i stood outside a moment ago blissfully occupied with composing poetry in my mind about the welcome rain shower that was occurring all around me. i am sorry to report that none of it was any good.

"refreshing traffic of the heavens"? shoot me in the pate with a ballpoint pen!

i need to go and eat another raspberry tart.

i've been feeling lightheaded and woozy all day. it could be because i've returned to the harsh reality of working down in the depths of central records where the air is of the recycled kind. it could be that i'm staving off an illness that hasn't struck me for a solid year. my throat is sore. i'm sucking on a zinc throat lozenge. i like the ( Read more... )

this morning, while i was driving to work, i saw a crow commit suicide. his feathers were shabby and he looked like he had a broken wing. he hopped off the sidewalk and walked knowingly into the wheel path of the truck beside me. he didn’t startle. the third part of a second later, i looked in my rear view mirror and he was just a lifeless pile ( Read more... )

got new glasses today.

now run along and have some fun, kids!

i think pipkin's are still much better than mine.

the past week has been interesting, to say the least (and i mean "interesting" in the chinese curse sense of the word). if i haven't answered your e-mails, it's because i am once more (or was i always?) mired in homework ( Read more... )

huzzah!

i received my final Christmas present in the mail today: a thin and sparsely decorated volume of archibald lampman's poetry entitled lyrics of earth. i dramatically read a few verses out loud to the kitten as i tripped joyfully over various pieces of recently moved furniture ( Read more... )

so, merry Christmas to you all from snowy kelowna (or thereabouts). yes, we are sitting in over an inch of the white stuff (which started most perfectly on Christmas eve). it's nice to finally have a white Christmas.

now i'm off to frolic!

( snow )

The Truth


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