Something wonderful on the news tonight...
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Thursday, October 22, 2009
Jack'o'lantern 09
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Day Six...
He's hangin' in there... Still struggling to get off the street, out of the woods... to keep his finances afloat, a rickety, fragile boat that requires constant bailing. I told him I would pay him to play, and have... and will keep on doing so. Looks like I may have to buy this guitar tomorrow when his bills are due. I should start a fund! Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
And the winner is...
Got an email this morning from my son. This term he signed up for a beginning acting class, after last year's theater makeup class tickled his fancy. (Those who've followed this blog a while have seen the pictures not so very far back, of his enthusiastic transformations: http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Ciel/617030 also: http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Ciel/617666 and http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Ciel/616961 ) Well, he has been a live-action roleplay gamer for years. In... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Three days...
My friend showed up for breakfast and brought his guitar with him. Now it will live here, and if he feels a need to sell it, I have first refusal. I won't refuse, of course, I will own it and he will have it to play. It's not a big name guitar, but it does have a nice sound, better than the ones I have had around here. He and guitars are like me and cameras. He came back this evening and played for a while, we recorded a little and talked some more about putting together a homemade video of his... Sign in to see full entry.
Two Days...
Those of you who have read here over the past few years already know about my friend who plays the guitar, who does some fairly unexpected and troublesome things from time to time, who owns a piece of my heart for reasons beyond the comprehension of most people who have observed our painful relationship over the past nearly 20 years, who lives outside, who is an alchoholic. It has been almost 2 years since I really got it that I cannot help him by being helpful. He doesn't distinguish a lucky... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Ahoy there! Cultural accomplishment off the starboard bow!
There are some cultural exposures every adequately-educated person in our society needs, so references to the Mona Lisa, for instance, or League of Nations or "...but I never inhaled" don't leave a blank stare of uncomprehension on one's face. This past 3 weeks, I have filled in one of the numerous gaps in my own cultural exposure: I read all 11 volumes of the Horatio Hornblower saga. That boast established, I wonder, what other reading suggestions do you have for one to be sure of a properly... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, October 16, 2009
Bags are packed... seats confirmed...
Tomorrow it's off to the airport at 11AM and over the course of the day, over the continent to home. I can never make this trip by plane or car without thinking of the time it took only a century ago to make this same journey, and the tribulations, anguish, losses and deprivations of those who made it anyway. And I think of how, maybe a century from now, this same trip will be made in yet a further fraction of the time--by beaming technology or some other preposterous technology we have not yet... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
proper respect and treatment of the Customer
I ordered some music last summer, and got this order sent confirmation notice. Thanks for your order with CD Baby! USPS (2) Nyr Lif: Two Legs Broken Your CDs have been gently taken from our CD Baby shelves with sterilized contamination-free gloves and placed onto a satin pillow. A team of 50 employees inspected your CDs and polished them to make sure they were in the best possible condition before mailing. Our packing specialist from Japan lit a candle and a hush fell over the crowd as he put... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Poetry in the air...
I took a slow stroll today, through the Maryland autumn. It's a gusty day, and everyone in the house is out at work, at school... It's a moody day... Walking in the woods of autumn fire in my own autumn, wistful heart to the colors lifts: All the triumph of a spring advanced victory of a summer lived the flowers gone to fruit and fruit to seed dispersing on the errant winds that blow... All finished now, and so green departs the leaf and reed, the wind whips over flaring brights to muted shades,... Sign in to see full entry.