after the morning rain

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

As we corner in on a long weekend, the rains have increased to their usual frequency for this time of year, bringing out spiders,

and reviving plants I watched wilting earlier in the week.

Here’s to a few days framed with sun, as we turn toward restorative summer—

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b is for bokeh

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

Why are there so very many spider webs on kthread?
This is how my day begins—with morning webs draped across cacti like necklaces tossed off by flappers, the many strands tangled after a night’s revelry (certainly explains the dew),

or hovering like white noise,

catching stray new light as though a cornet,

and often working [...]

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examining life

Saturday, April 25th, 2009

Last night, I watched eight philosphers riff on meaning in the film Examined Life playing at the Miami Beach Cinematheque on Espanola Way. Likely I’ll frequent this ongoing film festival and the crêpe place next door, where my fabulous friend Dianna and I discussed the film, and deliberations, community spaces, and the transient realities of [...]

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silvery spinnings

Friday, April 24th, 2009

I woke this morning to find a wonderful comment from Steven on Wednesday’s spider web post (he ponders about webs and diffraction in a post on his blog), and somehow I found my camera in my hand this afternoon to find dreamy blurs behind new webs—

peering closer in at the yellow markings on the spinner, [...]

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the fastening points

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

I looked out the kitchen window this morning, put my hand on the sill to steady myself. My heart beat quickly as I slipped silently outside, moving shyly.

The sun lit the strands stretching to anchor the webs—I have begun looking for the fastening points, the fancy work at the edges,

the taut lines [...]

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