REASONS FOR MOVING

The Everyday Enchantment of Music

"A rough sound was polished until it became a smoother sound, which was polished until it became music. Then the music was polished until it became the memory of a night in Venice when tears of the sea fell from the Bridge of Sighs, which in turn was polished until it ceased to be and in its place stood the empty home of a heart in trouble.Then suddenly there was sun and the music came back and traffic was moving and off in the distance, at the edge of the city, a long line of clouds appeared, and there was thunder, which, however menacing, would become music, and the memory of what happened after Venice would begin, and what happened after the home of the troubled heart broke in two would also begin." from Mark Strand's new book of prose poems, ALMOST INVISIBLE

ANN'S DINNER

BRAISED SHORT RIBS & FIGS IN TEOTITLAN MOLE NEGRO W/CHOCHOYOTES(MASA DUMPLINGS)& SWEET POTATO PUREE, AVOCADO & CORN SALAD

ANN'S DINNER

GNOCCHI W/CHICKEN & ARUGULA

HARRY CREWS R.I.P.

crews at his most militantly oddball.

i think mr. death likes him just fine now.

EARL SCRUGGS R.I.P.

more on mr. scruggs later. for now, this little piece of genius will suffice.

ADRIENE RICH R.I.P.

poem by clayton eshleman

CAT BLISS

RITES OF SPRING

i'm assuming we'll still have some winterish weather but the cats know what they know & hodge is pretty sure spring has sprung. unlike merce our bob-tail country cat, hodge's coat is silken & doesn't keep the cold out as much as merce's velour-like coat. hearing hodge do her rebel yell when she bounces out to the warm wedge of sun that cuts across our balcony is one of those things that makes having animal companions so rewarding.