Did You Know?

That this week is Banned Books Week? I didn't. But now that I do, I'm really into it. Visit the American Library Association website for information about challenged books and protecting your Intellectual Freedom. If you happen to be lucky enough to know a kid, why not take them to the library this week?

The Summer of Magical Thinking

This is a picture of me doing my best Joan Didion:



And this is a picture of Dryfus doing his best Joan Didion (imagine a highball of scotch between his paws):



Here is Kyle doing his best Joan Did (at least i think that's what he's doing-- it's totally possible that this is simply kyle doing his best kyle):



And finally, Joan Didion doing her best self:



Joan, your prose may be icey, your blood a little too blue, but lady-- you know how to take a picture!

htm-hell

well, thanks to blogger having a bad day, i finally figured out how to add pictures to my blog using only html codes! jen, you should be so proud. anyway, there are new pics posted below. visit these blogs for more pics and to view much better images and descriptions than my own:

Some Cupid Kills

The Map-Makers' Colors

Southern Gothic

One night in August we gathered to honor Carson McCullers, fried green tomatoes, collard greens and a few other Southern notables. Naturally, it was really hot outside.




This is a picture of me of reading "One Art" by the magnificent Elizabeth Bishop.



The art of losing isn't hard to master;
so many things seem filled with the intent
to be lost that their loss is no disaster.

Lose something every day. Accept the fluster
of lost door keys, the hour badly spent.
The art of losing isn't hard to master.

Then practice losing farther, losing faster:
places, and names, and where it was you meant
to travel. None of these will bring disaster.

I lost my mother's watch. And look! my last, or
next-to-last, of three loved houses went.
The art of losing isn't hard to master.

I lost two cities, lovely ones. And, vaster,
some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent.
I miss them, but it wasn't a disaster.

--Even losing you (the joking voice, a gesture
I love) I shan't have lied. It's evident
the art of losing's not too hard to master
though it may look like (Write it!) like disaster.





i'm really great at the keys part...it's just everything else i've yet to master