Lesley Jenike's Blog, page 21

Back to work today!Here's something that I like a lot (an...

Back to work today!
Here's something that I like a lot (and sorry about the formatting):
Paradise
Certain traditions claim that man and garden cannot be separated,or if and when they are will neither still be visible, the inverse
of those twins that you never see in the same place at the same time. We disappearthrough a single door, unrecognized
in the morning in the park, where we sit behind the early paperand periodically declare I can't believe
in the Middle Ages, they drew the news on cemetery ...

This whole connecting the Blu-Ray player to Netflix thing...

This whole connecting the Blu-Ray player to Netflix thing is amazing. I'm watching Immortal Beloved this morning while I write syllabi. And I didn't even have to go to the video store.

Check out the new diode!

Check out the new diode!

This photo is very Annie Leibovitz.

This photo is very Annie Leibovitz.

Pathetic Fallacies Are Bad Science But(on reading Susanne...

Pathetic Fallacies Are Bad Science But
(on reading Susanne K. Langer's Mind)
If leaf-trash chokes the stream-bed,reach for rock-bottom as you rakethe muck out. Let it slump dank,and dry fading, flat above the bank.Stand back. Watch the water vault ahead.Its thrust sweeps the surface clean, shores the debris,as it debrides its stone path to the lake,clarity carrying clarity.
To see clear, resist the drag of images.take nature as it is, not Dame nor Kind.Act in events; touch what you name. Abhorea...

I can't wait for the Bon Mot/ley reading tomorrow night (...

I can't wait for the Bon Mot/ley reading tomorrow night (7 pm, Clifton Cultural Arts Center, Cincinnati) because:

#1: My husband is reading. He's the smartest person I know!
#2: Michael and Kristi are soon to be seen by me and I can't wait to see them because I miss them and they are awesome!
#3: I'm excited to meet/hear Jen Tynes and Noah Falck!
#4: I will see all my old friends! (Except Jess, who is in Alabama, as we all know and Gretch who is East of here, and others, scattered by those pesky ...

Ok I'm awake and sober now. But I still think it's a real...

Ok I'm awake and sober now. But I still think it's a really good idea. Or maybe it's the snow talking. Can you tell I've got cabin fever or what?

I have a proposition: Enchanted April Redux (2011). Let's...

I have a proposition: Enchanted April Redux (2011). Let's rent a big house in Italy for a month for writing, eating, drinking, and general joyousness. I hereby ask Hannah and her son Jack to join us there and I want the rest of you to come onboard. I no more want to hear about people who do this sort of thing. I want to DO this sort of thing. This is my new year's resolution. To me. And to you.

Enough bullshit. I may be drunk (a little) on malbec (it ...

Enough bullshit. I may be drunk (a little) on malbec (it IS National Championship night) but I have a proposition: Enchanted April Redux (2011). Let's rent a big house in Italy for a month for writing, eating, drinking, and general joyousness. I hereby ask Hannah and her son Jack to join us there and I want the rest of you to come onboard. I no more want to hear about people who do this sort of thing. I want to DO this sort of thing. This is my new year's resolution. To me. And to you.

I love dudes in face paint:

I love dudes in face paint: