“it will be, months now, all so still”

The Poem
Zero Holding - Robyn Sarah

I grow to like the bare
trees and the snow, the bones and fur
of winter. Even the greyness
of the nunneries, they are so grey,
walled all around with grey stones —
and the snow piled up on ledges
of wall and sill, those grey
planes for holding snow: this is how
it will be, months now, all so still,
sunk in itself, only the cold alive,
vibrant, like a wire — and all the
busy chimneys — their ghost-breath,
a rumour of lives warmed within,
rising, rising, and blowing away.

The Beverage

Grapefruit Granita

If a slushie is a beverage, so is granita. It’s so easy. I made it this week.
Here is what I made, via Ina:

Boil one cup water with one cup sugar to make simple syrup. Pour syrup into a 9x13 glass pan.

Add two cups sparkling rosé wine. I used prosecco.
Add two cups fresh grapefruit juice. This was four grapefruits for me.

Mix.

Put in freezer for one hour. Scrape with fork. Freeze for thirty minutes and scrape again. Repeat this until the granita is flaky.

I transferred into a plastic container after about three hours. Serve with whipped cream. I know that sounds a little odd, but seriously.