I'm on a bit of a poetry binge this week, and Monday afternoon found me lying on the luxurious shag rug of a friend's tiny apartment, re-reading some of my favourite poets (ee cummings, William Carlos Williams, Czeslaw Milosz). It is an adventure to re-open a collection and wonder what will pop out, knowing something you've read before will strike you afresh, or you will be reminded of a particularly moving line that you had somehow forgotten. Like this piece from Milosz, which floors me. Every. damn.* time. The first time I read it, I lay in a park with a friend (this same friend who offered me her rug as my reading burrow) and demanded that I share it with her. I spoke it carefully, and then, into the post-reading silence, I slammed the book shut, and dropped it as loudly as I could onto the grass. "I'm never reading anything again," I declared, "What else is there to say?" Esse I looked at that face, dumbfounded. The lights of métro st...
I like streamlined! I read through a feed though, but still. The only thing missing is a sexy, commissioned header image drawn by a friend.
ReplyDeleteHm. Who should I commission?
ReplyDeleteJOKES.
Draw away!
(assuming you wanted that invite.)
Ok ok, just stop begging me. Ha, if I think of something interesting I will draw it and you can decide if it fits your style.
ReplyDeletei like this thom character.
ReplyDeleteyes, MORE sexy! bring the sexy back.
Have you kept screenshots or some other record of your past layouts? I just wondered because you've had some really nice ones! I find this one streamlined, though less interesting than some of the others you've had. However, I like the variety and that you make regular changes. I'm old-school and still visit the blog :)
ReplyDeleteI like it. As always it reflects some aspe t of your character and mood at the time you chose it :-))
ReplyDeleteaban - thom is a great character.
ReplyDeletelisa - i do not have screenshots from old versions...that's kind of a good idea. oh well.
anon - thanks. does reflect some aspect of my character...i'm into simplicity these days.
Meh, I save all sorts of stuff that I never look back at...I was just curious. Where does that need to save things come from? I find it so hard to overcome.
ReplyDeleteI like that you're into simplicity these days. I have great ambitions to put the ideas of simplicity and downsizing to work when I move back to Gananoque and clean up my basement.
Like!! I don't read your blog through a feed although I do that for Letters to Strangers.
ReplyDeleteWhich works because your L to S page freezes my web browser...
-Jackie
I confess I was a bit miffed when I got on here and saw the change. I don't hate it though :)
ReplyDeletejackie - it freezes your browser!?!
ReplyDeleteshellie - what did you like about the old version?
Having used your new blog layout I have one comment. Because I am lazy I miss having Dear Stranger at the top where I can see quickly if you have posted something new. Still adjusting to the plainness/simplicity
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