or try again, then quit (no use being a damfool about it)

usually i publish the first take.
i had to swing the chandelier twice
this time to get the light to fall
on the cabinets properly though.
i was even ready to try two or three
more times. “if at first you don’t
succeed, to hell with it. it can’t
be done.”

king of the lists

the shelf is still right where i photographed it
but the books have all been moved to a new shelving
development. i’m lazy t’ *photograph* it just now,
so what you see here is it for tonight.

and, yes, i’ve actually *read* most of these…
several of them more than once and more than
a handful *out loud*. i haven’t kept up.
but for quite a while there, it was steve’s
america around here (and millions of people
knew it). to rival the sheer number-of-words-
-read in my life, you’d have to be isaac asimov
or something. the prize here is probably the
_green_mile_ set. all but one of ’em are firsts.

zagreb just like i pictured it

for more images of st.~mark’s
there’s always goog’l. anything else you see here,
i’d rather have the hard copies. lucky me.

from every region, apes of idleness

today i decided to rebuild the mythology-and-
-religion section in the TV room. and got as
far as what you see when it occurred to me to
photograph the darn thing. there’ve been a
bunch of cinderblock bricks sitting out front
since i moved in a year ago. some of ’em’ll
be, anyway, indoors today… maybe even hold-
ing up boards etcetera. meanwhile, i’ll’ve
annotated a bunch more of _henry_iv_part_2
(the “hollow crown” version [what i like to
call “the lokiad” (since it stars tom hid-
dleston in the hal-of-the-henriad role)]).
madeline’ll have returned with yet another
load of yummy groceries. i’ll’ve put ’em
away and prepared some. which reminds me.
the low-key ad just ended and i’m kind of
hungry.

one stack of paper yet to grade

peace and prosperity again today. wow.

this must be the second-most
beautiful thing in our happy
home full of many beautiful
things: plenty of good stuff
to eat. madeline just got back
from shopping & i’ve just finished
unloading. behold. coming soon:
more newly-washed dishes. thanks
be to universe.

packet spanish rice with sausage. wrapped in a grilled tortilla with sour cream and storebought salsa.

it’s easier to get the lighting right at night.

cookie sheets rightly-so-called. (chocolate chip; yum.)

also this might be the first shot of our
very cool enormous-measuring-cup style
glass mixing bowl. with graduations and
a spout and… most useful of all…
a handle. there’s even a lid.
somewhere.

did you see more glass?

bypassing flickr altogether.
here as indicated are glass items.
there’s a whole different load in
the drainer now on the same dirty
water from yesterday but these are
indeed the same items (plus maybe
a few more). there’s a photo but
it might not be worth uploading.