George K. Ilsley's Blog, page 2
May 7, 2020
All over the world much-loved creatures split their seams and...
All over the world much-loved creatures split their seams and lose their stuffing. Rarely seen, however, is the “ghost stuffing” phenomenon—shown here sitting on a fence, judging the unseen world through vacant eyes. #ghostcat #ghosts #ghoststuffing #creepy (at Vancouver, British Columbia)
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_5RCa8HcG6/?igshid=u2xvjxk8hu82
May 6, 2020
Trying to make a video, but only getting a selfie. #okboomer...
Trying to make a video, but only getting a selfie. #okboomer #selfie #authorlife (at Vancouver, British Columbia)
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_2f5E1D43V/?igshid=q4h1w1k4qhye
January 23, 2020
the home stretch
The Home Stretch: A Father, a Son, and All the Things They Never Talk About
August 23, 2019
The Home Stretch
Beyond excited to see this on the Arsenal site, to appear solid in spring 2020
March 6, 2019
sentence of a lifetime
He was asking for memories, too young himself to know that memories were only memories of memories.
Alan Hollinghurst (A Stranger’s Child)
June 6, 2018
sentence of the day
Men liked you because you were fun, and when they liked you they took you out, and there you were.
Dorothy Parker (Big Blonde)
December 15, 2017
sentence of the day
The high, thin nose was a little lonely, a little sad, but the bud of her lips opened and closed smoothly, like a beautiful little circle of leeches.
Yasunari Kawabata (Snow Country)
June 21, 2017
GRIN - William Trevor. Torridge - Do outsiders tell different stories?
Haven’t read much of William Trevor, but I would like to explore more of his quietly devastating little earthquakes.
May 29, 2017
October 18, 2016
sentence of the day
But the thing is that, in the end, we each must decide how comfortable we are with how much we hurt other people.
- Chris Abani (The Face: Cartography of the Void)
