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It's the first lines that kill me
And the parentheses around the third lines from the end. what if a much of a which of a wind gives truth to the summer’s lie; bloodies with dizzying leaves the sun and yanks immortal stars awry? ...
NS's questions and some of mine
What thing will instantly make any day better? I firmly believe but do not do — get outside every day and take a walk - somewhere. Doesn’t have to be a long walk. I don’t have to take the dog. ...
First three of Freyjah's Connect and Review Questions.
What are the first thoughts that come to mind about the mood of the past year? Mostly positive, negative, or neutral? It hasn’t been the best year - although maybe there are no best years. T...
Old Friends
Simon and Garfunkel song - written by Paul Simon of course The words? Old friends, old friends Sat on their park bench like bookends A newspaper blown through the grass Falls on the round toes O...
Well today is the day it is
The first Wednesday after Thanksgiving, USA style. I called my daughterinlaw today. We had a nice talk. My nephew - my brother’s son - is getting married at the end of next month in Chicag...
Three pictures
Roth, Bellow and Auster
Auster, Bellow and Roth https://medium.com/@tournerlesmots/paul-auster-a42ff036b6ae#:~:text=Despite%2C%20and%20perhaps%20because%20of,plan%3A%20150%20or%20200%20pages. I’m reading The Dean’s Dece...
I was 27 in 1973.
The barn was 43 in 1973. The steel pillars on the wall are intended to hold the barn up. In 7 years it will be 100. The signatures and dates penciled on the granary wall attest. -=-=-=-=-=...
Pics and words
Two pictures from across the pond. First Katie at breakfast in a hotel lobby in Dublin. It was the only hotel we stayed at on the night after the day we drove back from Lisconnor and went to Gui...
Two pics and maybe a few words
Pic above looks familiar like I posted italready- byt I don’t see it in IMGUR.... so there it is. Bags of silage. Seems like I even remember sayikng that I hope it gets eaten. But that mig...
Deneuve is 80 and the movie came out in 1964
when she was 21. I was 18 in 1964. The movie was/is/always will be ‘The Umbrellas of Cherbourg’. Great theme by Michel Legrand. Happy Sunday
Gold
Dis-armed
I get flu shots tomorrow. Pfizer update and old people’s blend. Time/Temp - Wednesday morning - almost 9:30. Cool, breezy, sunny. 56 or so degrees of Fahrenheit. Wearing - Gray soc...
And so....
Writers Group - October 2023 Fall Colors, Walk, Visit to an apple orchard My new dog and I took a walk the other day. It was a sunny, pleasant fall day and we had the road to ourselves. We turne...
Today the 13th
Time/Temp- Friday the 13th afternoon - 3:30 - cloudy, rain yesterday and overnight, Plants are still on the deck. Slightly frozen, most not all the way dead. I will need to make decisions ...
Paris, I love you
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris,_je_t%27aime
Give 'er another chance
Time/Temp- 1:30 pm, sunny Monday, up late, slept late, left a bunch of notes, may have shot my wad, but let’s just see. Wearing - pretty much what I was wearing the last time, navy sweats, CG ...
My Yes or No
Two rules: You must ONLY answer Yes or No, and You may not explain unless someone asks. Have you ever: Made love in the rain? Yes Bought tampons? Yes Driven a Chevy? Yes Eaten more than $10 w...
Yes or No
Found on another profile page. Two rules: You must ONLY answer Yes or No, and You may not explain unless someone asks. Have you ever: Taken a picture naked? Yes Made money illegally? Yes Had a on...
Semi-new idea
Note - This is a template that I tried and failed to format so I will use it as it is. Note- I spelled philosophy wrong on purpose so it would go with farming. I’m not sure I will leave it th...
Season change
I’m thinking of fasting in the dark. I’m not much of a faster. So of course I won’t do it. But still I think it’s an interesting idea. Don’t eat between sunset and sunrise. There’s poet...
Oh my
I have a list of complaints. I’m not sure this is the place to air them. But what the heck. Fayze’s is closing. I might have announced it earlier, but it’s important enough news to repeat ...
Let the birds do the talking
https://explore.org/livecams/raptor-resource-project/mississippi-river-flyway-cam
Local Color
I’m reading this book- In the Darkroom by Susan Feludi. It’s about her father, about transexualism, about Hungary, about the Holocaust, about being Jewish. Desserts are mentioned, including s...
Never (c)lick on a suspicious link
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/11/general-mark-milley-trump-coup/675375/ This one’s pretty good though.
Book Description
Just a few words that don’t mean anything.
