L'aura del Campo

Autumn: 14 Mashíyyyat (October 10)

2005-10-10
vespers, 63 degrees. 80 in Petal, MS.

My cousin Barbara sent me a humorous email today comparing costs by the gallon. Gas isn't the most expensive item measured that way. At least it's warm in Mississippi.

So what to do? My prof wants new poems by tomorrow and wants me to go to a reading at 7:30 tonight. I'm supposed to be somewhere by 8. If I leave now I won't have time to do my poems on-line for tomorrow (I have written a few) as I have no computer access once I leave here. Skip breakfast tomorrow morning? Since I usually skip lunch this leaves me with a dilemma.

Argh!

2005-10-10
afternoon, 61 degrees. 55 in West Seneca, NY.

Well, my friend Gary is 33 and I didn't get to speak to him because this is a holiday! Oh, well. Hope he figures out who the anonymous Happy Birthday caller was on the answering machine. Hope he had a great day, too, although the weather there isn't too nice.

I've managed to keep the blues away today by reading and editing and even writing. Tonight I'll try to get to the Creative Writing Writer's Reading. It's on the schedule, so ...

Cool today but not bright blue like yesterday. It was a beautiful evening listening to the bells.

Afterwards, I had a taco cassarole that was awesome. This morning I managed to get some bread pudding.

SENSED YESTERDAY:

Smoke bush blooming downtown; brown spots on the sweet potato leaves; the blazing torches of scarlet cannas in bloom.