I am the Audience

What a way to go

September 28, 2023

family

A friend suggested that this conversation should be saved. So…..

On the day my dad died, he said “I feel really good right now. I feel like I’ve done the important things and everyone is in a good place. I could just not wake up in the morning or I could live 2 more years. Either way, it’s OK.” We had a good lunch with dessert and ran an errand. He went to the rest room while I went to make my purchase.

The ambulance was there when I went to find him. It was a good death.

He probably found it funny that he died in a rest room. (Him and Elvis) I expect his last thought (knowing my dad) was “Oh shit!”
Greene Street Parking Garage

September 28, 2023

a day in this life, books

I went to the Scuppernong Books SciFi Book Club tonight. We had read Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood, the first of the MaddAddam trilogy. It’s a good story and I’m rereading the whole thing.

This is where I usually park.

Next month, we are reading Arch-Conspirator by Veronica Roth. I accidentally read it early and that inspired me to check out Sophocles’ plays about Oedipus and his family from the library.

For November, we’re reading Vurt by Jeff Noon. And, since December is a busy month, we went ahead and chose a short book I had raved about, A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers.

So far, I’m batting a thousand. I hope they like this one, too.

(I had previously suggested Andy Weir’s Project Hail Mary and everyone enjoyed it.)
UNC Chartres labyrinth

September 27, 2023

a day in this life, Labyrinths

I’m glad this is still here even though I didn’t use it today.
I am so high

September 27, 2023

a day in this life
Wild urban ferns

September 26, 2023

a day in this life, travel

All over the walls of Savannah, Georgia.

Sometimes a little.

Sometimes a lot.