R.M. Dolin, June 21, 2024 This all began with hope and passion, a fool’s form of courage. Nothing more than a daydreaming boy content with the too few coins rattling in his pocket, confined to live in grown-up clothes that never really fit. I’m not …
Read MoreMozzarella Cheese – Using Vinegar
This is as simple as cheese making gets and its ready to use in about an hour. The key to making great mozzarella is fresh milk, which is almost impossible to find these days. The fall back is to use lightly pasteurized milk, which again …
Read MoreCaprese Sandwich
This classic Italian Mediterranean sandwich made with tomatoes and fresh mozzarella is a great way to enjoy the freshness of summer. I’m not gonna lie, if you’re unwilling to make fresh mozzarella and bake a classic baguette, stop reading, cause this recipe is not for …
Read MoreLingering Touch
R.M. Dolin, June 14, 2024 You’re awfully pretty, and a damn good kisser. What lingers long after our last moment together, like dandelion dew on a high mountain meadow, is the soft way your subtle fingers tenderly trace mine as we talk through touch. As …
Read MoreDillon’s Dichotomy
Chapter 16 in R.M. Dolin’s novel “The Dangling Conversation“, May 2023. KYLE: “No, neither State nor Food & Drug, and no, we never collaborated or even ever met; I only heard of him after his shit went down; it’s so similar to my troubles though, …
Read MoreMy Year of Being Happy
Chapter 14 in R.M. Dolin’s novel “The Dangling Conversation“, June 7, 2023. KYLE: “No surprise your sore, it was awfully apparent ten miles in you’re not in shape; no danger of doing centuries anytime soon that’s for sure. You liked my little grocery store though …
Read MoreLove Locks
R.M. Dolin, June 6, 2024 Cold hardened steel sparkles in solidarity as del Sol sets before Eiffel’s tower, reassuring hearts locked in need of cliche gestures and other nonsensical elements of romance,affinities such as these are still possible.Cynics say the symbolism of love locks fall …
Read MoreGentle Whispers
R.M. Dolin, May 22, 2024 On mornings such as thisyou can tastewind’s many salacious secretslingering in last night’safter-shadows.When you slow downenough to listen,she talks in truthful talesabout your painful pastwhile whispering gentlyof magical adventuresyet to unfurl. Background poem for the yet to be started novel, …
Read MoreMorning Serenade
R.M. Dolin, May 21, 2024 I imagine your lipstenderly touching mine,your subtle body glisteningin the softnessof morning’s first light,my soul repletein hopeful wonder…. Background poem for the yet to be started novel, “An Unsustainable Life.” Issac seductively woos his latest conquest while serving her drinks …
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