Three strange things
A wasp nest attached to my back door that looks like the Invisible Man in a hat
An alligator lizard of all the goddamn things in my yard near the roses the lizard was about seven inches long more alligator than lizard he lunged at me so I lunged back
A wee mushroom the size of my fingertip growing in an orchid on my windowsill
There are so many things I want to write but this much exhausted me Portland is a fire bomb in my heart I have zero plans for July for the first time in maybe ever I have so many friends who are teachers who are deeply concerned about the school year when I taught orchestra in middle school I could not have imagined containing all. those. droplets. I built a plant stand today I have green tomatoes and sugar snap peas and roses and calla lilies in my garden I made cinnamon rolls last week and canned marionberry jam this week
I feel adrift lost at sea I wave from my boat Ahoy! Ahoy!
An alligator lizard of all the goddamn things in my yard near the roses the lizard was about seven inches long more alligator than lizard he lunged at me so I lunged back
A wee mushroom the size of my fingertip growing in an orchid on my windowsill
There are so many things I want to write but this much exhausted me Portland is a fire bomb in my heart I have zero plans for July for the first time in maybe ever I have so many friends who are teachers who are deeply concerned about the school year when I taught orchestra in middle school I could not have imagined containing all. those. droplets. I built a plant stand today I have green tomatoes and sugar snap peas and roses and calla lilies in my garden I made cinnamon rolls last week and canned marionberry jam this week
I feel adrift lost at sea I wave from my boat Ahoy! Ahoy!
posted by Radish King at 4:16 PM
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And if I was a pirate I would say, Avast me matey! Come here and kiss my cheek. And we would drink some rum and make some pickles and do the best we can. I still say that the alligator lizard is what we here in the paleo-land of Florida would call a skink.
We have skinks here but they are shiny with blue tails and racing stripes and no snake heads. 🦎!
It's weird being in Portland, where it feels...normal. Protests are peaceful, families are out, masked and happy. One of the protests was down the street from us last night, organized by young people and peaceful and near 10 PM we started hearing the police caterwauling and threatening to use munitions because they were shining flashlights in their eyes and then protesters reported unmarked vans driven by men in camo whisking protesters away as they walked home. We have seen a lot of large trucks in our 'hood (the precinct near us is where they house their paramilitary equiptment I think).
So today I went to feed store and bought one tiny chick and put her under my broody hen and I really hope this works and we need some joy like that.
O Portland. So much desire for the city of my young dreams. I wish you and your chick the warmest roost. Be safe dear Poet.
XO
Ahoy ahoy. The world is imploding. People are stolen off the streets. We have to protect our inner wiring from short circuiting now. I love you.
Oh, and the terraria are from amazon. Search terrariums.
I read this house we have to protect our inner wing. Both things are true. Sending love to you and yours and going down an Amazonian rabbit hole. 🐇❤️
you know that I can not comment because son in peril. You know...Carry on, this is just practice, all of it ! I love your little dinosaur thing in the dirt!
Linda Sue, every day I think about your son there and you here. Watching with my words stuck in my throat.
Love
Rebecca
Every day I keep repeating, What is happening?
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