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Retro-retrospection - 2008-10-06
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9:03 p.m. - 2003-04-25
Bought a huge potted geranium at the Home Depot last night when we got the paint. Went over to the Hobbit House today with Wolf. Hoed out the rest of the second tier and did a pretty good job of weeding the bed in front of the house. But now the proof begins: am I truly a black thumbed plant murderess, or was it simply bad soil and an excess of gravel? We shall see. I have lovely, fluffy, rock-less, crumbly soil to work with and a yard that varies from full sun to heavy shade, with all the stops in between. Surely SOMEHOW, SOMEWHERE I can manage to grow a flower or at least keep a boughten one alive. The geranium pot had 4 separate plants in it. I dug four lovely holes. Tumbled the whole thing from the pot and carefully pulled the plants apart. As tenderly as I ever tucked a babe in a crib, I settled my beautiful, healthy geraniums into the holes and filled them in. Watered well. And began to pray. I'll keep you updated on how they're doing. In other Hobbit House news, Mike hired some kids (okay, people younger than me) to paint. Wolf's walls are beautiful! The yellow is brighter than the paint chip (lying evil things those paint chips), but livable. And will be more so when the furniture and stuff goes in. Wolf's room here was my former office. When we converted it into a nursery all we did was take out the desk and put in a crib. As Wolf grew we emptied the bookshelves he could reach. The bookcases go to the ceiling and from about mid-chest up are full of books rarely seen in children's rooms. How many 5 year olds do you know who have the collected works of Theodore Dreiser next to their beds? What little wall space not covered in bookcases also sports some unusual nursery decor. Posters, mostly. A few publicity posters for special exhibits at the Metropolitan and the MOMA, Einstein sticking his tongue out, Marilyn Monroe, Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, good influences for certain, just a bit weird. As for the "Rocky Horror Picture Show" and "Swamp Thing" posters...well. But now my little Wolf is getting a fresh new room of his own. New bed and dresser and I think it's time for some new artwork. Wonder where I can get a good poster of Enrico Fermi? No, seriously, I HAVE been on the hunt for a particular poster for over 20 years. I saw it once and thought it was funny. Been looking for it to buy ever since. It's a moonscape. One of the astronauts is bouncing along the surface of the moon toward something and just over the edge of the horizon you can see the tips of the Golden Arches peeking up. I thought it one of the slyest commentaries on America I'd ever seen. The gung-ho astronaut, the best we can do. McD's, the worst, yet as fully American as the astronaut. I mean who else is going to open the first restaurant on the moon, BUT McDonald's? Gah! I NEED a cigarette! I've gnawed my nails down to bloody stumps and have started on my cuticles. And that Nicorette gum tastes like shit. Jonesin' and twitching, ~LA
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