Guess.What.Day.It.Is?

Her Birthday!

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And as a lover of Sparrows, this Sawsan is for you.

Sparrow is everywhere and always will be. The birds scatter. Her crying perplexes them. Yet who comes hopping back first, cocking her dun-colored head? Of course, the sparrow. The great avian improvisor. The one who makes her nest in cold chimneys and tailpipes and ruined foundations, the one who has learned to concede the ideal. And for this reason, she is everywhere. Sparrow is everywhere and always will be.

— Amity GaigeHeartwood: A Novel (Simon & Schuster, April 1, 2025)


Notes:

Happy Birthday Eric!

Happy 30th Birthday Eric! 🧔🏻🧔🐗🐻

Enjoy your complimentary Shave & Cut makeover.

Walking. With Spyro.

Slept terribly again last night. What’s new!? I plugged in Helen Garner’s last diary in her trilogy and listened until I finally dropped off. My last recollection was her voice whispering: “In fifteen minutes I’ll be thirty-nine years old.” Her words echoing…in 15 minutes, I’ll be…in 15 minutes, I’ll be…in 15 minutes, I’ll be….

Jan Grue: “But the days slip by at an uncomfortable speed.

Christian Wiman: “Time, that great grinding wheel of the world rolls over you…too eroded to notice.

I walk.

The World feels like it has rolled over me, and then back again. Heavy step, heavy shoulders, heavy backpack, just all Heavy. And, Tired. Of this same track. Same trees. Same hut. Just more of the Same.

It’s now been 1,268 consecutive (almost) morning walks at Cove Island Park. Like in a row.

I’m about to turn back – HAD ENOUGH – and I see them in the distance. And here they come.

Think Pegasus without the wings. This dog could fly. How many times have I seen these two on this track? Go introduce yourself! Go say hello! Do it!

Continue reading “Walking. With Spyro.”

Happy Birthday Dale!

Happy Birthday Dale! Have some Cake on me!

Guess.What.Day.It.Is?

Guess who turns 5-0 TODAY!

Happy Birthday Sawsan!


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