Red Mosquito

Carl Sandburg wrote:There is a wolf in me . . . fangs pointed for tearing gashes . . . a red tongue for raw meat . . . and the hot lapping of blood—I keep this wolf because the wilderness gave it to me and the wilderness will not let it go.

There is a fox in me . . . a silver-gray fox . . . I sniff and guess . . . I pick things out of the wind and air . . . I nose in the dark night and take sleepers and eat them and hide the feathers . . . I circle and loop and double-cross.

There is a hog in me . . . a snout and a belly . . . a machinery for eating and grunting . . . a machinery for sleeping satisfied in the sun—I got this too from the wilderness and the wilderness will not let it go.

There is a fish in me . . . I know I came from salt-blue water-gates . . . I scurried with shoals of herring . . . I blew waterspouts with porpoises . . . before land was . . . before the water went down . . . before Noah . . . before the first chapter of Genesis.

There is a baboon in me . . . clambering-clawed . . . dog-faced . . . yawping a galoot's hunger . . . hairy under the armpits . . . here are the hawk-eyed hankering men . . . here are the blonde and blue-eyed women . . . here they hide curled asleep waiting . . . ready to snarl and kill . . . ready to sing and give milk . . . waiting—I keep the baboon because the wilderness says so.

There is an eagle in me and a mockingbird . . . and the eagle flies among the Rocky Mountains of my dreams and fights among the Sierra crags of what I want . . . and the mockingbird warbles in the early forenoon before the dew is gone, warbles in the underbrush of my Chattanoogas of hope, gushes over the blue Ozark foothills of my wishes—And I got the eagle and the mockingbird from the wilderness.

O, I got a zoo, I got a menagerie, inside my ribs, under my bony head, under my red-valve heart—and I got something else: it is a man-child heart, a woman-child heart: it is a father and mother and lover: it came from God-Knows-Where: it is going to God-Knows-Where—For I am the keeper of the zoo: I say yes and no: I sing and kill and work: I am a pal of the world: I came from the wilderness.

wease wrote:In Athens at hotel. Beautiful. Great view of the Acropolis. Getting ready to go out and grab a late lunch.

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bodysnatcher wrote:

wease wrote:Just got back from Normandy. 2.5 hour trips both ways. And a very full day there. It was a wonderful day. Very emotional. Highly recommended.

How are those thin pants holding up?

Wearing them for the first time here today. I’ll report back later.

Forgot to report. Thin pants were PERFECT. We have to wear them to the Vatican in a few days and it’s supposed to be close to 100 degrees. I can’t think of a better pair of pants to wear, but it’s still going to be miserable.

don't get busted taking pictures of the sistine chapel!

honestly, i don't think they do anything other than tell you to stop.

Papa Wease was indeed busted.

wease wrote:Finally got to try suppli. At the airport in Naples. I have no doubts if I’d found it out and about in the cities, I would’ve like it more, but it was pretty good.

Peeps wrote:The old deck (it really went to shit over the winter, was built i believe in 1986)



the new deck

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

wease wrote:In Athens at hotel. Beautiful. Great view of the Acropolis. Getting ready to go out and grab a late lunch.

How much is this trip costing you

Higgs wrote:I'm sorry. That was terrible...

Peeps wrote:

Higgs wrote:I'm sorry. That was terrible...

given to fail

wease wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

wease wrote:In Athens at hotel. Beautiful. Great view of the Acropolis. Getting ready to go out and grab a late lunch.

How much is this trip costing you

More than any trip should.

Higgs wrote:Deck Matter

dad wrote:my BiL - wife's older brother is in town for the next few days. he's fun to be around until he's not.

he doesn't respect other people's time or boundaries.

he's already tried to drop his daughter off at our house while he goes to get a haircut. she's 12, so it's not like i'm on babysitting duty while i work, but...take your fucking kid with you to get a haircut, or get one before you leave town. he always pulls shit like this where he brings his daughter and tries to pawn her off on some family member, and try to make you feel like shit in the process.

he also likes to bring his hyperactive shit-and-piss-everywhere dog with him, without asking if it's okay to bring the dog over.

just the most self-serving person i've ever met. he's been here less than 24 hours and i'm already fucking annoyed.

BurtReynolds wrote:I will never own another pet again for the simple fact that dealing vets is an absolute nightmare. I profession riddled with con artists and idiots.

dad wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:I will never own another pet again for the simple fact that dealing vets is an absolute nightmare. I profession riddled with con artists and idiots.

they are forever trying to sell you something you don't even need.