odi et amo

"The rose appears suddenly and it does not appear quickly. It just appears and one morning it is there. For now it is slow." From A Rose Diary by Spring '24 Resident walt john pearce in The Paris Review.

too much So Much

“Lilacs bloom and they fill the air with lilac breath. I never knew I had so many lilacs.” A rose diary by walt john pearce. buff.ly/471TaRP

.isabelle on Teletubbies and Pingu and other little Guys theparisreview.org/blog/2024/08/3…

went to the Barber and the barber said Any plans for the weekend and i Said ordering a couple cords of Wood and the barber said yes me Too we're doing that Monday and i said and then You stack it and the Barber said yes sir and then you Stack it and i said Yes Sir

John Singer Sargent's 1913 portrait of Henry James after suffragist Mary Aldham slashed it three times with a meat cleaver.

My dearest Fall and love poem For. S. Corona Paul Celan (Tr. Michael Hamburger) Autumn eats its leaf out of my hand: we are friends. From the nuts we shell time and we teach it to walk: then time returns to the shell We love each other like poppy and recollection

not So Sure

it is a dark Time with many dark things Surrounding me and Many other people who are Surrounded by darkness but Football is Back and it is Back tonight Glory be to God

praying Feverishly at halftime about things that have Nothing to Do with Football