Friday, July 29, 2011
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
What To My Wondering Eyes Should Appear
The Koi in our rain barrel are a mite shy, staying down low, deep beneath the surface, until it happens to rain. Then the water ripples and four golden, swirling fish spiral air-side to sample the duckweed. Or check the forecast. I don't know. I rarely feed them. Their job is to keep the mosquito larvae under control. In between showers I often wonder if they've starved to death or succumbed to the heat, in general whether they're still alive. Apparently they're doing fine. This morning eight fish came swirling, four 1-inch darklings from the four 5-inch golds.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Battlefields
There's something to be said for a little battling in the extremes. Gene prefers his battles to be fought in the winter at 10 degrees with a snow shovel. Bah. I'm more of a summertime, goat shit-shoveling battlefield girl. When our engagements with nature are over, he builds a fire, I spray myself off with a garden hose.
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Heat & Memories of Heat
It's 9:00 p.m. and 90 degrees here in Indiana.I'm steeping sangrias. No one wants to move.
I'm doing a little scanning in the comfort of air conditioning.
This is me oceanside, in all my blurry glory.
I imagine I was about 13.
It must have been hot then, too.
Friday, July 15, 2011
Signs & Symptoms
Q. Is pain a sign or a symptom?
A. Pain is purely subjective. So it has to be a symptom. It cannot be a sign. A sign is what a physician sees.
A. Pain is purely subjective. So it has to be a symptom. It cannot be a sign. A sign is what a physician sees.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Full Immersion
I've been in the full family & friends immersion program for the past week, a funeral, a wedding, a first birthday party, a trip to the dunes. Solitude and I are now dating, on the sly. I dig his beaches, the shifting sand.
In the meantime, though, interrupture has taken The South Shore. The next issue will be out in the fall. Check it out.
In the meantime, though, interrupture has taken The South Shore. The next issue will be out in the fall. Check it out.
Wednesday, July 06, 2011
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Tongue In Shoe
(Some defendants are more interesting than others.)
THE DEFENDANT: Yes. Your Honor, for the record, provisions for a JOA (judgment of acquittal) have been established by what was brought forth prior to the testimony of the shoe.
THE DEFENDANT: Your Honor, before the jury comes in, I would like a jury of my peers, that is to include those that have been arrested or convicted.
THE COURT: Okay.
THE DEFENDANT: Those that are not arrested or have not been convicted are not a jury of my peers.
THE DEFENDANT: Yes. Your Honor, for the record, provisions for a JOA (judgment of acquittal) have been established by what was brought forth prior to the testimony of the shoe.
THE DEFENDANT: Your Honor, before the jury comes in, I would like a jury of my peers, that is to include those that have been arrested or convicted.
THE COURT: Okay.
THE DEFENDANT: Those that are not arrested or have not been convicted are not a jury of my peers.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
As You Go Through The Tears
(Do I have to fix it? Really?)
Q. And what is your weekly unemployment benefit that you received?
A. It's 311, I believe.
Q. $311 a week?
A. I believe so, but then it was reduced a little bit after that and it keeps getting reduced as you go through the tears of unemployment.
Q. And what is your weekly unemployment benefit that you received?
A. It's 311, I believe.
Q. $311 a week?
A. I believe so, but then it was reduced a little bit after that and it keeps getting reduced as you go through the tears of unemployment.
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