Didn't know that stone soup existed. My grandmother's story was about a clean bone, but in the same ring of tone, not a begging but an ask, for no hierarchy to descend on the pure ritual of quenching the tooth of hunger. love the stone version of this. thank you!
Hey Ivy, I think it's a story where the main element changes across cultures and generations -- stone, bone -- it will probably be an iPhone or vape in generations to come!
What a special read Matt. 'clay, saffron, potato' made me smile - both for the accurate brilliance of the tones in the mind but also the sound of the words together.
Thank you, Mark. I love that our language is so confusing that we can have a hundred different colours of potato, but that we also immediately know what is meant when we describe something as potato-coloured!
Didn't know that stone soup existed. My grandmother's story was about a clean bone, but in the same ring of tone, not a begging but an ask, for no hierarchy to descend on the pure ritual of quenching the tooth of hunger. love the stone version of this. thank you!
Hey Ivy, I think it's a story where the main element changes across cultures and generations -- stone, bone -- it will probably be an iPhone or vape in generations to come!
What a special read Matt. 'clay, saffron, potato' made me smile - both for the accurate brilliance of the tones in the mind but also the sound of the words together.
Thank you, Mark. I love that our language is so confusing that we can have a hundred different colours of potato, but that we also immediately know what is meant when we describe something as potato-coloured!
Once again, thank you for the additions to my commonplace book. I may have to start a new volume just for you :).
Thanks so much for reading, Deborah. So glad you found something to take away.
"... stones that rest on top of stones..."
"...hair swept up and licking around her face like a laughter of flame..."
"...faces crumpled, folded in by forgivable pride."
Such lovely, alliterative language, Matt. I appreciate these fragments so much. I am glad I found you in this huge Substack universe.
That’s lovely to read, thank you, Sharron. This universe is definitely getting bigger and bigger!