And I see your face approaching, I'm reminded why the ocean loves the shore

[sovay]

The afternoon's mail brought my contributor's copy of Not One of Us #78, containing my poem "Hagstone." It was prompted by a picture taken by a friend of ashlyme's and incorporates some of the cautionary attitude toward antiquities of M. R. James; it belongs to the train issue whose border-blurring motif extends through the stories and poems of Pamela Weis, Lynn Hardaker, Robert Beveridge, Marissa Lingen, Patricia Russo, and more. Please enjoy it to the accompaniment of Chris Smither's "Train Home."

It was a good day for music on WHRB, which introduced me to Lake Street Dive's "Making Do" (2021) and the Black Pumas' "Ice Cream (Pay Phone)" (2023) as I drove to pick up rushthatspeaks for a lovely evening which included sour cherry hamantashn from Mamaleh's and not actually watching any of the movies we talked about except for SNL's "Totino's." On the way home afterward it was Karyn Ellis' "Movie" (2005) and a spectacular assortment of Mexican rock. I am fortunate in the husbands I have in my life.

I have been cheered lately by this use of a kylix, this peat-preserved Bronze Ave village, and everything about this unnecessarily erudite exchange.

Comments

[selkie]

I am just saying there is a reason I cribbed you entire for the hero of a swooshy romance novel. I mean, a bunch of reasons, including your useful tendency to sensible dress for the era in which you happen to find yourself.

*hugs*

[sovay]

I mean, a bunch of reasons, including your useful tendency to sensible dress for the era in which you happen to find yourself.

*hugs*