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on word, upward
path | ways...
don't cut off my head
cuz I ain't got no_body
pantomime and palindrome
The road down to K & J's place in West Virginia was wet and winding, but hot soup and homebaked crackers were waiting when we arrived. The next day they baked bagels (breakfast), bread (lunch), and tortillas (dinner). I ground the beans for my morning coffee, with a mortar and pestle that J had carved. They live quality without question.
The mailman hefted two large boxes of seed to the back porch, and they hastened out to meet and greet. Out back they've already got two plots dug, one planted. Plans for grain behind the creek, vines, trees and bees. A place for boarders, the small schoolhouse could be a library...
Room to grow.
We explored local towns and wilderness, walked wordsmithery, were welcomed.
wisco way
more from trip out west, just over 2 months ago..
Act II: IL->WI->MN->SD->WY->MT->ID->WA
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maiz, graze, greens for days...
flatland, heartland, and badlands
all punctured by brandstand earthstaples
we'in moving matchbox wind-cabin
rip through tectonic shiftshapes
gripped earthward attractor pull
rising mist horizon, (wide__eyed)
sunPeach skyswimmer, (and wild smiling!)
undercloud pinetower rockslide jetstream
head out window -- wind,, oh!
landspeed greenthick roadslick farmsmell
pray-re
turn
si
lo
rough hew them, though we may
My dome is a bit small in this photo, but if you know me in "real life," you've probably noticed the glaring deficiency. A week and a half ago I went into the woods after dark and began hacking away with scissors at my shoulder-length curls and dreaddy knots. Reading about possessions and distractions from samadhi in Geshe Michael Roach's To The Inner Kingdom ultimately forced the moment, but the deed was some time in the making. I've been frustrated with my hair ever since getting the dreadlocks in Morocco a few months ago, and finally gave up trying to pull them out hair by hair.
I've surprised (and escaped initial recognition with) a few people, and have since received both positive and negative reviews. It was really very liberating, and I'm excited with the change and relatively happy with the results. Might keep it short for awhile.
These opposing mirrors badgered me to try and catch them in their neverending game. I've submitted the pic to The Mirror Project: here.
don't mistake us for some corny-ass crew
Yesterday the campers left; sad, but a breath of air after a hard summer's work, and an especially full-on week and a half. The summer flew by. I can't say I've accomplished everything I'd hoped to -- not in the least -- but I've labored and achieved, and enjoyed much of my time here. Last night was the final piss-up of the summer; the majority of my counselor co-workers left today for NYC, their starting point for travels around the states or, like my best buds, to Mexico, or returning back home to Aus./NZ/UK/etc.
I'm hanging around for a week of post-camp to take down the computer lab properly, and to work on a couple small projects. I have liberties with my schedule, allowing me to run with The Running School, which is using our camp for the week.
Here's to trying to keep up with many of the best high-school XC runners in the nation...
buggin' out
Why is it that when i come up
I just worry 'bout coming back down?
Never satisfied with filling my cup
Always spill it all over the ground.
