Friday, July 31, 2009

My mojito patch with rose at my now former residence. (I will return to harvest when I go back and get my bike and Weber grill.)

I think the author took an extended holiday from the blog. The book meme tag from facebook had me returning to some familiar haunts. This is one of my favorites.


One Art

The art of losing isn't hard to master;
so many things seem filled with the intent
to be lost that their loss is no disaster.

Lose something every day. Accept the fluster
of lost door keys, the hour badly spent.
The art of losing isn't hard to master.

Then practice losing farther, losing faster:
places, and names, and where it was you meant
to travel. None of these will bring disaster.

I lost my mother's watch. And look! my last, or
next-to-last, of three loved houses went.
The art of losing isn't hard to master.

I lost two cities, lovely ones. And, vaster,
some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent.
I miss them, but it wasn't a disaster.


--Even losing you (the joking voice, a gesture
I love) I shan't have lied. It's evident
the art of losing's not too hard to master
though it may look like (Write it!) like disaster.


by Elizabeth Bishop

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Unfriendly Skies



If I recall Loudon debuted this song when he played at the Englert. A friend just sent me the link and I had to share.

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Eurotrash Guy



I found this a long time ago on the web. I am putting the only version I could find up here. Where is my Eurail Pass?

Monday, July 13, 2009

Calexico-El Gatillo



I really need to see these guys again soon. A friend just saw them up in Minneapolis with the Decemberists. Jealous!