In the Distance

by Hernan Diaz

sacerdotal

bibelot,

A small decorative trinket… In any town, in any city, besides World Market, a franchise store nationwide, there will be stores that offer “every thing that no person will ever need.” A sexist statement: women can happily spend the day shopping in these stores to laugh & joke & socialize, and in that way they become closer friends. <—seems admirable right? Having close friends is to be admired, imho.Why would I look at items in a store, none of which I will ever need? Why!

Gobelin

A French tapestry, made by the Gobelin family.

aiguillettes,

Each minuscule being has spokes radiating out to all of creation. Some of the raindrops falling on the potato plants in your farm back in Sweden were once in a tiger’s bladder. From one living thing, the properties of any other may be predicted. Looking at any particle with sufficient care, and following the chain that links all things together, we can arrive at the universe—the correspondences are there, if the eye is skillful enough to detect them.

calumet.

A peace pipe, also a city in the Chicago area of Illinois

charqui

Can you believe this is jerky? Yeah apparently jerky comes from a Quechua (Indian) word meaning, salted dried meat, or char-qi.

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viands

Food

peltries

Animal pelts a trapper harvests from animals

forbs

A plant that is green, and not grass, like herbs for example