sunshine day

hi.. i am downloading music (four sufjan stevens records, devendra banhart and les savy fav)before heading back out to enjoy the sunshine.
yesterday:
~a man on a motorcycle riding on 39th ave. dropped a package of sausages and, instead of leaving them for the crows, he stopped traffic going both ways to pick them up. i think he was planning on bbq-ing those road weenies regardless of the bits of dirt.
~a small child (five, maybe? i am terrible with ages)in a shoddy red cape that looked like it was made of an old nightgown waved at me, unsmiling, as i left the gym. like a little serious man. like dustin hoffman.
~a table of perfectly normal people at work prayed before their meal, which is, in itself, exceptional, but get this: they prayed AFTER their appetizers but BEFORE the entrees! this isn't the first time i have seen this, but it is still curious to me. does god not provide the appetizers, therefore He is not to be thanked for them? is there a lesser diety in charge of calamari and bread? i am not against prayer (any more than i am against, say, adam sandler movies)but it's weird to so conspicuously display your faith in a restaurant. much like the so-called liberal homophobes: i don't care what those people do, just so long as they don't flaunt it right in my face. ha!
xo

summer absence..

so, hi! i haven't posted anything of substance this summer because it's been too beautiful outside to sit on the computer and write. i have been working on fiction writing, but in a notebook so i can take it outside in the yard or when i am riding the bus someplace.
things that have been happening:
1. the chickens started laying eggs! at first it was freaky to eat them because we are so disconnected from our food sources, it seemed like eating someone's poo. and it's strange to see stella running around with a worm hanging out of her mouth and know that whatever she eats is going to end up in the egg. hmm. i am thinking of putting them on different diets to see what effect that will have on the taste of the eggs. for example.. what would a steady diet of marshmallows make the yolks taste like? what about frosted flakes? rhubarb?
2. my running has fallen off, big time. i am unconcerned. my extremist self wants to sign up for the ironman on the moon competition, but my other self (the one that likes to sleep ten hours a night and thinks that popcorn makes a fine dinner)thinks this is dumb. they are duking it out presently.
3. i spent as much time as possible reading, writing and thinking this summer, and trying to spend time at the beach with my family. it's been a good one, in an unflashy way. i am unenthused about the advent of SCHOOL. it looms. like a giant cloud of stink on the horizon.
4. i am hoping to start a food blog soon, detailing the places i eat out and the food that i am making at home. more to come when the rain starts in earnest.

xo xo

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