"You and me, and these shadows keep on changing."

[greygirlbeast]

Yesterday was wretched. Not much point watering down the truth. My head wasn't right, and my guts were worse. I spent a good bit of the day in bed. No writing was done. I didn't go Outside. Nothing was accomplished.

We shall see what today will be.

There were a few "slits of light" to yesterday. Peter sent me a copy of The Juniper Tree And Other

Comments

[cimeara]

Today, I'm roasting corn in foil. 25 ears of it. Some will go into a corn & potato chowder (and scallions, or maybe shallots, and lowfat milk and not much butter, feh, because I'm trying to be good), some will be eaten as is, and some will be cut from the cob and frozen, the small gold nuggets to uncover in the dead of winter.

I hope your day is good. I love Mondo, too. Marvelous outfits, both his and his model's.

And you are usually in Rhode Island, and you are sometimes too much in your head, and you already know the direction but it would be nice if somehow there was a shortcut, an easier way.

[greygirlbeast]

And you are usually in Rhode Island, and you are sometimes too much in your head, and you already know the direction but it would be nice if somehow there was a shortcut, an easier way.

It took me a while to realize you were referencing the lyrics, mostly because no one ever does.

[mastadge]

I'll have to check out The Burrowers. I was interested in it a few months ago but was put off by middling reviews.

If you're interested in another weird Western, though weird not in the Weird Tales sense but in the offbeat and bizarre sense, you might want to check out The Good, the Bad, the Weird from Ji-woon Kim, who directed A Tale of Two Sisters a few years ago. It's an insane action comedy set in the wild west of 1930s Manchuria. It's a gloriously entertaining film, fast-paced, colorful, over-the-top and fun. It's not perfect -- sometimes it gets a bit too over the top, and the stylized action overwhelms the story -- but a lot more fun than I expected.

[greygirlbeast]

It's an insane action comedy set in the wild west of 1930s Manchuria. It's a gloriously entertaining film, fast-paced, colorful, over-the-top and fun.

Hmmmm. That would require a very rare mood. I'll keep it in mind.

[pisceanblue]

This observation is referencing the lyrics: once I read them (I have that particular album but haven't listened to it in a while) I was reminded of more than a few of your characters but in that moment it was Niki Ky.

[ashlyme]

"sometimes surrender requires more resolves and greater courage than does fighting."

Thank you for that line; it's been something I've followed in my own work and attracted to in others, ever since I read early Ballard.

[whiskeychick]

Sometimes, surrender requires more resolve and greater courage than does fighting.

I can think of several examples in your stories of this, for sure.