Monday, March 22, 2010

Gardeners and Cooks


The ablest writer is only a gardener first, and then a cook: his tasks are, carefully to select and cultivate his strongest and most nutritive thoughts; and when they are ripe, to dress them, wholesomely, and yet so that they may have a relish.

~Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare


Happy Monday!

35 comments:

  1. You always find the best quotes!!! Happy Monday!

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  2. I love to garden AND cook!
    Happy Monday and happy Spring!

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  3. You truly do find the best quotes!
    Love this one...I love to cook and have once before laughed out loud at how writing & cooking can go hand in hand.
    I always smile when I think of Stone Soup. That book is a wonderful example of this concept... ;o)

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  4. I wasn't motivated (Monday, and all) but now I am!

    Is is spring break there in Montana, too?

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  5. What a wonderful place to hang out!
    Since I love to garden and cook, the quote works for me!!

    Let's see...tomatoes, of course, wild greens, but NO cucumbers this year!!!!
    LOL.
    www.pattilacy.com/blog

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  6. Awesome quote Shannon! Only thing that worries me? I'm a HORRIBLE gardner. I can barely grow weeds. Hope that doesn't say something about my writing... :)

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  7. Good quote! :) Thanks for sharing it.

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  8. Yes, I agree. You do come up with amazing quotes :)

    And I didn't realize you lived in Montana! I have a friend in Montana, and I totally want to visit that state sometime.

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  9. I love gardening, writing, and cooking. What a great quote!

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  10. What a great reminder! We have to nurture our thoughts and creativity!

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  11. I like neither, but I will do the dishes :)

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  12. Great quote. Took me a minute to get it, but it's Monday and I'm slow. :)

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  13. Hey. I'm contest gal and Shannon is quote gal. WOOT!

    I loves me a good quote.

    I'm unplugging for a couple weeks to get everything in order to query. So I will pop in from time to time, because if I don't, I will miss you terribly. Happy writing. (^_^)

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  14. Such a great quote! I love to garden, cook and write. Very fitting :)

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  15. I'm glad you enjoy this quote as much as I do. It conjures up such great visual imagery! :-)

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  16. I'm motivated to write... and hungry. :-)

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  17. Ooo! I love that quote. Thanks for sharing, Shannon!

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  18. That is so neat! :o)

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  19. thank heavens my writing skills are better than my gardening skills!! I can weed the words, but the garden?? It's buried out there somewhere!

    Now the cook though... I do like to cook...

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  20. Wonderful quote! Thanks for sharing!

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  21. Where do you find these great quotes? I love to cook, but I'm not much of a gardener. Is that why I have such a hard time coming up with new ideas?

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  22. Gardening and cooking...is that what we're doing? Hmm. yep. The pic is funny. The dirt looks like a foot with a big toe sticking out.

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  23. That is such a cool and apropos quote. Nice!

    I've nominated you for an award over on my blog as well.

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  24. Hmmm...I'm going to a gardening class on Wednesday. Will that make me a better writer?

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  25. Great quote! And it is so true--except that I think writing might actually take longer than starting a veggie from seed to salsa.

    And happy Monday to you!

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  26. So, if I have a total black thumb and kill everything I touch...can I still be a good writer? ;)

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  27. I was going to say the same thing as Jenn!
    I hope I'm a better writer than gardener! I've gotta be!

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