September
It’s the twenty-second minute of this month. Already the weather is cool and the leaves are rustling. On the Summer Solstice I left the country for a month, thinking about how when I got back on July 21, it would be midsummer and this would make me sad. I try not to be sad at […]
Read MoreJ.A.P. (and Hippie)
My friend Sara is coming to town tomorrow. I am very excited. I haven’t seen her in three years, and every time we get together we eat sushi and talk for hours. This should be good. Today I almost sold to the used clothing store the shirt I was wearing the night I met Sara. […]
Read MoreDog Days
August 1, 2005 Weird dreams of planes landing in the East River, about to explode, running up hillsides to escape danger too slowly, the usual blockbuster nightmares. Sometimes I think I’m valorizing people in foreign countries for being less materialistic, less superficial, less insipid, less obnoxious than Americans. I wonder if I’m misdirecting all my […]
Read MoreEnamel Darkroom Trays
I never thought this day would come, but I’ve finally done it. I’ve managed to purchase a set of enamel darkroom trays on eBay. Now all of our toiletries, condiments, spices and other household objects are kept in enamel darkroom trays. My two previous attempts to purchase enamel darkroom trays on eBay ended with me […]
Read MoreIt’s Not A Vacation
It sounds like a vacation. Camping in the White Mountains, drinking champagne and making s’mores, waiting an hour to eat a meatball sub, hiking in the pristine forest, munching granola bars in the middle of a stream, swimming in a cold, clear lake, stargazing by the dying fire and browsing local wilderness stores for forgotten […]
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