Just went for run down here in the steamy early evening Carolina air.. it was like growing up in houston.. air so think you have to swim through it.. Great sound of cicadas everywhere. Reminded me of high school when we had to study Haiku.. i thin k it Ms. Kelly’s 12th grade English class.. I remember reading a Haiku by the Master Basho.. I looked it iup.. and seems it has a bunch of different translations
shizukasa ya iwa ni shimiiru semi no koe
stillness–
sinking into the rocks,
cicadas’ cry –Barnhill, Bashō’s Haiku, 94, #392
the stillness—
seeping into the rocks
cicadas’ screech
–Ueda, Bashō and His Interpreters, 249
Quietness–
Sinking into the rocks,
A cicada’s cry.
–Ueda, Matsuo Bashō, 52
stillness—
sinking deep into the rocks
cries of the cicada
–Shirane, Traces of Dreams, 228, 273
Lonely stillness—
a single cicada’s cry
sinking into stone
–Hamill, The Essential Bashō, 22, 143
Ah, such stillness:
that the very rocks are pierced
by cicadas’ drone!
–Carter, Traditional Japanese Poetry, 356
Ah, tranquility! Penetrating the very rock,
stillness!
rocks into pierce cicada ‘s cry
a cicada’s voice.
–Helen Craig McCullough, Classical Japanese Prose, 539
How still it is here— Stinging into the stones, The locusts’ trill. –Keene, Narrow Road 99
Quietness: seeping into the rocks, the cicada’s voice –Sato, Narrow Road, 95
Just back from a really nice night visiting my friends pam, scott and maya.. They have a new addition in their home. a pair of ferrets.. they are such cool animals. they are kind of like furry eels.. but more fun .. (i guess. never played with a furry eel) .
They like to play .. smell pretty good.. and remind me of that great scene in The Bog Lebowski when Flea drops a ferret in the Dudes bathtub !
It was really great hanging out with pam and scott and maya.. we did some science mischief, ate, talked work and life.. even got some good book tips from maya
the hi light of the trip was getting to check out Pam’s breaking bad action figure.. Complete with blue meth !!!!
ok.. gotta do some work..a nd its already midnight !
Once again I find myself arriving at the hotel after all the restaurants are closed. I drove around for about 15 minutes trying to find a place that was open but no dice. I find myself getting addicted to the weird freeze dried or frozen pseudo-foods that hotels have for people like me when you get in too late.
It's surprising what sort of culinary tricks you can come up with… I've made grilled cheese with the iron in my room. Last night I had some sort of mac & cheese with cashews just to mix it up. Tonight it's some sort of macaroni with ground up baked potato chips just to add some flavor.
I know it sounds like I'm complaining… But this stuff is a guilty pleasure. I get The whole months worth of sodium in just one sitting. I would never even think about eating something like this at home but somehow I feel Noble… Even monastic …by eating it here.
I hope wherever you are you are enjoying some sort of freeze-dried or frozen concoction right now in solidarity with me.
Yummmm smells so good !
Nite all, nite sam
-me
Ps. Quick addendum… Microwave and room is broken… So I just ate baked fake potato chips and seltzer… Don't feel sorry for me… it was a great meal
I have a zig zag week.. Woke up in vermont, spent the day in ny gonna sleep in michigan… Im sad to be away from home, but greatful that the world keeps putting very interesting stuff in front of me…
I spent the day thinking about cool techincal things i could do…
