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• Laughter happily ever.
• Affirming dreams last night (that sounds cheesy, I'm wearing my Alan Alda sweater today) after being tortured by the White Sox and the dentist.
• Reading binge continues: Bunting & Stanley.
• Fall is hammock weather (see previous).
• Cycled through stuff on Twombly thanks to Chris Rizzo's suggestion. Immediately bought crayons and set myself to work on some older paintings. No house paint yet.
• Will not be at Katalanche reading in NYC tomorrow evening, but you should be.
• Teaching a couple Art Research classes this week and next, as well as other per usuals.
• Friend from Brooklyn comes into town this weekend.
• Coltsfoot should be a wrap, should be a wrap, should be a wrap, or at least up to the printer soon.
• A very good friend deserves a break in a prolonged stalemate. Let's all send good thoughts his way.
• Speaking of Katalanche and Rizzo, got a copy of Chris' Claire Obscure this past weekend when visiting Michael Carr (thanks to Michael and Kat for being gracious hosts) and learning the finer points of candlepin bowling. I've been lucky enough to hear Chris read Claire (excerpt here, see how it's changed) and my enthusiasm for his work is ever growing since. The collage cover by Michael is really dynamite too, kaboom.
• Marlin Perkins in my bathroom last night: my dog, my cat, a chipmunk, and a frog. Suprisingly no carnage this morning.
• Typed shorter poems from this past May last night.
• "A quail is a running hairdo."
• Let's hope the hefty lefty brings it tonight.