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Christiania tidbits
Christiania is dilapidated and hippie and psychidelic and kind of sketchy in places and tranquil in others ( Read more... ) -
Ecuador
A few photos from June's trip to Ecuador.
This is a village in the coastal province of Esmeraldas.
Where I went swimming every day, the house where I was living, the fishermen and their phallic talismans.
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tulip fields forever
Yesterday I went to the Keukenhof, the huge park/botanical garden in Lisse (about half an hour from Leiden). It is tulip season in the Netherlands right now ( Read more... ) -
did I mention the Portugal trip?
Lagos, Portugal. More photos to come. And it turns out that water on the southern coast of Portugal in April is about the same temperature as the Baltic sea in June. Which is to say, swimmable and invigorating.
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(Untitled)
Yesterday I made the mistake of putting a piece of a honeycomb into my hot tea. I did not really think it through. The wax melted, and the top of the tea was covered with these soft filmy tidbits, rendering it undrinkable. In one of those fractal-universe things, as I walked home along the rapidly freezing canal (winter finally arrived), the ( Read more... ) -
Two Fionn moments
1. Fionn, overheard writing a letter to Santa: "Dear Santa, I am a dinosaur ( Read more... ) -
intermittent book review post
After Claude by Iris Owens. Really dark and really funny. Unreliable narrator with full-blown Narcissistic Personality Disorder which does not prevent her from being really sharp about everything except herself. Early 1970s New York setting, bonus for the last section of the book being set at the Chelsea Hotel.
The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar ( Read more... ) -
my old 'hood
So is anyone watching the new J.J. Abrams show "Person of Interest"? I am intrigued but not enthralled by it, but although I never watched "Lost," I am such a huge "Fringe" fan that now I will give any JJA new show a shot...
But anyway, I was watching the new episode, and something looked familiar...
"Diner" = Enid's, y/y?
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