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teen-age crime wave [1955]
girls on the loose [1958]
shack on out 101 [1955]
zaat [197?]
robot vs the aztec mummy [1958]
easy rider [1969]
psychomania [19??]


firstrunfeatures.com


the confusional quartet "pensione elastica"
raw power "screams from the gutter"
starfucker "holly"

I'm feeling this right now

[diptych by Twig Hutchinson]

gained Five pounds

Doctors keep their knives sharp
ready to amputate all limbs that
stretch beyond the big picture.

If you leave the box
(so they say)
"you will float like
paper to the floor
where they will stick
prick pins through all
your chakras..."

who would you be
without your spirituality?

This is why I never exercise.

Somewhere between Eight and Twelve

Ronia The Robbers Daughter by Astrid Lindgrin
Grimbolds Other Worlds by Nicholas Stuart Gray
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graham
At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonald
Into the Land of the Unicorns by Bruce Coville
Song of the Wanderer by Bruce Coville
Dark Whispers by Bruce Coville
The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
The Prydian Chronicles by Lloyd Alexander
Westmark by Lloyd Alexander
The Arkadians by Lloyd Alexander
Time Cat by Lloyd Alexander
The Rope Trick by Lloyd Alexander
Gypsy Rizka by Lloyd Alexander
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Holes by Louis Sachar
Stuart Little by Elwyn Brooks White
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
A Wrinkle in Time by Madelaine L'Engle
The Wind in the Willows by Liz Peterson
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper
Winter Rose by Patricia McKillip
The Book of Atrix Wolfe by Patricia McKillip
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia McKillip
Song for the Basilisk by Patricia McKillip
Beauty by Robin McKinley
The Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia C. Wrede

Take time, just take time.

Went to Upattinas Solstice Faire Saturday. That morning Scotty had looked out the window and noticed, "It's trying so hard to snow." After a half hour spent in that magical kingdom of a school, the snow started soft and sure. I wish I had time (just take it) like I did when i was a student. Rose made beautiful things out of feathers and flowers- I bought a headband and by the end of the day her table was almost empty.

Things to make over winter break:

Candelabra out of the salvaged wood from the opera, wire base covered with things (find a more lasting adhesive than glue, preferably one not flammable), with wire arms holding tealight candle holders (maybe cover the entire thing in wire).

Pants from Goodwill into shorts with scalloped edge or plain old skinny pants.

Dress from magazine with basic, form fitting shape and fabric ruching design all over (use dress form and line with buttons in back if the dress has no zipper)

Finish octopus lady, bird face, and tree box...

Tuesday is Trash Day in South Philly

and I just picked up the most beautiful front door!

It's sturdy with trim and four lovely, stylized windows standing in a row at the top. Unfortunately someone painted them in, but I have big plans for this door:
Paint a self portrait!
Fix it up and use it in the house I build in Scotty's backyard! (this is going to be more difficult than I think- even the little cobb house that guy in MO built cost him $3,000)


I'm hiding it in the basement where I work, noone ever goes down there.

Thanksgiving...

...was truly something to be thankful for. The break came just in time- my schedule of being out of the house 8 am to 8 pm was getting exhausting. But Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, Scotty and I spent at least 6 hours each day lulling around Mom's living room! We left only for a few hours on Friday morning to take advantage of Goodwill's Black Friday sales and later that evening to eat sushi and s'mores at Gabby's house. Other than that, nothing! I started and finished a book and I guess Scotty learned alot on my laptop. We devoured chocolate chip cookies...

I'm missing this pace. I have one more week of 8 am to 10 pm. After the Opera performances this weekend, I have a week of pre-finals, and then a week of finals. Then I'm done for one wonderful month.