Here I love you.
In the dark pines the wind disentangles itself.
The moon glows like phosphorous on the vagrant waters.
Days, all one kind, go chasing each other.
Monthly Archives: November 2014
Damiana: Aphrodisiac?
The leaf of this desert plant (Turnera diffusa, Turnera aphrodisiaca), found in North and Central America and Africa, contains alkaloids that directly stimulate the nerves and sex organs and increase circulation. Combined with its muscle relaxant properties, damiana is a genuine (if mild) aphrodisiac. It seems to work best when used over a period of several days. Continue reading
Give me women, wine, and snuff
Give me women, wine, and snuff
Untill I cry out “hold, enough!”
You may do so sans objection
Till the day of resurrection:
For, bless my beard, they aye shall be
My beloved Trinity.
(John Keats)
Vanilla: Aphrodisiac?
It’s unfortunate that modern usage of the bean of the vanilla orchid (Vanilla planifolia) has become synonymous with “unflavored.” The rich flavor and marvelous scent of vanilla makes it worthy of much more. The plant comes from Central America, and the people of that region understand.
Did You Never Know?
Did you never know, long ago, how much you loved me —
That your love would never lessen and never go?
You were young then, proud and fresh-hearted,
You were too young to know.
Fate is a wind, and red leaves fly before it
Far apart, far away in the gusty time of year —
Seldom we meet now, but when I hear you speaking,
I know your secret, my dear, my dear.
(Sara Teasdale)
Hyperactive Security
In eagerness to lock things down enough for decent folk to visit the Garden in peace, my recent security measures appear to have clobbered many of the real user profiles as well as the spam accounts (which are largely limited at this point, spambots being fairly simple constructs). Whether you’ve commented or not seems to have had no bearing on its choices.
Please log in and see if your user account is still there, and if it isn’t, please add it again, with my apologies. The name and so on you used before should work just like the first time, and your information will be as secure as ever – perhaps even more so.
Licorice: Aphrodisiac?
No doubt your eyebrows shifted upward a notch or two at the title. What I found regarding this popular candy ingredient raised my eyebrows, too.
First, I’d like to point out that licorice root (Glycyrrhiza glabra) and anise (the herb that people who don’t like licorice really don’t like) only taste somewhat similar. Anise is many times more intense and is often used to bolster the flavor of something “licorice-flavored.” The tastes are therefore often confused.
Well, that was exciting.
You may (or may not) have noticed some trouble around here, getting into the Garden. It would seem that this quiet corner of the ‘net has just enough notice to call all manner of ill-mannered bots and spammers. I had quite enough of finding my own gate locked, and the articles unresponsive, and have implemented rather stronger security.
I’m hoping this works and I won’t have to infringe on your ability to comment in order to repel the rabble.
A Slight Apology
Your humble host has promised to venture deeper into the arts and sciences of desire, romance, sex, beauty, and all those things which make life wonderful, enticing and fragrant as the Garden on a summer midnight. However, a certain perfectionism has thwarted the schedule somewhat, compounded by an absurdly overbooked life which takes one from the Villa and Garden for far longer than would be wished.
These topics are less easily coherently written about than, say, the nature of a purported aphrodisiac herb, and so things are delayed while mental energy is marshalled. In other words, I demand a certain level of quality from myself. But fear not! They, and the other promised improvements, are coming as quickly as I may.
And now I shall cease all apology and get myself to work.
Your Laughter
Take bread away from me, if you wish,
take air away, but
do not take from me your laughter.
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