13 At Play
1. I dreamt that I cut off part of my ear (I don’t remember why), more than I meant to. I saved it for a while and then threw it away. Then, in the dream, I was applying to attend a retreat of sorts and was about to be given a bath. I was afraid they would see it and not accept me.
2. A few days after that dream, I was wracking my brain to remember the dream and could only remember that it was strange and a different kind of dream for me. Then, I was talking to friend about my garden and said to her, ‘I just ate my first ear of corn, but not like Van Gogh.’ The dream came back.
3. I was thinking of titling this 13 Thursday ‘Playing it by Ear.’
4. This is my kind of play date.
5. The Bowerbird is an artist, creating elaborate structures to attract potential mates and placing a variety of bright objects they collect in and around a bower, spending many hours arranging the collection. See HERE.
6. “Play is our brain’s favorite way of learning.” – Diane Ackerman
7. I prolong my sleep / for the lure of escape/ from the doom of false prophets / who impose their beliefs / They stake their claims / on the bodies of women / degrade diversity / and individual freedoms… Read Don’t Wake Me Early in its entirety HERE.
8. “The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.” — Plato
9. I cried watching Joni Mitchell perform with Brandi Carlile after decades at the Newport Folk Festival. I saw Joni in Massachusetts at the Tanglewood outdoor music venue in 1974, which is where she said, “You know, a painter does a painting and that’s it. He’s had the joy of creating it. No one ever said to Van Gogh, ‘Paint another “Starry Night” again, man.'”
10. A special edition of the Mainichi newspaper in Japan was printed on 100% biodegradable paper with plant-based ink, and embedded with seeds that, when planted, would grow into flowers to attract butterflies and other pollinators, or herbs to eat. The publisher instructed people to tear the discarded newspaper into small pieces, plant the shreds in soil, and then water the container as they would any plant.
11. A Texas newspaper asks the million-dollar question: Is this a typical Texas heatwave or the coldest summer of the rest of our lives?
12. Mute or moot?
13. Floydfest is just a Heartbeat away. HERE is my last story for The Floyd Press on Floydfest before the paper cut the stringer budget and HERE is my story from last year.
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July 27th, 2022 3:50 pm
I have been going to your TT since 2005. I find them fun and intriguing.
I also want to know if you tried the biodegradable paper. We had a celebration/memorial when I worked for Aseracare Hospice and there was a paper thing that said the same thing on it and would attract butterflies etc. I took about 5 of them during the celebration. I never got to do it, did you ?
July 27th, 2022 8:50 pm
It’s always good to hear from you, Sherry. The newspaper for planting was in Japan. It seems like a great idea.
July 28th, 2022 12:09 am
Moot for number 12. That Japanese newspaper sounds interesting. Love the poem in number 7!
July 28th, 2022 10:09 am
I am sorry about the Floyd Press, as you know. It’s a loss not just for you but also the community. I have certainly seen what happens here when you end up with someone not vested in the area.