A TASTE OF HONEY
WHAT? You thought because I like writing romance and erotica that this was about…? Nope. Sorry. This IS about a kind of romance, however. Some years ago, I traveled to Greece for a few weeks of inspiration. After tiring of Athens, I walked down to the Port of Piraeus, backpack in hand, and caught a ferry to Volos, and then to Skiathos, arriving at my destination, Skopelos. It was late in the afternoon before I decided on the “perfect” place to renew and write, a white-washed house with a cottage located between the sea and Glossa Village. A donkey ride away from Glossa Village, and I was there.
Every morning I woke to the sound of goat bells, and a plate of grapes, figs, goat yogurt and pine honey, after which the sun sufficiently heated the solar shower, the final prelude to a cloudless day of writing. On special evenings, I would walk to the two local taverna’s for fresh fish, octopus or souvlaki, with Retsina and later, several shots of potent, anise-tasting Ouzo while dancing under the stars. All VERY memorable. But over the years, what I missed the most was the powerful, thick, dark, slightly molasses-flavored pine honey. I never found it anywhere else in my travels or in San Francisco, which had just about everything. Later, my romance with this honey resurrected when I watched the movie “Mama Mia” which was filmed at least partly in Skopelos.
It wasn’t until I visited Hawaii and chanced on a tiny bottle of “macademia flower honey” that romance reblossomed once again into erotic physical delight. The rich, thick, dark, slightly molasses-flavored honey was like dating the sister of one’s soulmate. So close. So delicious. So sexy. Yes, sexy. Taste is, after all, one of the primary senses aroused when falling in love.
Okay, I’m willing to accept the label of epicurean hedonist, treasuring as I will for the rest of my life my brief but heavenly experience with Skopelos’ pine-honey, and my occasional but much more accessible and almost as tasteful trysts with its sister, Big Island macademia-nut honey. In fact, the two sensory savants, one olfactory and one gustatory, in THE EDGE OF MADNESS (Aignos 2020) by Raymond Gaynor, emerged from treasured memories of the smell and taste of a honey I can never forget.
Raymond Gaynor
Author of THE EDGE OF MADNESS (Aignos 2020)
Co-author with A. G. Hayes of QUANTUM DEATH (Savant 2016) and with William Maltese of TOTAL MELTDOWN (Borgo/Wildside 2009)
Author website at https://garymartine.yolasite.com/raym...
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The Edge of Madness
Every morning I woke to the sound of goat bells, and a plate of grapes, figs, goat yogurt and pine honey, after which the sun sufficiently heated the solar shower, the final prelude to a cloudless day of writing. On special evenings, I would walk to the two local taverna’s for fresh fish, octopus or souvlaki, with Retsina and later, several shots of potent, anise-tasting Ouzo while dancing under the stars. All VERY memorable. But over the years, what I missed the most was the powerful, thick, dark, slightly molasses-flavored pine honey. I never found it anywhere else in my travels or in San Francisco, which had just about everything. Later, my romance with this honey resurrected when I watched the movie “Mama Mia” which was filmed at least partly in Skopelos.
It wasn’t until I visited Hawaii and chanced on a tiny bottle of “macademia flower honey” that romance reblossomed once again into erotic physical delight. The rich, thick, dark, slightly molasses-flavored honey was like dating the sister of one’s soulmate. So close. So delicious. So sexy. Yes, sexy. Taste is, after all, one of the primary senses aroused when falling in love.
Okay, I’m willing to accept the label of epicurean hedonist, treasuring as I will for the rest of my life my brief but heavenly experience with Skopelos’ pine-honey, and my occasional but much more accessible and almost as tasteful trysts with its sister, Big Island macademia-nut honey. In fact, the two sensory savants, one olfactory and one gustatory, in THE EDGE OF MADNESS (Aignos 2020) by Raymond Gaynor, emerged from treasured memories of the smell and taste of a honey I can never forget.
Raymond Gaynor
Author of THE EDGE OF MADNESS (Aignos 2020)
Co-author with A. G. Hayes of QUANTUM DEATH (Savant 2016) and with William Maltese of TOTAL MELTDOWN (Borgo/Wildside 2009)
Author website at https://garymartine.yolasite.com/raym...
Author Facebook site at https://www.facebook.com/raymond.gayn...
Author Twitter site at https://www.savantbooksandpublication...
Amazon author page at https://www.amazon.com/Raymond-Gaynor...
Amazon Goodreads author page at https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Savant Books and Publications | Aignos Publishing author page at https://www.savantbooksandpublication...
Distributed by Savant Distribution at https://www.savantdistribution.com/
The Edge of Madness
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