No. I was totally sober.
I simply did not know until after I’d posted to the blog yesterday, that I missed a couple of birthdays!!
Happy belated birthday, Marty Stuart!!
And happy heavenly birthday, W.S. Merwin!! He would have been 99 yesterday!
For his upcoming 100th birthday next year, the WS Merwin Conservancy in Hawaii has plenty of really cool things planned. My favorite is this:
“A new podcast is in the works, by way of a collaboration with Hawaiʻi Public Radio. It will highlight the voices of some of our writers-in-residence, carrying their vision, and the work made while here on Maui, across the ocean.”
To find out about all their upcoming plans, and to sign up for their newsletter, visit HERE.
Meanwhile, here’s one of my favorite poems by WS Merwin:
“A Single Autumn” (2008)
The year my parents died
one that summer one that fall
I moved into the house
where they had lived their last years
it had never been theirs
and was still theirs in that way
for a while
echoes in every room
without a sound
all the things that we
had never been able to say
I could not remember
doll collection
in a china cabinet
plates stacked on shelves
lace on drop-leaf tables
a dried branch of bittersweet
before a hall mirror
were all planning to wait
the glass doors of the house
remained closed
the days had turned cold
and out in the tall hickories
the blaze of autumn had begun
on its own
I could do anything
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Okay!
If you’re a writer doing anything Singapore- or Asia-related, be sure to check out Jee Leong Koh’s Singapore Unbound and sign up for their newsletter:
“A transnational literary organization based in NYC, Singapore Unbound envisions and works for a creative and fulfilling life for everyone. We do so through the subversive, innovative, and empathetic powers of the arts, especially by amplifying underrepresented voices.”
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And here’s a trip down Memory Lane–
My own foray into Singapore unbound in NYC! 1981!
Me and Chong, our first Christmas!! (Chong, my first husband who now lives in Seattle, was born & raised in Singapore.)
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And here’s this!
Warren Ellis and his pup, Tupac, had an urgent update for us last evening, about vomiting in cars!
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And here’s this update from Nick Cave Official:
“Nick Cave has collaborated with PETA on a limited-edition merchandise collection featuring his original illustration of a dog and a rat alongside the organisation’s “Every Animal Is Someone” slogan. The collection includes T-shirts, tote bags and tapestries, with all proceeds supporting PETA’s work.”
You can shop HERE!
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And that’s really all I have for today. It was already 2PM when I got home from my job “re-application” yesterday (I had to fill out a bunch of tax forms, etc.) —
BTW, this is where I’ll be working again, part-time. My favorite Health & Wellness store! Comfrey Corner of Heath!
And once I got home yesterday, I had a bunch of little things to tend to.
Including but not limited to:
I had the cutest conversation with the man I’m going out to lunch with today.
We were over in his driveway, confirming our plans.
Then he said, sort of quietly, while glancing nervously over at my house, “There isn’t anyone who’s going to, you know, put a gun in my face because I’m taking you to lunch tomorrow, right?”
How cute was that??!!
I assured him that, no, there was no one on Earth who cared if I went out to lunch with him… Then he totally relaxed. He is so sweet.
Anyway.
We’re going here! Applebee’s, in Muskingum County! (Where basically everybody owns a gun!!)
And then tomorrow, he leaves for Florida for the winter.
What is it with all these people who go to Florida all winter and miss the thrill of Christmas in the snow & icy winds of Ohio???
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Well, anyway. I’m looking forward to lunch today.
And then, when I get back, I will focus on the M. Christian anthology!!
Enjoy your Thursday, wherever you are in the world, gang!
Thanks for visiting.
I love you guys. See ya!
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Let’s close with this!
If you have the time — it’s an hour and half long — I am really enjoying this. Although it’s taking me a while. I can only watch it a couple songs at a time before I have to go focus on something else.
However.
Absolutely classic Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers! 1978! I was only 18 back then. So hard to even believe that.
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Live at Winterland 1978 (Full Concert Experience) (1 hr 32 mins) Enjoy, gang:
