Popped Cherry and Miscellany
-Bob Dylan
Thanks to everyone who wished Geri a happy birthday yesterday. I got a lot accomplished in the house, in the yard and online while she had to work 12 hours at the prison. At one point, fierce winds completely snapped off the cherry tree in our front yard, landing the very top of it on our front porch, but fortunately without causing a great deal of damage. In the evening, my mom and step-dad had us over for supper. Usually Geri likes to unwind at night watching television, while I hate TV and prefer to read, write, or work on my website. But last night I gave in and joined her to watch an old Elia Kazan movie called Gentleman's Agreement (1947, starring Gregory Peck). I was glad I did. Good film about anti-semitism.... Please watch it when you have a chance.
Yesterday, I posted two of my favorite d.a. levy poems (Cleveland Undercovers and Great Man Sleeping in a Closet) in the Crisis Chronicles Online Library. Today I added another fine piece by Philip Metres (Patronymic, which he read Thursday at the Literary Cafe). Tonight or (more likely) tomorrow, I plan to post a blog about (and photos from) the "Lit." Not enough time tonight.... And yesterday I almost finished the Deep Cleveland poetry video I promised last month - so I will make that available on my blog soon as well.
Today Columbia gas showed up to turn off our gas for a past due bill (which for some reason we never received) of about thirty dollars. Fortunately, our dog Lucky started barking insistently, drawing my attention to the fact that the service woman was in our yard. So we paid the bill and averted that crisis. There's other crap going on, too, that I have neither time nor the inclination to write about. Nothing too serious, just a bit wearying.... I need to get more sleep.
More awesome poetry by Steven B. Smith, Philip Metres, Kathy Ireland Smith, Cheryl Townsend, Kevin Eberhardt, Chocolate Waters and several other awesome authors will be coming to the Online Library in the coming month. I don't wanna spoil every surprise though....
And Philip Metres mentioned Geri and me in his blog (which also features a video Literary Cafe proprietor Andy Timithy shot of Philip's featured reading). Cool!
And finally, here are a few photos I took today:
What's left of the trunk of the cherry tree high winds popped in our yard
Cherry branches find a temporary home (appropriately enough) on our tree lawn
Self portrait on our staircase
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And dig these:
Eye had a student priority which means leaving the computor what frustrates me is the ones they never nab some kids just watching TV and playing games at least the desk person was kind and said yes its frustrating to them also
a new internet JOKE
Who chopped down the Cherry tree George? Eye cannot tell a lie it was JESUS CRISIS. ahhhhhhhhh
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haha... thanks!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR5ltHuEFjM
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http://www.antimusic.com/news/08/sep/17Another_DVD_Looks_At_Dylans_Jesus_Years.shtml
Film website and trailer: http://www.bobdylanjesus.com
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It certainly has been an eventful 24 hours! I'm glad you don't put EVERYTHING in these blogs....
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Ha! Nope... only the good stuff!
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Gentleman's Agreement-- watched it. To See The Earth-- read it.
Tree blown down-- did that earlier this summer. Lit blog-- mine's posted on The Belfry site (although yours will be more lucid and complete, I promise you!). Birthday-- had it earlier this year already. Hmmmmm.
As far as the cherry tree angle goes, there must be an "I cannot tell a lie" in there somewhere, lol. Seriously, JC, sorry you lost your tree, and I'm glad there wasn't a lot of damage.
What a galestorm of a birthday, eh, Geri?
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The cherry tree was about the only thing we liked about our yard.
At least no one got hurt - and big limbs from the nut tree towering over our house also fell, but just missed hitting my car. Thank goodness that whole tree didn't pop - it's at least ten times bigger, and serious damage would've been unavoidable.
Wish our current president George was more like Washington....
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You don't put Everything in your blogs? Well then I want my money back! LOL.
There seems to be a wave of insomnia coursing through myspace. I haven't had a good night sleep in a week. I stay up all night and (cringe) watch tv. No Daily Show, no House, no way! I hope we all get some sleep tonight. Sweet dreams.
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Thanks, Tara. Still didn't get much sleep... had to take Lady in to the vet at 7:30 this morning to finally get "fixed." And of course she's in heat, so Lucky was crying all night because he couldn't get to her. Hope you at least got some (sleep, that is) last night....
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Naughty!
Congratulations to Lady as she goes into "retirement." I hope that she and Lucky enjoy many more happy years together. How many babies do they have?
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They've had a total of 21 - blackjack! 3 litters: 8, 6 and 7. We kept one of the last batch, named Leda.
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Aww! How cute! I've never bred a dog, but I always adopt my dog either from the pound or if I am lucky enough to have a german shephard, from a good breeder. I'm doing my part to put the puppy mills out of business. Breeding dogs responsibly does a great service to the dogs. I LOVE animals. Right now I have three cats.
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Tis a shame that Mother Nature chopped down your cherry tree.
I've had a bit of insomnia this week and have not felt right at all. I hope there isn't a "bug" going around.
I'm sitting here listening to Pink Floyd and mourning Rick Wright's death, but also celebrating his life in the music.
Peace & Love to all!
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Hope you feel better soon....
Here's a Richard Wright piece I love - from the film Zabriskie Point:
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Thank you. I love Pink Floyd. I will miss Richard Wright. I love Gig In The Sky with Clare Torry singing that really haunting piece. I also like Sam Brown singing it.
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Interesting you mentioned that song... I just posted a new blog with a video of it. But it's a later live version with different singers than Clare - couldn't find video of her doing the song.
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Sorry to hear about the tree. Glad there was no notable house damage... I've been there and done that scene... so can sympathize.
Life has a way of keeping things exciting ..don't it?
Never a dull moment as they say....
Hope it didn't put a damper on Geri's birthday.
Looking forward to the Lit Blog...
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Didn't seem to.... Thanks, Chris!
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Looks like there're cherries on that there tree - I wonder if you were able to save any of them...
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I'm not sure what kind of cherries they are, but unfortunately they taste bad and made me a little sick.
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we'll illegally download Gentleman's Agreement and watch it. it's one of the few old classics i've not seen.
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Cool! I figured I was the only one who hadn't seen it....
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By the way... That looks suspiciously like a crab apple tree of some sort not a cherry tree... Cause cherries are done by end of July. But still a mess to clean up...
Glad the big tree didn't come down .. that would have been a real mess.
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Hmm... I was never quite sure what kind of cherry it was - or if it was one at all. But the fruit looked cherry-ish and the beautiful pink spring blossoms it sported made me think cherry, though the fruit never tasted as good as it looked.
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