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April 29, 2003
fools give you reasons
April 25, 2003
"knock knock"
Posted by lynn at 10:33 PM
marmalade
April 24, 2003
it's a long climb. the stairway winds heavenward into foreverness. there is no end in sight.
Posted by lynn at 09:27 PM
one single step
perhaps someone suddenly realized that their specially-purchased-by-post-order-acupressure-insoles weren't doing what they had promised, and decided to ditch them then and there...but why, then, just one? perhaps someone mistakenly assumed that this extra support would stick around, even in sandals...but wouldn't they have noticed its escape? perhaps someone dropped their saturday shopping bag, and completely overlooked this one item during the rescue operation. whatever the case, this single footprint on the quay in hoorn was the first step* in a stroll of whimsical conjecture.
Posted by lynn at 11:57 PM
quick law
April 23, 2003
in amsterdam stealing boats, just like stealing bikes, is legal if - and only if - your own bike and/or boat has been stolen. in this case (after ascertaining that your bike/boat has been taken), the correct procedure is: this gentleman failed the last beautifully.
Posted by stephen at 02:32 PM
the usual, please
April 21, 2003
very satisfactory indeed: a balmy afternoon, a few hours with nothing on the agenda, a table looking out onto one of the liveliest corners in amsterdam - and a waitress with a good memory. the sidewalk part of the café is crowded, trams and bicycles fly by, and our order appears on our table without us having said a word. magic.
Posted by lynn at 09:22 AM
el no es un amigo
April 20, 2003
he is not a friend, he says: he is an acquaintance.
Posted by lynn at 12:07 AM
should i?
April 19, 2003
while visiting the "shine" exposition in the rotterdam museum "boijmans van beuningen" one is put at ease about the quality of work upon entering the building.
Posted by stephen at 03:51 PM
and sore surprised
April 18, 2003
spring never ceases to amaze. i'm convinced that a thousand trees shivered into blossom overnight. and..
Posted by lynn at 09:53 PM
sunny side up
April 17, 2003
i can't resist an english breakfast. so, even though the ferry had tossed and tumbled through the north sea all night, feeling for all the world like a tiny rowboat at the mercy of angry elements, i prodded the husband awake at first light and we braced our way to the dining deck. we had the whole place to ourselves, with on one side endless beans and eggs and crispy toast, and on the other, endless water*, now complacent and congenial.
Posted by lynn at 07:53 PM
green green grass of home
April 14, 2003
for ten years, until she died at christmas, our rabbit roamed our tiny garden during the hours that we were there to see that she came to no harm. never one to limit herself to the grass handkerchief we call a lawn, she would hop happily around the shrubbery and help herself to anything with vertical ambitions. delphiniums - my Great Gardening Dream - never reached half a meter: chomp! she regarded our pot of herbs as a personal feast, and jumped, making herself supremely comfortable among the rosemary and the bay: chomp! and each and every bulb that reached for the sky was nipped in the proverbial bud: chomp!
Posted by lynn at 08:57 PM
hero
April 13, 2003
"hey," he says gently. his tone is solicitous..."i don't know which station is yours..."
Posted by lynn at 11:44 PM
flight whatever from seoul
it's her birthday today. nearly seventeen years ago she arrived at schiphol airport, and was placed lovingly into the arms of two people who had hoped, and dreamed, and anticipated. her life has been, happily, a life like any other. through the ups, the downs, the celebrations, the disappointments, i have watched her grow, and flourish, and become. she is a child of crossed frontiers. she has a good mother. she will do, and succeed at, whatever she sets her mind to: of that i have no doubt.
Posted by lynn at 09:28 PM
une petite réunion
April 12, 2003
high season in holland has begun. the bulbs are blooming, and in amsterdam the streets are full of visitors draped in roughguides and camera’s, “oooh”-ing and “aaaah”-ing in the universal language of the impressed and the enchanted.
Posted by lynn at 03:53 PM
crouching, hidden..
i was born in the year of the tiger:
Posted by lynn at 08:46 PM
saturday night fever
the chill is retreating. smiles, open jackets, loosened scarves: delight reflects in faces, optimism refracts and settles on the strolling and the sipping. spring, true spring: is it here to stay?
Posted by lynn at 06:34 PM
unseaworthy
April 06, 2003
she tells her tale. it is a bitter tale of unbearable sweetness. it seems, at first, another in the parade of irresistible and lovingly collected anecdotes that comprise the life she shares with others. she steers through the story, choosing her words with care, and punctuating her story with exclamation points of gentle and righteous indignation.
Posted by lynn at 12:01 AM
serene and bright
April 04, 2003
the onset of spring* means the start of sunday shopping at the garden centres. carloads of optimistic souls make their way through the polders to shuffle among the flowers and the greenery and the ornaments, admiring, considering, swaying. arms and baskets are filled with colour. the scents of jasmine and rosemary entice. life in the backyard may be just days away.
Posted by lynn at 09:03 PM
under the weather
April 02, 2003
Posted by lynn at 07:19 PM
as clear as glass
April 01, 2003
what the sign has to do with what's behind the façade, i have no idea: the organization located within devotes itself to obtaining things gratuitously. what the nature of the greenery is, why the proffering hand is beringed, what its fineness and frivolity actually suggests, is a mystery, but evidence once again that beauty can be a mere glance away from straight ahead. and it's free. maybe that's the gist.
Posted by lynn at 06:47 PM
clambering heavenward
we could all attain the top if we could only recognize which particular ladder we were meant to climb.
Posted by lynn at 09:25 AM
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