mild temperatures, frequent rain
and shaded sun. Coffee traces its origin
to a genus of plants known as Coffea.
Within the genus there are over 500 genera and 6,000 species of tropical trees
and shrubs. Experts estimate that there
are anywhere from 25 to 100 species of coffee plants. The genus was first described in the 18th
century by the Swedish botanist, Carolus Linneaus, who also described Coffea
Arabica in his Species Plantarum in 1753.
Botanists have disagreed ever since on the exact classification, since
coffee plants can range widely. http://www.ncausa.org/about-coffee/what-is-coffee
cuppa joe A cup of coffee (where "cuppa" is a colloquial contraction of "cup of"). Though the true origin is unknown, "joe" as a synonym for coffee is theorized to either be a shortening of "jamoke" (a combination of Java and Mocha, two major suppliers of coffee beans), or as a reference to it being the drink of the ordinary man (i.e., the "average joe"). Primarily heard in US, South Africa. https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/cuppa+joe
John Ernst Steinbeck (1902–1968) was
an American writer. Born in Salinas,
California, Steinbeck spent most of his life in Monterey County. After dropping out of Stanford University, he
worked as a manual laborer to support himself as a freelance writer. John Steinbeck is widely known for the comic
novel Tortilla Flat (1935), novella Of Mice and Men (1937), and for the
Pulitzer Prize-winning and his finest novel The Grapes of Wrath (1935). The Grapes of Wrath has sold more than 14
million copies in the past 75 years. In
1962, Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize for Literature. Other significant works are Cannery Row
(1945), In Dubious Battle (1936), The Red Pony (1937), and East of Eden
(1952). During his lifetime, Steinbeck
wrote over twenty books, including sixteen novels, six non-fiction books, and
several collections of short stories.
Quotes: Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them,
and pretty soon you have a dozen. Interview with Robert van Gelder (April 1947) Power
does not corrupt. Fear corrupts . . .
perhaps the fear of a loss of power. The Short Reign of Pippin IV (1957) Literature
is as old as speech. It grew out of
human need for it, and it has not changed except to become more needed. Nobel
Prize acceptance speech (December 10, 1962)
Read more quotes at https://www.magicalquote.com/70-great-john-steinbeck-quotes/
According
to the National Peanut Board, Dr. George Washington Carver developed more than 300
products from the humble peanut. They
include face powder, shampoo, paper, shaving cream, hand lotion, insecticides,
glue, charcoal, rubber, nitroglycerin, plastics, and axle grease. https://www.almanac.com/news/home-health/natural-living/best-uses-peanut-butter
January 21-24, 2020 “The liberated word
is a marvelous thing.” Meghan Cox Gurdon on the history—and importance—of oral storytelling. | Lit
Hub At the annual National Cowboy Poetry
Gathering, ranch hands, rodeo riders, and poets of all varieties gather to
redefine what it means
to be a cowboy in the modern era.| Alta In which Mary Norris, Comma Queen, unpacks milk (and its place at
the impeachment trial). | The New Yorker
https://lithub.com/
January 21, 2020 Plan your year in books and
birthdays with our 2020 calendar of noteworthy literary events. | Lit
Hub Luke Geddes picks 10 books
about obsessed
audiophiles, maniacal collectors, and crime-solving musicians. |
CrimeReads Zed author
Joanna Kavenna recommends five great works of absurdist fiction, from Virginia Woolf's Orlando to
Philip K. Dick's Ubik. | Book Marks Dutch art sleuth Arthur Brand—AKA “the
Indiana Jones of the Art World”—has recovered a
stolen 15th-century book by the Persian poet Hafez. | International
Business Times https://lithub.com/
Frankenstein is a
1910 film made by Edison Studios.
It was written and directed by J. Searle
Dawley. This 14-minute short
film was the first motion picture adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The unbilled cast included Augustus
Phillips as Dr.
Frankenstein, Charles Ogle as Frankenstein's monster, and Mary Fuller as
the doctor's fiancée. Dawley, working for the Edison Company, shot the film
in three to four days at the Edison Studios in the Bronx, New York City. The
production was deliberately designed to de-emphasize the horrific aspects of
the story and focus on the story's mystical and psychological elements. Alois
F. Dettlafff had a 35 mm preservation copy made in the late 1970s. He also
issued a DVD release
of 1,000 copies. BearManor Media
released the public domain film in a restored edition
on March 18, 2010 alongside the novel, Edison's Frankenstein, which was
written by Frederick C. Wiebel, Jr. In
2016, the film society of the University of Geneva undertook their
own restoration of the film, with image restoration by Julien Dumoulin and an
original soundtrack by Nicolas Hafner, performed on a Wurlitzer theatre organ located
at College Claparède. The restored
version of the film was shown on 10 October 2016. On November 15, 2018, in recognition of Mary
Shelly's bicentennial, the Library of Congress announced via a blog
post that they had completed a full restoration of the short film, having
purchased the Dettlaff collection in 2014.
The restoration was made available to the general public for streaming
and downloading via their YouTube channel and online National Screening Room, as
well as in the blog post announcing the restoration's completion. Frankenstein was
among the earlier silent films to have an associated cue sheet, providing suggested
musical accompaniment. See suggested
accompaniment and link to a video of the film at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein_(1910_film)
Romance The Browne Popular Culture Library at
Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio holds a wide range of
romance materials from novels to valentines.
The collection includes more than 10,000 volumes of category romance
series from publishers such as Harlequin, Silhouette, Loveswept, Candlelight,
Ecstasy, and others. The holdings also
include a sizable collection of mass market novels, including Georgian,
regency, gothic, contemporary, and historicals. See More
https://www.bgsu.edu/library/pcl.html
Tahini is a paste made from
sesame seeds and is a
staple in many cuisines, especially in the Mediterranean and Middle East. It’s vegan, gluten-free, tastes nutty, and is
simple to make. Store-bought tahini is
usually made from hulled sesame seeds.
This is our preference, too, but you can make it from unhulled and
sprouted sesame seeds. You only need THREE ingredients to make tahini: sesame seeds, oil and salt. Adam Gallagher Find directions and pictures at https://www.inspiredtaste.net/26901/easy-tahini-recipe/
FEBRUARY 12 BIRTHDAYS OF
NOTABLE PEOPLE OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY 1602 – Michelangelo Cerquozzi, Italian painter (d.
1660); 1606 – John Winthrop the Younger,
English-American lawyer and politician, Governor of Connecticut (d.
1676); 1637 – Jan Swammerdam,
Dutch biologist and zoologist (d. 1680);
1663 – Cotton Mather,
English-American minister and author (d. 1728);
1665 – Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, German botanist
and physician (d. 1721) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_12
The best thing about
Parasite winning an Academy Award is that it made Americans read for two
hours. Karen Chee Late Night with Seth Myers February 10, 2020 Parasite, a
satire, is the first film from South Korea and first film in non-English to win
an Oscar for best picture.
Chocolate
Pudding for One https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/chocolate-pudding-for-one/
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February 12, 2020
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