I set a chunk of firwood on the fire ( Read more... )

(Sandhawke: there is some gossip about my life subliminally buried in the text here. See if you can find it ( Read more... )

My friend writes me that the people in Chiapas think that the sun wants to cover the moon. So they make noise with drums, horns, conch shells, and firecrackers to scare the sun and help the moon escape from him ( Read more... )

Azahares

Tender early morning pearls
fallen on the ground in sunlight
Pick them up and boil them
Drink the dreams of oranges
The world invites us to breakfast
free of charge.

l

So, Washington State mistakenly sent me two absentee ballots in the mail.

Moral dilemma. Could vote twice against Bush. Would only be playing the same game as the Bush camp.

Of course, one would never undermine with electoral fraud the democracy one hopes to restore in this country.

You know what I really wanna do?

If there is another nice enough (i.e.: warm enough) day, I want to go to a park and play a lot of children's games.

Like maybe Lars Andersen park, and definitely Kick the Can. Maybe Capture the Flag too.

Does anyone else want to come out and play?

How was everyone else's weekend? Mine had a lot of driving in it ( Read more... )

La luna se puede tomar a cucharadas
o como una capsula cada dos horas.
Es bueno como hipnotico y sedante
y tambien alivia
a los que se han intoxicado de filosofia.

(Jaime Sabines)

A milestone reached, a marker in family history attained ( Read more... )

Save the earth. It's the only planet with chocolate.