Summer Clearing We pick locusts sliding fresh from the dunes like little Saint John the Baptists wandering in our wildness. Our little wilderness, sanctuaried by a wheat truck and a chain, arrives each time the metal-gray auger slips under the patch of dust- blue prairie sky.
Posted on October 10th, 2006 by Tobias
Filed under: Hollow Men, Nostalgia, Poetry, Time | 3 Comments »
This would have, like, cost us $1,000,000 twenty years ago. I found vNES online today. It’s amazing how technology has gotten us to the point where something that brought so much excitement, sleepovers at Ned’s and Adam’s homes, and persistently sore thumbs could become so mundane and compact as to be virtualized on the net. Available now, without having to blow [...]
Posted on October 9th, 2006 by Tobias
Filed under: Hollow Men, Nostalgia, Video Games | 7 Comments »
We approach our gathering, and I’m enjoying the anticipation. I look forward to speaking with you all. It’s been a long couple of weeks, one of which was spent on the road in New Jersey for the Dodge Poetry Festival (anyone who has viewed Bill Moyers’ special The Language of Life knows the Dodge Festival) [...]
Posted on October 8th, 2006 by Shotts
Filed under: Food, Hollow Men, Music, Nostalgia, Philosophical, Time, Travel | 2 Comments »
My favorite jazz musician this week. Not a new release, but hopefully one well-received and/or revisited. John Coltrane | Giant Steps 01. Giant Steps02. Cousin Mary03. Countdown04. Spiral 05. Syeeda’s Song Flute 06. Naima 07. Mr. P.C. 08. Giant Steps 09. Naima 10. Cousin Mary 11. Countdown 12. Syeeda’s Song Flute
Posted on October 5th, 2006 by Tobias
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Dear friends: Just a note to let you know that at last I finished Gandhi’s autobiography (whew!). Good but tedious at times. It does not even cover the latter part of his life when he really drew the most recognition. I also recently re-read a book I had first read in NY, called the Ninemile [...]
Posted on October 4th, 2006 by Ned
Filed under: Books, Philosophical, Quotes | 1 Comment »
In this part of Texas you can’t throw a rock in the air with out hitting at indie film maker. Last weekend an indie script writer landed on our porch and asked if she could use our bathroom – as a location. When our house was on the market a few years ago this script [...]
Posted on October 1st, 2006 by J.E.
Filed under: Movies | 1 Comment »