Or, a vision in a dream. A Fragment.
so I’m back from a weekend in new york, which was fun and mindboggling (for many reasons, best explained elsewhere). I hadn’t really been since I was little, when my grandparents used to have a store in chinatown. but we used to go lots so it was good that I could dispense with the über-touristy bits (er… and fao schwarz.) … Read More
there is a plant my mom gave me that I never knew sprouted flowers–and the strangest flowers I’ve ever seen. They’re kind of… hard. and fuzzy. and they have such a strong perfume that it smells like candy!
put to sleep yesterday (monday) evening. she almost made her 17th birthday.
I am so happy to be not doing something crazy this summer, so I can get back into things I’ve neglected lately… one thing that has been sadly lacking of late is music. I’ve been lucky to be able to play (an out-of-tune) piano while in new brunswick. a bit (okay a lot) shaky at first, but reading gets easier … Read More
while trying to get the dog to walk a little out back, it took me about ten minutes to realize that the tall trees I was staring at–now twice my height–were the short 2-foot high shrubs from my memory of ten years ago. (tiny fireworks of green bursting forth)
May 9 is Europe Day. “Europe has been searching for years for something to inspire a new generation of citizens – a generation unimpressed by 60 years of peace and the ending of the continents’ Cold War divisions.” aha. pastries should do it.
catching up on news: jk galbraith passed away last week. unbelievable how many books he wrote over his lifetime. “Faced with the choice between changing one’s mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everybody gets busy on the proof.” as I keep intending to go to the bookstore–but consistently fail to do so–my list of … Read More