Archive for September, 2006

One Art

September 30th, 2006

The art of losing isn’t hard to master;
so many things seem filled with the intent
to be lost that their loss is no disaster.
Lose something every day.  Accept the fluster
of lost door keys, the hour badly spent.
The art of losing isn’t hard to master.
Then practice losing farther, losing faster:
places, and names, and where it was you [...]

Wetdown party

September 27th, 2006

When I first received the invite to the Wetdown Party I discarded it, thinking it was porn spam. When later in the day, a senior manager mentioned the party during lunch, I gulped down my chicken Caesar salad and hurried back to my desk to re-read the email.
So, what’s a wetdown party? Well, once in [...]

Observation (from stupid movies)

September 23rd, 2006

When she loves the guy, he doesn’t care. When she doesn’t care, he proposes marriage. When through some miracle they fall in love with each other, it ends up in tears.
Love sucks.

A walk in the park

September 15th, 2006

I’m back again! Let me quickly finish our story from last week…
We did go hiking, although a soft rain was falling down on us… but we are brave! And were well rewarded!
As we enter the natural park of the Catskill Mountains, M is making fun of me and my naturalist enthusiasm.
And then he shouts: – [...]

Road trip Americana

September 7th, 2006

Long weekend in US … extra-long for me, since I didn’t take vacation this year yet! Car, tank full, music, apples and a map! And off we go, up the Hudson River Valley. Beautiful scenery, as leafs turn to red in New York State… autumn makes me romantic.
We take a 2 lanes road that goes [...]