Black Cherries by W. S. Merwin

Apr. 27th, 2025 04:13 am
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Late in May as the light lengthens
toward summer the young goldfinches
flutter down through the day for the first time
to find themselves among fallen petals
cradling their day's colors in the day's shadows
of the garden beside the old house
after a cold spring with no rain
not a sound comes from the empty village
as I stand eating the black cherries
from the loaded branches above me
saying to myself Remember this


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Apr. 26th, 2025 04:05 am
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Clicky!

Also, I meant to say re: the utilities that you are all the best and I absolutely love you :)

(Still need to call National Grid and still don't wanna.)

D.O.P.-T.

Apr. 22nd, 2025 10:25 pm
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Forgot to cook the little potatoes as part of my pasta dinner ...

The weather continues pleasant enough that the dog feels up to a small walkies. Maybe the vet will be merciful about all the weight she must have gained. (The practice has changed hands and location. The new vet loves the dog. Less than five minutes after earnestly lecturing us about the need to cut her rations, she was absentmindedly plying the dog with treats.)

Rejected video for Earth Day post

Apr. 22nd, 2025 10:20 pm
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I wanted to be spooky, so I posted Storied asks 'Why Does A Ghost Whale Terrorize The Japanese Coast?' An Earth Month ghost story, then I wanted to laugh, so I posted 'The Daily Show' Celebrates Earth Day by Tackling Climate Change.

D.O.P.-T.

Apr. 21st, 2025 10:16 pm
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The grass in front has been raked and last I looked, looked good. I'll probably find tomorrow that it's grown 8" overnight and wildlife have hacked holes in it.
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and applied for a shitton of jobs. The worst they can do is call me a dipshit, and they probably wouldn't do that to my face. I think? Seems like a waste of time to call somebody up and say "You're terrible, how could you think we'd consider you?"

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As Fox News might report it.

Apr. 21st, 2025 07:32 am
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His Holiness Pope Francis was healing well. Then he met with J.D. Vance, and died within 24 hours.

Coincidence?

You decide. I'm only reporting the facts.
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I'm sharing another person's comment on Why Does A Ghost Whale Terrorize The Japanese Coast?

Sometimes creating a legend is the best way to get people to show respect. In the 1970s Volcano National Park in Hawaii had a problem with people taking volcanic rocks home as souvenirs. It was at this point a park ranger created the legend that anybody who takes a rock from the island would be cursed by the god Pele. Every year, the park still gets rocks mailed back.

I tell this story every semester in geology, although I read on Snopes that it was a tour bus driver who came up with it. Just the same, I first heard this story when I was a Park Ranger, and I know the rangers tell it, even if they didn't originate it.

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Apr. 21st, 2025 09:56 am
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In the future all zoo trips will look like this.
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And what if I had simply passed you by,
your false skins gathering light in a basket,
those skins of unpolished copper,
would you have lived more greatly?

Now you are free of that metallic coating,
a broken hull of parchment,
the dried petals of a lily—
those who have not loved you
will not know differently.

But you are green fading into yellow—
how deceptive you have been.

Once I played the cithara,
fingers chafing against each note.
Once I worked the loom,
cast the shuttle through the warp.
Once I scrubbed the tiles
deep in the tub of Alejandro.
Now I try to deciper you.

Beyond the village, within a cloud
of wild cacao and tamarind,
they chant your tale, how you,
most common of your kind,
make the great warrior-men cry
but a woman can unravel you.


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Why is she like this.

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D.O.P.-T.

Apr. 20th, 2025 10:44 pm
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I flattened the grass in front again; raking tomorrow. Dug up an old potato patch (yield: a dozen very small potatoes, but I let the tiny ones escape), harvested soil and used it to repot a very potbound spider plant that a neighbour had left at the kerb for the taking, then scattered nasturtium seeds, covered, and watered. The dog was amenable, so she got a walkies in the late afternoon.
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Jenn's plan to self-set-up her own balanced billing + a random screwup with autopay that she didn't realize until we were in the hole + having to help a friend get out of an abusive relationship = omg.

I'm pretty sure that they legally can't actually shut us off until May 15th, and once we get the tax refund we can pay the entire past due bills... but there's no promise we will get that refund by that date, and I would be surprised if we do. I don't want to go a week without lights and hot water, or a fridge and stove.

I'm reasonably certain that if we pay even half the past due now, we can talk them into waiting for that refund. The entire total is something like $6k... I'm a little scared to look again, honestly. I just sorta glanced at the bills in horror.

I've got paypal and venmo, which is posted here, or if you can't see that and can and want to help out you can PM me. We can absolutely pay back (or forward!) as soon as that refund comes in. I know how much the refund is, it will cover these bills.

(I've also been sitting on posting this for a few days, so I better get it out before I chicken out again!)

Last Retailer Heaven video, for now

Apr. 20th, 2025 04:58 pm
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Apr. 20th, 2025 12:21 pm
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Pop stars in the making.

(Pretty sure the one on the right has been up for three nights in a row and the drugs are now wearing off.)
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