i'm off to a circus festival this weekend (wild animal-free, of course).

three days of circus acts from across europe...

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it's out...
it's on shelves...
it's waiting to be read.

Waiting for the Dog to Sleep

interview

someone long ago did some graffiti in my neighbourhood with a stencil.
despite all types of weather, these faces remain....

on a concrete wall near my building

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i got my photos developed.


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my friend barbara once told me that back in communist times hair dye was unavailable (or else hard to get, i can't remember which). when women felt the urge to dye their hair, they often used onion skin juice (you peel the skins off of some red onions and boil them to make a nice purplish-red liquid). i'm not sure how long you have to soak your ( Read more... )

so a week ago sunday my friend k. and i dressed up as enormous flowers, with big papier mache things on our heads that we made. there had been some heavy-duty stressful papiermacheing and painting at my place during the preceding three weeks. there were some moments when i wished we had made sure the costumes were ready FIRST before getting a gig ( Read more... )

every year i carve a pumpkin and put it to glow on my windowsill feeling like i must be the only one in this entire country doing it. i feel nervous that i'm offending my neighbours, who tomorrow will be ritually mourning their dead loved ones. this year i feel, even more than ever, that maintaining my north american habits in this foreign ( Read more... )

the film "gadjo dilo" ("the crazy stranger") turned out to be even better than i remembered ( Read more... )