Prologue: "Psst. Who's that guy over there? I haven't seen him here in a while." - "Where?" - "Over there, flapping his arms about." - "Oh, that's Andala." - "You know him?" - "No, I just met him once. He's weird." - "How so?" - "I dunno. He talks to things and stuff. Anyway, check out my new cell! Every time my thousands of friends call, it boosts ( Read more... )

Over the years, I have traveled many times to Vermont and throughout the rest of New England. To others, it may just appear to be a wild compulsion to endlessly follow stone walls, but I, dear reader, know that it is that very thing but *more*. I first sensed minn's excitement about New England when she was thunderstruck by Andy Goldsworthy's "Wall", ( Read more... )

It's that time again! minn's bi-monthly photo project, F2P2, is upon us:

"Every alternate Friday, I shall post four questions; you have to submit your answers with photos. You can either post your answers in here, or comment with a link to the gallery or your journal/blog where [they] have been displayed. There is no deadline, really, but it'd be nice ( Read more... )

Here are my responses to minn's wonderful bi-monthly "Friday Four Photo Project". The last set of questions were to depict Chinese Astrology's five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth:

"Everything in our Universe, including humans, must have a relationship with these five elements. So, the five elements are applied not only to every physical ( Read more... )

For minn, Today On My Mind II:
Minn's last TOMM: click!
My last TOMM: click!

Memories On My Mind

( Sam festered amongst a pile of bulging trash bags, peering at the colorful plastic buttons on his tape recorder... )

"Cézanne"
by Jean Tardieu (1903-1995)
trans. David Kelly

Photos by Andala.

( Just as beyond the sky is the sky, beyond life, life, - beyond seeing is seeing. )

After a work-related LJ hiatus (more on what I've been up to later) I have returned in time to take part in minn's F2P2 photo project:

From her journal:
Every alternate Friday, I shall post four questions; you have to submit your answers with photos. You can either post your answers in here, or comment with a link to the gallery or your journal/blog ( Read more... )

Eventually I slid off the creaky, white cot bed upon which I lay for an indeterminate amount of time. My wings had been flattened against my back, causing red grooves in my flesh that were more itchy than painful. I set my feet down in a thin layer of sawdust, broken red bulbs, iridescent scales, and coils of maidenhair fern leftover from the ( Read more... )

The waiting is over. Many of you are eager to see and hear all about vacation. So here is the post that took an eternity to piece together. 1,000 photos, ten times as many memories. I loved every minute of it. And now... *drumroll*
Alex and Minn, ( this was your vacation. )

Recent memories on my mind (for minn, in response to "today on my mind"• a snow white dog presses his nose against a chain link gate blocking access to a long alleyway, an iridescent strand of drool struck by sunlight hangs tenaciously from his panting mouth, the alleyway is filled with chewed and dirty stuffed animals, one every few feet • a young ( Read more... )