Will it make a sound or in its own song be drowned?

[sovay]

I am returned to Boston. The train did nothing remarkable except arrive on time. I read Farah Rose Smith's Of One Pure Will (2019) and the manuscript of a novel by Michael Cisco that I want to exist in print already; it has yaks and Messerschmidt heads. He took this picture of me last night with Herman. Now I am going to bed.

Comments

[asakiyume]

This pic of you is reminding me that when I see the protagonist of Frontera Verde, I can't help thinking of you. It's not that she looks remarkably like you, it's something about the intensity of her gaze. (I'm only two episodes into the show, but despite the body count in the trailer, so far it's been much heavier on forest mysticism, and I love all the languages--not just Spanish and Portuguese, but bunches of indigenous ones too. The English subtitles don't tell you what language they're translating from, but the Spanish ones do--so cool. And the drone footage of the Amazon--both the river and the region--*oh my*)

[sovay]

It's not that she looks remarkably like you, it's something about the intensity of her gaze.

Thank you!

Also, I am very bad at watching TV, but so far this show sounds amazing.

[asakiyume]

I'm only two episodes in, but so far it's mesmerizing. I want to check out whether some of the mythology relied on is genuine. So far I haven't been able to locate anything one way or another, but I liked what this article said about different treatments of time, because that's something that comes through very clearly in just two episodes: you move seamlessly from "past" to "present" and back in a way that highlights the arbitrariness of those categories if you shift your manner of perception.

... Reading a different article, I've discovered that the two indigenous languages that are spoken in the show are Tikuna and Huitoto... but I'm no closer to finding out about the mythology. I *suspect* it's made up...

ETA: so I guess I should revise "bunches" in my initial comment about languages to "two," heh.

[ethelmay]

What a fluffernutter!

[sovay]

What a fluffernutter!

He's so light! He's like ninety percent floof! When he rolls over onto his back and waves his tail enticingly, he resembles a self-willed feather duster!

[cmcmck]

Two very fine looking people! :o)

[sovay]

Two very fine looking people!

Thank you!

[pameladean]

Oh, what a lovely photo! What a very airy cat! Also I love your socks -- well, sock. Is it one of those pairs that don't match but somehow coordinate? My mother gave me a pair of those once and I wore them out eventually. They were so cheering.

P.

[sovay]

Oh, what a lovely photo! What a very airy cat!

He has plumage.

Also I love your socks -- well, sock. Is it one of those pairs that don't match but somehow coordinate?

It is! Solmate Socks. They are pretty much my strict sock wear except in very hot weather. I like them a lot.

[brigdh]

What a delightfully fluffy cat!

[sovay]

What a delightfully fluffy cat!

I told him he had chinchilla fur. He did, too.

[gwynnega]

Such a great photo.

[sovay]

Such a great photo.

Thank you! I'll tell Michael.

[hamletta]

That's one fluffy catten! <3

[sovay]

That's one fluffy catten!

I kept reaching to scoop him up like one of my own cats and realizing that between his kittenhood and his extreme floof there was almost no weight to him, just purr.

[rachelmanija]

That is a marvelous cat. His expression! His perfectly straight front legs!

[sovay]

That is a marvelous cat. His expression! His perfectly straight front legs!

He is what spatch calls a Kitten of Destiny, certain to grow into a Cat of Legend.

[thawrecka]

Extremely cute moggy!

[sovay]

Extremely cute moggy!

We told him so!