Been out of blogland for a bit. My cable modem was defunct, and now happily fixed. Huzzah for the internet.
But it's been fixed a few days. However, I've been seized by a desire to do nothing besides play Sim City. Odd, no?
Nevertheless, I will endeavor to rouse myself from my lazy couch, to bring you news of books, poems, and tomatoes.
As for books, I finished the NaPoChapBook, and am now contemplating the design for Volume 1 of the infinite series of "Villanelles are Retarded." Big Game might put out a call for manuscripts in about a month or so.
Reading Anselm Hollo's "with ruth in mind," and loving it. Dwarves, etc!
Best line from a news story yesterday: "Madonna has often cooperated with Swedes."
Cy Gist Press has released "My Spaceship." I will forego the space-based puns that I could use here to promote it, and instead will just tell you it rocks. It's even got a mention from Ron Silliman, although apparently I need to go back to the couplet drawing board. Alack.
Gina Myers and I are book-design cross-pollinators. (Use the power of the scroll!)
I'm taking a rest from Applies to Oranges while it is out visiting friends and editors, but have started working on a new project called "Lovely Osip." It is completely silly. Occasional drunken sailors and a pantoum that uses "fuck" a lot have also appeared.
Finally, in the land of tomatoes . . . I present:
This is the same tomato whose photo I posted three weeks ago. Mwa ha ha, says the tomato! Bow to my enormous girth! Meantime . . .
. . . some of the cherry tomatoes are beginning to ripen. Huzzah! . . .
Here are the plants that have produced the above fruits. Please bear in mind that I currently have eleven other tomato plants, two of which have begun to flower, and two hot pepper plants, which are also beginning to fruit.
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