November 30, 2014
November 29, 2014
November 28, 2014
November 27, 2014
thanksgiving 2014
Our nephew Justin hosted Thanksgiving this year. He made a really good turkey. Also, there was pie and baklava and family.
November 26, 2014
sweetgum
I planted a seedpod from this tree a month or two ago, but the squirrels will probably dig it up.
November 23, 2014
November 22, 2014
November 21, 2014
November 20, 2014
three snippets, 11-20-2014
Snippet 1: Ursula K LeGuin's speech at the 65th National Book Awards.
Snippet 2:
Snippet 2:
I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Emile, 1762
I can't make heads or tails of Rousseau. My first impression was that he needed a punch in the nose, but the more I read, the more I'm warming up to him. He's weird. I like that.
Snippet 3:
Dreams are the other side of life, everything has at least two sides, the moon, rocks, happiness, regret, and betrayal.
- Jón Kalman Stefánsson, The Sorrow of Angels, 2013
That's a heck of a sentence. Go back and read it again. This is a great novel, best enjoyed by firelight. But read Stefánsson's Heaven and Hell first; Sorrow is the second in a three-part series. (Full disclosure: I'm related to the translator.)
November 16, 2014
field notes, mmxiv-xi-xvi
Damp and chilly this morning. We had our first freeze of the season Friday morning - 30 degrees; Thursday was close at 32.5. Looks like Monday night/Tuesday morning the low will be 23. That's pretty cold for these parts. It's supposed to warm up slowly into next weekend, maybe with a little rain along the way.
November 15, 2014
November 14, 2014
November 13, 2014
November 11, 2014
November 10, 2014
the game's afoot
This bit of flotsam fluttered from an oak into the fuzzy hair behind Pan's right ear, then tumbled away again. It whispered something, I'm sure of it.
November 9, 2014
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