#Stag's Leap

[antigonick]

If I pass a mirror, I turn away, I do not want to look at her, And she does not want to be seen.

—Sharon Olds, excerpt of "Known to be Left", in Stag's Leap

[dk-thrive]

I was a late bloomer. But anyone who blooms at all, ever, is very lucky.

— Sharon Olds, Stag’s Leap. (Alfred A. Knopf, 2013) (via Regina Rosenfeld)

[jasmine7031]

No18 : Winery tour

1:OPUS ONE

2:STAG'S LEAP 

3:Kenzo Estate

I was really surprised at the luxury of Opus One Winery. I didn't make a reservation at Stag's Leap Winery, so I couldn't tasting wine. I enjoyed wine and sandwiches at Kenzo Estate.

[lesbiancolumbo]

Crazy

I’ve said that he and I had been crazy for each other, but maybe my ex and I were not crazy for each other. Maybe we were sane for each other, as if our desire was almost not even personal— it was personal, but that hardly mattered, since there seemed to be no other woman or man in the world. Maybe it was an arranged marriage, air and water and earth had planned us for each other—and fire, a fire of pleasure like a violence of kindness. To enter those vaults together, like a solemn or laughing couple in formal step or writhing hair and cry, seemed to me like the earth’s and moon’s paths, inevitable, and even, in a way, shy—enclosed in a shyness together, equal in it. But maybe I was crazy about him—it is true that I saw that light around his head when I’d arrive second at a restaurant—oh for God’s sake, I was besotted with him. Meanwhile the planets orbited each other, the morning and the evening came. And maybe what he had for me was unconditional, temporary affection and trust, without romance, though with fondness���with mortal fondness. There was no tragedy, for us, there was the slow-revealed comedy of ideal and error. What precision of action it had taken, for the bodies to hurtle through the sky for so long without harming each other.

Sharon Olds

[litandlifequotes]

I did not know him, I knew my idea of him.

Stag's Leap: Poems by Sharon Olds

[flowerytale]

Sharon Olds, from "Known to Be Left", Stag’s Leap

[demigirlvioletshine]

[wikiritmica]

[wine-porn]

High Leap

A fair number of these showed up on deep discount the other day–the whole set: Spring Mt., Stags Leap, Rutherford and Napa Valley–and you KNOW I couldn’t resist. I mean–ya GOT to! I’ve found gems with far worse labels and provenance before. This one quickly shows signs of why. Deep ruby with a thin clear rim, a nose of bologna. Seriously: it smells like fresh-cut, moist, pink lunch-meat. Decanted…

[antigonick]

—my old love for him, like a songbird's rib cage picked clean.

—Sharon Olds, excerpt of "Years Later", in Stag's Leap

[marmotclaw]

Stagleap

Name meaning: protective, attractive, talented leaper, good stamina

Huge, stocky, broad-shouldered, dark brown tom (he/him) with amber eyes.

Cause of death: Infected rat bite on face (self inflicted) at 11 years

Family and Education

Mother: Mistmouse

Father: Hareflight

Sisters: Doespring, Ryestalk

Mate: Wrenflight

Daughter: Morningflower

Son: Onestar

Mentor: Cloudrunner

Apprentice: Sorrelshine

Nature

ESFP

Rebel Good

Social

Platonic Love: Doespring, Hareflight, Mistmouse, Morningflower, Onestar, Ryestalk, Sorrelshine

Romantic Love: Wrenflight

Best Friend(s): Doespring

Friend(s): Aspenfall, Cloudrunner, Pigeonflight, Shimmershade, Tallstar

Enemies: Redtail, Zealstar

Favourite food: Mole

[aprillikesthings]

Me: would a teenager in the suburban midwest use the word "mod" to describe something fashionable in uhhhh late August of 1965

Seventeen magazine: yes

August 1965. 'It all started in London... and now White Stag's brought it home! It's saucy modness, perfect in crispy corduroy shifts, jackets, skirts and pants.'

[littlejumpydogheart]

darlins!

[haybug1]

Cliff Lede Rythm Cabernet Sauvignon ~ National Wine Day's Wine of the Day

Happy Memorial Day weekend and happy National Wine Day, which also falls on my anniversary. My wonderful hubby, Gary, loves a good glass of Cabernet Sauvignon, so in honor of him, the holiday weekend filled with joyful anticipation of a fun summer and of course, National Wine Day, we are raising a glass of Cliff Lede Rythm Cabernet Sauvignon. The wine hails from the Stags Leap District of Napa…

[weltenwellen]

Sharon Olds, Stag’s Leap

[gena-rowlands]

it’s a great night to read some sharon olds!!!!!!