Monthly Archives: October 2011

Larry on flat tax

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Meryl

A lot of people have been sending around an email about a 28th ammendment–along with Warren Buffet’s great quote about the budget deficit: “I could end the deficit in 5 minutes,” he told CNBC. “You just pass a law that … Continue reading →

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Roberto Chavez at the Autry

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Meryl

For those of you au courant with the art world, there’s a dramatic set of exhibitions of Los Angeles artists happening in Southern California. Sponsored by the Getty, and called “Pacific Standard Time: Arti n L.A. 1945-1980.”  I went to … Continue reading →

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A few New England snaps

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Meryl

As a complement to the cactus and succulents on Abbot Kinney, I found their New England equivalent on Huntington Avenue in Boston: Here’s my favorite sign from Western Massachusetts–a little free publicity for Tony, in case any of you have … Continue reading →

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Rainy day in New England

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Meryl

It’s cold and rainy today with a definite feel of the coming of winter. It reminded me of this poem by Robert Mezey (one of that amazing group of students of John Berryman’s at Iowa).  His is a California fall … Continue reading →

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Sunny Southern California

Posted on October 16, 2011 by Meryl

I’m on a 10-day jaunt—first LA, then Boston, New England, NY.  (And just when the pullets have really started to lay!) More about the terrific art show we went to at the Autry Museum when I’m home and can post … Continue reading →

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Dr. Seuss plant

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Meryl

Every gardener has favorite plants. Mine is a little vine called Ceropegia Distincta.  It looks like nothing but a lot of green sticks a lot of the time, and then suddenly sprouts tendrils and leaves. Little flower buds form that … Continue reading →

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Bleh!

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Meryl

Okay, time for a short rant about motivational pablum.  Like Chicken Soup for the Soul (I’m NOT going to link to that), or the slightly more sophisticated message from Thich Nhat-Hanh which I saw on a blog I occasionally enjoy, … Continue reading →

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From the 60s or maybe the 70s

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Meryl

Larry has been going though boxes, and found this note that I’d copied from a personal ad: Dear Johnny, Please come home. Your father promises he won’t argue so much and he will call you by that bird-name. I can’t … Continue reading →

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Lucky in lunch

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Meryl

How lucky to live in the Bay Area, with its surfeit of poetry events. Today, I heard Bob Hass talk about and read from the work of Tomas Tranströmer and Czesław Miłosz. The one-hour event is from a series at … Continue reading →

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Lit crit

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Meryl

I’ve been slowly reading through a 1992 issue of a British literary magazine called “Verse,” which Larry found amid his books. It features Donald Justice, a poet I really like. I memorized this sonnet of his, which he wrote to … Continue reading →

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