gaia amrita

Three mornings a week, I work in the Children's Library.

karlsruhe.

swiss toaster.

I leave tomorrow afternoon for Frankfurt, & the first stop
in Amma's European tour. I hope to post pictures along the way:

Karlsruhe, Germany 10-12 Oct

Toulon, France 14-16 Oct

Winterthur, Switzerland 18-20 Oct

Paris, France 22-24 Oct

London, UK 26-28 Oct

Munich, Germany 30 Oct - 01 Nov

Finland 03-04 Nov

Holland 06-08 Nov

Barcelona, Spain 11-13 Nov

Milano, Italy 15-17 Nov

Dublin, Ireland 19-20 Nov

xo

at lizzy's.

Just spent a wide-eyed half-hour listening to Karyl's DIRECT TV technician tell an amazing story about a house haunted by a lady poltergeist in a gated community in Yorba Linda. The husband (his client) killed her.

birdsong.

more 15-minute blogging for work.

specimen from my midday walk, Valley Spring Lane.

A Flickr search for Spyder, a "worldwide leader of four season, mountain-based apparel and related accessories," came up with this photo of Claudine Longet.

researching skiing sites today: the images of ski jumpers in flight remind me of how much I love The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner.

"To signal in the face of the ephemeral is an act of heroism." - Anne Bogart

I speed-blogged for cash, then quickly disappeared into the ether.

light the candles

happy birthday, michael!

see to the cake

for m.c., with gratitude.

trumpet vine

Eventually everything will grow back.