Somehow all of my literary obsessions become major motion pictures. A few months ago I was ranting about the fact that there were less than 10 available copies of Beowulf in the entire Connecticut state library system, and now...a major motion picture. BEOWULF?! Hmmm. I suppose in a way, it was inevitable, given the recent spate of historical ( Read more... )

I found an arrowhead on the beach a few days ago. It seemed to materialize out of nowhere, appearing on the sand next to my blanket. Astonishing. It must have been washed up during the heavy rains. It is beautiful, but I have no idea what it's made of. Could be jasper or some kind of mottled slate, perhaps. I need to get a good guide to look it up ( Read more... )

all we ever got was cold.

Birthday. Full, blue moon. Weird, reflective dreaming of the past. Drinking madeira and reading Emerson.
"It is very unhappy, but too late to be helped, the discovery we have made that we exist. That discovery is called the fall of man. Ever afterwards, we suspect our instruments."

I just finished reading "Triumph of the Moon" by Ronald Hutton ( I know...years out of date, but I just got around to it.) All in all I found it sadly disappointing. Quite pedantic and missing the larger points, imo. It did contain some interesting references to early gardnerian history/ hearsay, but the overall impression one gets was quite a sad ( Read more... )

Einstein said that if all of the earth's honeybees disappeared tomorrow, humans would have four years left on the planet.

Excerpt from the Gainesville SunA mysterious disorder is causing honeybees to disappear from their hives, threatening the pollination of crops from almonds to watermelons ( Read more... )

I'm almost done with my Arnell project. It was a bit odd to be working there again, as a freelancer with no office, etc., after having been on staff there for so long. They entered my name into the phone system and gave me an extension though, which I thought was an interesting sign. Sara seemed quite pleased to see me and said she should have some ( Read more... )

I'm going to be working at Arnell this week...in office on monday, then completing the project from home. This will be my first job for them since I resigned in June to do the stay-at-home-with-the-twins thing. It will be interesting to be there...I spent 13 years as Copy Director, and now I'll be there as a freelancer without an office, phone, etc ( Read more... )

The super-secret writing project has finally launched, so I am at liberty to post about it at last. The client was Yelo, a new, posh "sleep haven" on 57th street. I was hired in early October to write press kits and launch materials, which turned into a full-scale media package with deadlines expanded into late December. Then, I was asked to write ( Read more... )

Wish I could have been there to see this ( Read more... )

There's an owl outside my window, in the hedge. I can't see it, but it is LOUD.