the park

it was a fine afternoon in the park yesterday, especially fine for treeing the squirrels, which guinness thinks is a great accomplishment----but there won't be any festivals in the park this year, which i still think is an over-reaction to the drought, which now seems to be abating----the place never looked as parched and brown as one might think it would be, given the city's decision to close it to some of the city's biggest festivals----there are plenty of people that would like to keep it that way, continuing the de facto privatization of our parks