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Friday, June 19, 2009

A female rain

The Navajo call it a female rain when it is misty or drizzly, or simply one of those long, gentle, all-pervading soaking rains. A male rain is the pounding downpour, the aggressive, thunderous hammers'n'pitchforks deluge that hurts when the drops smash into you... This morning, a female rain is cleaning the dust off the leaves, refreshing the limping plants and delighting little birds everywhere. I am glad to see it. Coming home from my month elsewhere, it was more than evident that neither... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, June 18, 2009

Blame Naut...

His comment to the previous post led to bringing you this photo. Charlie took a theatrical makeup class this past term, and his final project was--himself. Hail, Knight of the Woeful Countenance! Sign in to see full entry.

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Charlie is working for an armourer this summer.

this guy makes plate armour out of everything from big old black abs plastic pickle barrels to plate steel. Those of you who have met Charlie through these posts know why it's a perfect job for him. If you haven't, I will tell you two things about him: When he was in kindergarten, where other kids were told not to bring their toys to school, he was told not to bring his characters to school, because it confused the other kids. Now, at 24 almost, he is still dedicated to the proposition that... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, June 15, 2009

Hilarious!

Today Charlie was talking about something, said it was hilarious, which didn't quite seem to fit... I gave him a quizzical look and said, " 'Hilarious?' " He said, "Did I say 'hilarious?' I meant, 'awesome.' " I don't remember what he was talking about, but that cracked me up! It is so Charlie! Try it out, substituting 'hilarious' for other discriptive words. Sign in to see full entry.

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Symphony!

Charlie and I had a wonderful time today, listening to the Seattle Symphony Orchestra doing Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain and Stravinsky's Firebird. Both of them, highly visual pieces, and both based on Russian fairytales. There was another piece between, neither Russian nor visual, by an Englishman name Ades, or something like that...two syllables, not one. This was a violin concerto in three movements, and not at all what my ear listens for in classical music. Not something I'd ever be... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, May 24, 2009

New Shoes!

A new shoe is a wonderful thing! You look down at your feet, and say, "Wow, They look so cool!" They are unmarred, still have the lustre of newness upon them, and your feet, which decided in the store that they were going to be able to make friends, are exploring new comfort zones, and gently telling the shoes what they, the feet, really want of them. Today my feet had to choose among three (yes, 3!) new friends... We are all very happy! When I get home, I will not, I dream, need any shoes but... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, May 11, 2009

You're from Seattle? why would you come here?

I have gotten this reaction a couple of times now, and it comes as a bit of a startlement that Seattle has such a glowing reputation in this corner of the world, though it is not a surprise that people who live here all their lives miss much of what we tourists see. Likewise Seattle... sort of... I fear that Seattle no longer deserves its rep as a clean, lovely city in a pristine environment of waters and mountains and forests. Oh, yes, those things are all still there. But now they are harder... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, May 9, 2009

Mother's Day Greeting Card

To all the mothers who ever tried to create a child, nine months inside and all the years forever after in the bellowing, tears and laughter... To all the mothers who by other means adopted the children of other genes and with the best they understood, nurtured them through childhood... To Grandmas, Aunts and baby sitters who stand in when it really matters... To mothers of all kinds I say-- have a wonderful Mother's Day! Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, May 3, 2009

May Flowers

This cluster of bluebells grows in the dog park where Davy and I go walking every few days. It's a 50 mile round trip, and the nearest off-leash park to where we live. Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, May 1, 2009

It's May, it's May!

Soft and warm and welcoming the world that greets me coming out my door all tensed for chill and damp... All at once the lilacs are in bloom and fill the yard with rich perfume and color bright and fine... A tinny drone I hear and know the hummingbirds are back with their tiny attitudes-- vibrant gems divine! All tension melts away in the gentle touch of sun and so I smile... Spring is truly here and winter done... All the world sighs a soft ‘Hooray! We've once more made it to another May!” Sign in to see full entry.

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