I know we have a lot to say, but I don't want to talk right now

[sovay]

The last few days have been rather more emotionally high-octane than I feel is really warranted by the general state of the world, even though in all cases the precipitating events are inextricable from same. It is snowing again, blowing lightly through the streetlights, and the parking lot looks like a noir set in winter, especially with the red-and-white signage of Assembly Square blinking over the horizon and a tangle of Christmas lights wreathing a tree glimpsed on Broadway through the receding frames of fences and the unlit backs of buildings. I had a sharp moment of memory coming across this picture from the Amadeus I saw at the Old Vic in 1999 and fell stupidly in love with—I associated Suchet's Salieri irresistibly with Babylon 5's Londo Mollari and I wonder if I even made the connection of costume at the time. I am indifferent to the analysis, but I like this poem; one of the lines in it keeps giving me an echo. rushthatspeaks sent me a lovely article about the astronomy books of Margret and H. A. Rey. My parents celebrate their forty-seventh anniversary in the morning.

Comments

[troisoiseaux]

I had a sharp moment of memory coming across this picture from the Amadeus I saw at the Old Vic in 1999

....is that Michael Sheen?!

Congrats to your parents!

[anna_wing]

The poem made me think of Alan Garner's book about a piece of haunted geography, "Thursbitch".

[minoanmiss]

Happy Anniversary to your parents!

[aurumcalendula]

Congrats to your parents!

[nineweaving]

Happy anniversary to your parents! May they celebrate their golden year in a brighter world.

I adore the Rey astronomy books. My Cloudish constellations are based on theirs.

Nine

[selkie]

I have, by text, conveyed my sentiments to your mother! I do not have your father in my phone, mostly because I am not sure he communicates with humans that way.

*hugs* You went above and beyond. You usually do.

[imagine_that]

Those were my first astronomy books when I was younger than my kids are now. My Dad had them and he was really into astronomy. I should send him that article. :)

[sholio]

Congratulations to your parents! a noir set in winter - what perfectly lovely phrasing.

[gwynnega]

I like that poem a lot.

Happy anniversary to your parents!

[radiantfracture]

Oh, I love the poem. Thank you.

Because all my eyes see at the moment are games, it looks like the root of a game to me.

[asakiyume]

I like that poem very much; I like its incantation. Happy belated anniversary to your parents!