Got home late, ate food, did an errand, came back home…
and finished Zero Point Zero, which is now up.
It’s the next to the last column. #99.
I’m starting to feel weird about this…something I started originally as a way of stretching my writing muscles a bit became (and will remain) an important part of my life for two solid years.
I have school coming up, and manuscripts to assemble and submit. A new phase is beginning. I trust I’ll be well enough to complete it and get what I can from it.
But, as the column this week makes clear (I hope), there is a natural tendency to wistfulness that I can’t shake anymore than anyone else can.
It’s right to say good bye, but not easy.
Dark Matter 
December 10th, 2004 at 10:02 pm
But perhaps I should just be honoring that tree for staying alive, and offering those orioles a place. It’s not as dramatic or poetic in the romantic sense; but it’s real, and it lasts in ways we are barely willing to acknowledge.
there is more wisdom in these two lines than there is at most poetry readings.
December 10th, 2004 at 10:02 pm
But perhaps I should just be honoring that tree for staying alive, and offering those orioles a place. It’s not as dramatic or poetic in the romantic sense; but it’s real, and it lasts in ways we are barely willing to acknowledge.
there is more wisdom in these two lines than there is at most poetry readings.
December 10th, 2004 at 10:02 pm
But perhaps I should just be honoring that tree for staying alive, and offering those orioles a place. It’s not as dramatic or poetic in the romantic sense; but it’s real, and it lasts in ways we are barely willing to acknowledge.
there is more wisdom in these two lines than there is at most poetry readings.
December 10th, 2004 at 10:02 pm
But perhaps I should just be honoring that tree for staying alive, and offering those orioles a place. It’s not as dramatic or poetic in the romantic sense; but it’s real, and it lasts in ways we are barely willing to acknowledge.
there is more wisdom in these two lines than there is at most poetry readings.
December 10th, 2004 at 10:02 pm
But perhaps I should just be honoring that tree for staying alive, and offering those orioles a place. It’s not as dramatic or poetic in the romantic sense; but it’s real, and it lasts in ways we are barely willing to acknowledge.
there is more wisdom in these two lines than there is at most poetry readings.
December 10th, 2004 at 10:02 pm
But perhaps I should just be honoring that tree for staying alive, and offering those orioles a place. It’s not as dramatic or poetic in the romantic sense; but it’s real, and it lasts in ways we are barely willing to acknowledge.
there is more wisdom in these two lines than there is at most poetry readings.
December 10th, 2004 at 10:02 pm
But perhaps I should just be honoring that tree for staying alive, and offering those orioles a place. It’s not as dramatic or poetic in the romantic sense; but it’s real, and it lasts in ways we are barely willing to acknowledge.
there is more wisdom in these two lines than there is at most poetry readings.
December 10th, 2004 at 10:02 pm
But perhaps I should just be honoring that tree for staying alive, and offering those orioles a place. It’s not as dramatic or poetic in the romantic sense; but it’s real, and it lasts in ways we are barely willing to acknowledge.
there is more wisdom in these two lines than there is at most poetry readings.
December 10th, 2004 at 8:58 pm
Excellent! Look forward to good stuff instead of the usual bills and junk. I love the instant gratification of electronic communication, but I’m still a sucker for good old fashioned mail.
December 10th, 2004 at 8:58 pm
Excellent! Look forward to good stuff instead of the usual bills and junk. I love the instant gratification of electronic communication, but I’m still a sucker for good old fashioned mail.
December 10th, 2004 at 8:58 pm
Excellent! Look forward to good stuff instead of the usual bills and junk. I love the instant gratification of electronic communication, but I’m still a sucker for good old fashioned mail.
December 10th, 2004 at 8:58 pm
Excellent! Look forward to good stuff instead of the usual bills and junk. I love the instant gratification of electronic communication, but I’m still a sucker for good old fashioned mail.
December 10th, 2004 at 8:58 pm
Excellent! Look forward to good stuff instead of the usual bills and junk. I love the instant gratification of electronic communication, but I’m still a sucker for good old fashioned mail.
December 10th, 2004 at 8:58 pm
Excellent! Look forward to good stuff instead of the usual bills and junk. I love the instant gratification of electronic communication, but I’m still a sucker for good old fashioned mail.
December 10th, 2004 at 8:58 pm
Excellent! Look forward to good stuff instead of the usual bills and junk. I love the instant gratification of electronic communication, but I’m still a sucker for good old fashioned mail.
December 10th, 2004 at 8:58 pm
Excellent! Look forward to good stuff instead of the usual bills and junk. I love the instant gratification of electronic communication, but I’m still a sucker for good old fashioned mail.
December 10th, 2004 at 8:56 pm
Thanks.
It may show up a peom somewhere too — I really liked the line and have been trying to figure out how to work it into something for a couple of weeks!
PS: I got mail today — and you will too, shortly…
December 10th, 2004 at 8:56 pm
Thanks.
It may show up a peom somewhere too — I really liked the line and have been trying to figure out how to work it into something for a couple of weeks!
PS: I got mail today — and you will too, shortly…
December 10th, 2004 at 8:56 pm
Thanks.
It may show up a peom somewhere too — I really liked the line and have been trying to figure out how to work it into something for a couple of weeks!
PS: I got mail today — and you will too, shortly…
December 10th, 2004 at 8:56 pm
Thanks.
It may show up a peom somewhere too — I really liked the line and have been trying to figure out how to work it into something for a couple of weeks!
PS: I got mail today — and you will too, shortly…
December 10th, 2004 at 8:56 pm
Thanks.
It may show up a peom somewhere too — I really liked the line and have been trying to figure out how to work it into something for a couple of weeks!
PS: I got mail today — and you will too, shortly…
December 10th, 2004 at 8:56 pm
Thanks.
It may show up a peom somewhere too — I really liked the line and have been trying to figure out how to work it into something for a couple of weeks!
PS: I got mail today — and you will too, shortly…
December 10th, 2004 at 8:56 pm
Thanks.
It may show up a peom somewhere too — I really liked the line and have been trying to figure out how to work it into something for a couple of weeks!
PS: I got mail today — and you will too, shortly…
December 10th, 2004 at 8:56 pm
Thanks.
It may show up a peom somewhere too — I really liked the line and have been trying to figure out how to work it into something for a couple of weeks!
PS: I got mail today — and you will too, shortly…
December 10th, 2004 at 8:54 pm
“Maybe our love of grand finales is like that – the hope of picking one last perfect plum off a twisted tree.”
This so perfectly summed up the last few months of my life that it made me weep. Thank you.
December 10th, 2004 at 8:54 pm
“Maybe our love of grand finales is like that – the hope of picking one last perfect plum off a twisted tree.”
This so perfectly summed up the last few months of my life that it made me weep. Thank you.
December 10th, 2004 at 8:54 pm
“Maybe our love of grand finales is like that – the hope of picking one last perfect plum off a twisted tree.”
This so perfectly summed up the last few months of my life that it made me weep. Thank you.
December 10th, 2004 at 8:54 pm
“Maybe our love of grand finales is like that – the hope of picking one last perfect plum off a twisted tree.”
This so perfectly summed up the last few months of my life that it made me weep. Thank you.
December 10th, 2004 at 8:54 pm
“Maybe our love of grand finales is like that – the hope of picking one last perfect plum off a twisted tree.”
This so perfectly summed up the last few months of my life that it made me weep. Thank you.
December 10th, 2004 at 8:54 pm
“Maybe our love of grand finales is like that – the hope of picking one last perfect plum off a twisted tree.”
This so perfectly summed up the last few months of my life that it made me weep. Thank you.
December 10th, 2004 at 8:54 pm
“Maybe our love of grand finales is like that – the hope of picking one last perfect plum off a twisted tree.”
This so perfectly summed up the last few months of my life that it made me weep. Thank you.
December 10th, 2004 at 8:54 pm
“Maybe our love of grand finales is like that – the hope of picking one last perfect plum off a twisted tree.”
This so perfectly summed up the last few months of my life that it made me weep. Thank you.