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July 13, 2006


high yellow, real mail, and procrastination
posted by soe 11:38 am

Three beautiful things from the last week:

1. Two blocks from home, I chanced to look up. A neighbor has a bright yellow flowering hibiscus on their roof.

2. I have been spending money on eBay recently and between that and the news clippings Erik sends me, I have had a pleasant amount of real mail recently. (It feels very good, which should remind me that others like to have similar experiences…)

3. I have a tendency to procrastinate. (Those who know me in real life are now assuming shocked looks and whispering, “No! Really?” to the computer screen.) Sometimes this can be problematic. But last weekend it turned out to be a blessing when I got to see attend the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in lovely sunny weather featuring temperatures in the low 80s with low humidity instead of the hazy, hot, and humid conditions of the other days I’d intended to go but hadn’t. This year’s featured sub-cultures were the music of Chicago Latinos (a great background to the rest of the festival), Native American basketweaving (it’s impressive how basketry varied depending where in the country people are), and Alberta, Canada. There was a woman who created artwork from fish scales, bones, and vertebrae, horse and moose hair, and porcupine quills. There was a flyfishing demonstration (where they were catching hula hoops). There was the biggest truck I have ever seen. And there was a ranching demonstration featuring cowboys, cattle, and horses. (Oh, and really tasty food, which is always a highlight.)

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