Rosemary Kirstein

I need not consider these things.
I should not always wait to wonder.

What’s a question? A question about
One’s self is like a hat. Put it on, take it
off, depending on the weather.

The point is to go despite the weather.
Wrap yourself up; it’s cold outside.
Bring extra water — the heat, you know, always
The heat.

The down vest packs small if you squeeze.
The clever little kit: pot, pan, plate, utensils
Folded together and locked not to rattle.

You can roll out your bed in the rain.
You can stagger in the wind, your open coat a sail.
If you can stand the bugs, there will be stars.

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Too busy to post much of anything at the moment. Trying to write books, here!

But I include, for your viewing pleasure and possible puzzlement, 3 collages.

When Ann Zeddies, Geary Gravel, and I get together for a weekend, as we did a couple of weeks ago, it is traditional for us to create collages. Usually starting late at night, and proceeding until the wee hours of the morning. Fueled by creative frenzy, coffee, and champagne. In previous years, also chocolate, but we cut that out this year.

Method:

1. grab some magazines
2. rip out any image or phrase that appeals to you, even if you don’t know why. In fact, especially if you don’t know why.
3. Assemble into a single image.

The point is to not begin with any particular design in mind — don’t pick elements in order to make a statement; pick elements you like, and find out what statement is implied. The result can sometimes be lovely, sometimes disturbing, but often illuminating.

Voila!:

And they did say it was okay to post these (I asked to make certain), from:

Mr. Gravel:

and Ann:

Okay, I’ve spent too much time on this post — back to writing!

I’ve been quiet, because I’ve been slogging away at The Next Book. And poking at a couple of other writing projects that I have in mind.

Note: amount of slog and amount of words actually produced are not proportionate to each other. Much slogging, little wordage.

But that was expected (by me, anyway), and the wordage side of the ratio is increasing. Also as expected.

Still have a week to go on my week off.

The heat is absolutely dreadful, of course, as I’m sure you’ve read in every other blog that you follow. But I’ve gone back to my favorite time to write — between 10PM and 4AM. It’s actually quite cool at the moment.

I’ve been making sure to schedule break, else my entire body seizes up. Long term, not a good thing…

On one break I wandered around the back lawn of the condo complex and spotted both Jupiter and the rising crescent moon. So lovely.

And THEN I remembered my binoculars, and went and got ’em.

You can see the moons of Jupiter quite clearly with decent binoculars, and there they were: three on one side, one on the other. It always astonishes me that we can see that so easily. (In this picture you can see them if you click on the image to magnify it a bit — not the same configuration, but a similar effect.)

Okay, enough dallying– back to work!

Because it said “Creativity has begun” and that just didn’t sit right, grammatically. I’m not entirely sure why.

Perhaps YOU know?

And yes, I’m aware the new title is overly fussy. That was on purpose. I laugh at myself.

Like this: Heh.

I am on vacation now, and very happy.