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"Organ of Rifles"
Ah! what a sound will rise, how wild and dreary,
When the death-angel touches those swift keys
What loud lament and dismal Miserere
Will mingle with their awful symphonies
-stanza from Longfellow’s poem “The Arsenal at Springfield”
BOAR BRAISE
2 lbs. wild boar shoulder, butchered to 2″ cubes
4 c. mirepoix, lg dice
2 new crop apples, gala or honeycrisp
1 bunch thyme
3 T. stone ground mustard
1 c. white wine
8 c. chicken stock
2 bay leaves
6 peppercorns
2 c. apple cider
2 T. kosher salt
4. oz. pure olive oil
Carmelize boar meat in a hot pan until deep golden brown on all sides. Place meat in braising pan. Add mirepoix to the same pan, and carmelize on medium heat, careful not to scorch the fond. Deglaze with white wine. Bring to a simmer. Reduce by half. Add applecider, mustard, and remaining ingredients, including chicken stock. Bring to a simmer and pour over boar in braising pan. Cover with foil and braise for 3 1/2 hours at 325 degrees.
Remove meat from braise. It should be falling-apart tender. Strain braising liquid through fine mesh strainer and reserve.
It was night, all night.
it was day, all day, morning,
Musk ox is asleep
Stanza from 13 Ways of Looking at a Musk Ox by Agustin Ramirez
One of the great things about heading out with your camera is finding the unexpected. I was hiking by a river, scouting for another project, when I stumbled upon this abandoned Plymouth Belvedere. I think it is a 1954 Belvedere, but not certain of that. It is quite well preserved, considering it had been sitting here for uncounted years. The doors were locked, windows shut. I’ll be following up with a revisit to this beautiful old car.
If you dissect a bird
to diagram his tongue
you’ll cut the chord
articulating song
If you flay a beast
to marvel at the mane,
you’ll wreck the rest
from which the fur began
Stanza’s from Trio Of Love Songs by Sylvia Plath
I couldn’t resist these exquisite biology class models of brains. The models I photographed here are quite old, and show years of student handling. In the upper photo on the left is a trout brain, on right is a hare brain. In the lower photo, trout on left and pigeon brain on the right. I didn’t note what the center model was, anyone know, or care to hazard a guess?
The models are made by the Denoyer-Geppert Co., and a quick visit to their website shows some excellent anatomy models. I was a bit disappointed that I couldn’t find any fish, amphibian or bird brains listed on their current web catalog.
Hare brain and bird brain, now we have the models to see what they actually look like.
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Old things interest me, they are evocative, they have a rich visual language. Most of my work is about old things – buildings, objects, even landscapes. Why give so much attention to old things? It is what interests me, I’m drawn to it. Even after photographing this subject for over 20 years, I still find it interesting. It is a combined interest in archaeology, local history and the visual pleasure of aged surfaces. Memory plays an important role in this work. Also just being curious about my surrounding and what I see – wanting to connect the dots. Objects, and even buildings, seen as artifacts, are much different than having experienced them when they were in use. When function leaves these things, they become something different. Symbols, representative of something else, evoking another time and reality. They are rich, these old places and things, visually, historically. They are curiosities.
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