Scott and I decided to ring in the solstice by going down to Gallup Park for the Full-Moon Paddle. We hadn't canoed in ages, but our technique came right back the first minute in the canoe. I guess that's what spending two weeks canoeing in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness will do for you, even if it was a decade ago!
We got to hear the raucous bedding-down of hundreds of birds and then the total silence afterwards as we skimmed along on the river.
Some evenings are perfect. That's all there is to it.
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Thursday, June 19, 2008
A moment of panic
At 4:30 a.m. this morning, I awoke in a panic from a dream in which a robot woman said something very clearly in my bedroom. I was just reassuring myself that it was just a dream when Scott, who was downstairs on the couch with a bout of insomnia, called out, "What was that? Did you hear that voice?"
I can't describe with what terror the panic came rushing back over me. Was there in fact a robot woman in my bedroom? Was she a robot, a ghost, or both? Was she a hallucination? - in which case she must be a mutual hallucination! Are Scott and I perhaps both insane?
Then Scott said he thought the voice had said, "Battery low." Aha! The smoke detector.
Whew!
But I still couldn't sleep for an hour afterwards...!
I can't describe with what terror the panic came rushing back over me. Was there in fact a robot woman in my bedroom? Was she a robot, a ghost, or both? Was she a hallucination? - in which case she must be a mutual hallucination! Are Scott and I perhaps both insane?
Then Scott said he thought the voice had said, "Battery low." Aha! The smoke detector.
Whew!
But I still couldn't sleep for an hour afterwards...!
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Jim's touring with Sparks!
My groovy L.A. sister-in-law's boyfriend is Jim Wilson, guitarist of the rock band Mother Superior. Right now, he and fellow Mother Superior rocker Marcus Blake are touring across Europe, playing with quirky 70s popsters Sparks in a colossal project to play every single one of Sparks's albums, in full, in concert, one after the other.
!!!
Wow. That impresses me.
As Sparks put it: "How do we best unveil our new album, our twenty-first? How about playing in concert every single song off of every album that preceded it, all 20 albums on 20 consecutive nights, culminating in the premiere of our latest? That’s approximately 250 songs, or for you musicians, 4 million, 825 thousand, 273 notes!"
Click here to see Sparks on British TV a couple of weeks ago with Jim on guitar, playing their new song, the infectious and hilarious "Lighten Up, Morrissey." I love the harmonies during the chorus and the way the whole thing raves up. In fact, I can't stop listening to it. I eventually had to go find the album version. And I will eventually have to have it on my iPod. It's as simple as that.
Try this one, too, also from the BBC Two show. There's a brief interview, followed by the sprightly "This Town Ain't Big Enough" at the two-minute mark. Whew! Great big spangly dramatic operatic 70s-sounding craziness! Love it!
!!!
Wow. That impresses me.
As Sparks put it: "How do we best unveil our new album, our twenty-first? How about playing in concert every single song off of every album that preceded it, all 20 albums on 20 consecutive nights, culminating in the premiere of our latest? That’s approximately 250 songs, or for you musicians, 4 million, 825 thousand, 273 notes!"
Click here to see Sparks on British TV a couple of weeks ago with Jim on guitar, playing their new song, the infectious and hilarious "Lighten Up, Morrissey." I love the harmonies during the chorus and the way the whole thing raves up. In fact, I can't stop listening to it. I eventually had to go find the album version. And I will eventually have to have it on my iPod. It's as simple as that.
Try this one, too, also from the BBC Two show. There's a brief interview, followed by the sprightly "This Town Ain't Big Enough" at the two-minute mark. Whew! Great big spangly dramatic operatic 70s-sounding craziness! Love it!
Monday, June 9, 2008
Clancy and Brodie down the pub
My cousin Peter and his wife Jilly (the ones whose wedding I attended back in April) have two ridiculously adorable little Westies called Clancy and Brodie.
Peter sent me some pictures of a recent night out at the pub with the dogs, and they have to go on my blog. Too cute not to share!
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Going to a pig roast, of all things
Never been to one before. I already ate dinner - I made teriyaki chicken wings with homemade teriyaki sauce, so I'm proud of myself - so I'm unlikely to have any interactions with the pig itself. But I'm ready to soak up the atmosphere. Sorta.
Haven't been to an all-out, wild, Jello-shots kind of party in a while, so I'm trying not to feel like the almost-forty-year-old that I am...!
Sigh... I'm trying.
But I have a feeling we might bow out early.
Signing off,
Granny Maeve
Haven't been to an all-out, wild, Jello-shots kind of party in a while, so I'm trying not to feel like the almost-forty-year-old that I am...!
Sigh... I'm trying.
But I have a feeling we might bow out early.
Signing off,
Granny Maeve
Friday, June 6, 2008
Red Wings parade day!
The Detroit Red Wings are the 2008 Stanley Cup champions! What a beautiful sentence that is.
I was all ready to take the day off and go to the parade today, too... until I found out it was going to be 94 degrees. I love the Red Wings, but I can watch the parade footage on the news in air-conditioned comfort tonight, thank you very much!
Monday, June 2, 2008
Yippee!
We have a car! It's a 1993 Toyota Camry LE. Yes, the one I mentioned last time. Turns out it's way better than "not too awful"! It's a little scuffed up on the outside, and it'll take a while to air out the smoke, but other than that, it's in tip-top shape. The engine thrums! Nothing rattles! Nothing squeaks! Nothing squeals! Everything works!O happiness!
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