dishpantheism (again)

tomorrow i catch the train...

2009-10-29T19:44:00Z

tomorrow i catch the train to more southerly climes. last week when i was there i watched a kite hover over the pasture in front of the assistencia. it's a floodplain. cattle are still grazed there though at this time of year the pasture is empty....

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tonight as i walked home...

2009-10-16T08:04:31Z

tonight as i walked home a young fellow on a bicycle came zipping around the corner. i had stopped there to wait for the signal to change so i could cross the street. he shouted something unintelligible. sounded like "heeeeeey shandeeeee." and the...

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wonderful mechanical animals arrived in...

2009-10-15T02:23:23Z

wonderful mechanical animals arrived in the mail yesterday. cutting them out and assembling them amuses me no end. there is a hare and a goat and a luverly red squirrel (not unlike the one i saw the other day) sitting on the edge of the desk next ...

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i saw the most beautiful...

2009-10-11T03:10:31Z

i saw the most beautiful red tree squirrel today. it was hopping along just in front of the ivy-covered wall near the cafe. it had a very decomposed black walnut in its mouth. i stopped to watch it and realized several other people had also stoppe...

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found a few good books...

2009-10-09T05:17:23Z

found a few good books downtown today. i found them at the other bookshop. i don't usually frequent that one because it's mostly new books. but i popped in there today because i was wandering around town and looking for trouble without success. bo...

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potted up bulbs this afternoon...

2009-10-06T07:56:16Z

potted up bulbs this afternoon. have to bear spring in mind when autumn comes on. the bulbs will sleep through a chill and then wake up when the weather turns warm and damp. the little mossy clay pots are full of 'thalia' narcissus and iris danfor...

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catch you up...

2009-10-03T07:29:51Z

quinces. golden anthers. the riparian flora of brazil. tootsie rolls. landfill. feral catlings. parking ticket. yoyo dogs. waffles and coffee. acorns. oak gall. folk harp. chiffarobe. long hot bath. phone calls. employment? cobra lily. crochet lac...

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went for a drive on...

2009-09-29T20:24:05Z

went for a drive on the backroads with v---. picked a posy of aster and snowberry and yarrow. so pretty. along the road at the end of a huge lemon gum arcade there was a giant metal statue of a skelington holding an automatic weapon. a real weapon...

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rivers...

2009-09-22T19:42:59Z

it just occurred to me that every momentous and great change in my life has been accompanied by taking up residence near a river or creek. how strange. if i find a hawk's head by a log where a mysterious woman has been coming down her long brown h...

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as i type this a...

2009-09-22T19:30:34Z

as i type this a chain gang is hacking up the underbrush along the river bottom. i suppose it isn't fair to call them a chain gang really since they aren't chained together. but they are prisoners. their orange jumpsuits say so. they haven't been ...

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