haw haw haw

rome, toulouse, and verdi

Le Théâtre Antique d'Orange was built in Toulouse by the Romans in the first century CE --- in 2016 the city staged a performance of verdi's requiem here (one of my personal favorites), along with a wonderful series of images by the celebrated cartoonist Philippe Druilleton projected onto the rear wall ---

doncha know

One has either to take people as they are, or leave them as they are. One cannot change them, one can merely disturb their balance. A human being, after all, is not made up of single pieces, from which a single piece can be taken out and replaced by something else. Rather he is a whole, and if you pull one end, the other, whether you like it or not, begins to twitch. ~Franz Kafka

eek

the trip to peachtree corners to see the ophthamologist last monday was torture in every way, and i shan't want to go back out there again as long as i live if i can help it --- but at least the nice ophthamologist lady assured me that my retina or whatever is not falling out -- but we will keep that eye under observation, as it were --- 

the next evening, i was out walking dog, and as we started to cross piedmont at seventh, he started charging across the intersection, as is his want, and i stumbled and fell over --- dog stopped when i dropped the leash and just sat there, which he always does, but it took me two tries to get up off the pavement, and with oncoming traffic i was afraid i was about to watch the dog get run over --- that did not happen but i tore up my arm and, because of the way i fell, i should've broken my hip, but didn't --- weirdly the sciatica has been somewhat less troublesome since then

today dog and i walked down to chuck allen dr and the park for the first time since the sciatica kicked in --- nice weather, nice walk, and i did not have to crawl the last hundred yards back

quince, plum, and jonquil are rocking right now

happiness

 

yoko!

I'm waiting for a boat to help me out of here

Waiting for a boat to help me out

The boat that reached my shore was a toy boat

Waiting for a boat to help me out

I'm dreaming of a lake I've never seen before

Dreaming of a lake I've never seen

The lake I've seen last was a picture lake

Dreaming of a lake I've never seen

You who are

You who are

Help me out, help me out

Help me out of here

I'm thinking of a castle on atop a hill

Thinking of a castle on atop a hill

The castle I've been to was full of flies

Thinking of a castle on atop a hill

You who are

You who are

Help me out, help me out

Help me out of here

You who are

You who are

Help me out, help me out

Help me out of here

I'm waiting for a boat to help me out of here

Waiting for a boat to help me out

The boat that reached my shore was a toy boat

Waiting for a boat to help me out

You who are

You who are

Help me out, help me out

Help me out of here

You who are

You who are

Help me out, help me out

Help me out of here