Henry Ward Beecher | The Rambling Epicure

Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, February 23, 2011

Published by Jonell Galloway + Thursday, February 23, 2012 Permalink 0

by Simón de Swaan

No coffee can be good in the mouth that does not first send a sweet offering of odor to the nostrils.–Henry Ward Beecher

Henry Ward Beecher — brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin — was a prominent Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, abolitionist, and speaker in the mid to late 19th century. An 1875 adultery trial in which he was accused of having an affair with a married woman was one of the most notorious American trials of the 19th century.

A Thanksgiving Quote: The thankful heart sweeps through the day finding blessings

Published by Jonell Galloway + Thursday, November 24, 2011 Permalink 0

Happy Thanksgiving!

The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!— Henry Ward Beecher, American Congregationalist clergyman

Rosa’s Musings: Sachertorte, The Pride Of Vienna

Published by Jonell Galloway + Friday, November 4, 2011 Permalink 0

by Rosa Mayland

Colors burst in wild explosions
Fiery, flaming shades of fall
All in accord with my pounding heart
Behold the autumn-weaver
In bronze and yellow dying
Colors unfold into dreams
In hordes of a thousand and one
The bleeding
Unwearing their masks to the last notes of summer
Their flutes and horns in nightly swarming
Colors burst within
Spare me those unending fires
Bestowed upon the flaming shades of fall.
– Dark Tranquility, With the Flaming Shades of Fall

Each season has a significant impact on our behaviour and spirit. All four seasons impart a special mood as well as a certain rhythm to our existence. The explanation for that is very simple: no plant, animal or human being can break loose from the forceful and capricious powers of the Universe to which they are submitted and depend on. We just have to accept the fact that there is a greater plan (I’m not talking about God, but about the force behind the entirety of the cosmos) and that most of the time it completely escapes our understanding. There is no other choice for us than to cooperate with the elements in order to benefit from them. Fighting against them will get you nowhere. Save your vigor and be in harmony with them…

Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, September 19, 2011

Published by Jonell Galloway + Monday, September 19, 2011 Permalink 0

by Simón de Swaan

Why is not a rat as good as a rabbit? Why should men eat shrimps and neglect cockroaches?–Henry Ward Beecher, 1862

Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) was a prominent Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, abolitionist, and speaker in the mid- to late 19th century. An 1875 adultery trial in which he was accused of having an affair with a married woman was one of the most notorious American trials of the 19th century.