Saturday, January 31, 2015

dream...

i am visiting a friend, and am going to take her three dogs for a walk as she has to leave to go somewhere...the bulldog has a cart/wheeled contraption that i buckle him into, the small black dog has a new light leash that i put on her, the small tan dog has a retractable lead with a very awkward handle...as we are doing  all these preparations to leave on the walk, the tan dog runs off, and i ask Melian to chase her down for me & she brings her back in no time...so then the dogs and i go off walking around the neighborhood, very nice park near by...as we are nearing the house on our return loop, the bulldog's leash breaks and off he goes! i ask Melian to catch him (she was standing by the park ) and she sighs a disgruntled sigh, so i say never mind! and catch up to him in time, and back to the house we go...good doggies

Thursday, January 22, 2015

poem @OBH

writing shadows
as Blonde
directs Skinny
to photo shoot smile

Saturday, January 17, 2015

Beer & A Book

While reading Lauren Beukes' brilliant book The Shining Girls, I had the additional pleasure of enjoying these three beers; "Hop Ranch", an Imperial IPA from Victory Brewing Co. in Downington PA; "Lunch", and IPA from Maine Beer Co. in Freeport MA and "Raspberry Stout", a chocolate stout brewed with local raspberries from Hardywood Park Craft Breweryin Richmond VA. All three a delight, and recommended, as is Ms Beukes' book about a time-travelling serial killer and one of his victims who did not die.

poem

in the face of
redeath
there is sorrow
how
can empty and hollow
be so full
heart shudders
breathing comes shallow
all is lost
she is gone
again

dream...

my mother is about to die (again), the time is set, and the event is about to occur...this is an euthanasia/compassion event...it seems to be a time-release drug or something similar...i am filled with a pain and sorrow that feels overwhelmingly hollow...as events move forward, she comes to me to say goodbye...she has a scarf on her head...i hold her face in my hands as she speaks, then she walks away down the hall of the medical establishment

Saturday, January 10, 2015

dream...

i am with a group of friends, and we are in a parking lot where there is a large vehicle/fire truck...Dawn K. & i take turns photographing each other atop the vehicle...i try to not adopt too goofy a pose

Monday, January 05, 2015

dream...

i am at a very large house, so many rooms...a party is in full swing here, so many people...i wander about, and when i see a large couch full of Grateful Dead tie -dye wearing people, i decide to join that scene...i settle in, very comfy, and just as i am digging the scene, i look to the left and notice a police officer standing there...as this awareness arises in the others, they freak out completely and start tossing weed, eating joints and all other kinds of panic including running the hell out of the house...it is chaos...i decide to do the opposite, so i calmly walk against the tide, going in the opposite direction. good decision, i miss all the negativity. as i walk out into the back courtyard, i see Joel L. and we talk and plan to get together to do something...i walk back into the house to take a shower before we go out, but each of the bathrooms i approach all are occupied...i begin to think that i will just skip the shower! i see Joel again, after he has returned from work, and we talk again...

Sunday, January 04, 2015

dream pieces...

i am at the beach, walking up to someone's beach house, which they are in the process of leaving...i assure them that i will take care of the recycling needing to be done, they thank me and go...as i move about the area, the recycling just keeps on showing up, growing, overwhelming. another person has show up with the same intent, in a way we are competing, but there is just SO much...

i have come home with two boxes of cats, which i let go inside the house and caused havoc...my cats are completely freaked and stressed by this...much negativity ensues and i am so filled with anguish and guilt and sorrow and trying to make it right but it might just be too late, it is terrible...

Saturday, January 03, 2015

Book & Beer

Here are a few of the fine beers I imbibed while reading The Human Age by Diane Ackerman. From Evil Twin Brewing ; "Molotov Cocktail", a Simcoe single hop Imperial IPA. From DuClaw Brewing; "Anti Venom: Centennial", a single hop IPA. And then a collaboration between Lost Rhino Brewing with Tupper's Beer; "Mother Tupper's Back Of The Cupboard", an Imperial Rye Ale.

Friday, January 02, 2015

dream...

i am at work (Westgate) and leave to get a snack...i walk down the sidewalk to a small store and buy a chocolate candy bar and an energy bar...i hand the clerk my dollar bills, but have left my coins back at my store, so i ask him if it's cool if i run and go get them! he says yes, so i hurry back up the sidewalk...there is a moonbounce with some kids in it trying to be obnoxious, and all sorts of other people around, the parking lot is busy...

dream piece...

a man is in my house trying to take a bedsheet set of mine, i get it back from him telling him that he cannot have my belongings, furthermore it was a gift from my Mother...in the ensuing conversation i look him right in his eyes and tell him that i do NOT trust him...he gets more agitated and the encounter turns uglier...i start telling him firmly to leave, then i start punching him...i try to call the police on my cell phone...more struggle, and then the D.C. cops show up and set the guy down to ask him questions...it is very uncomfortable because they are doing this in my house, i am in the same room & the guy is shooting me dagger looks...

i am overseeing the big donation project that is going on in the neighborhood...a lot of helpers and vehicles getting loaded...i go over to watch where a guy is cutting down a standing dead tree for firewood to be donated...his style is very flamboyant and artistic, but when the top of the tree comes crashing down it lands right at my foot. i am reclined on a flatbed truck watching him cut the tree, the top flies up into the air, then slow-mo down onto the flatbed, just touching my toe when it lands. just that close, but i felt no fear, just wonderment, and then a sense of relief...

Thursday, January 01, 2015

FILMS VIEWED 2014

Year of the Horse: Neil Young & Crazy Horse (Jim Jarmusch), 1997
Orlando (Sally Potter), 1992
Pariah (Dee Rees), 2011
Snowpiercer (Joon-Ho Bong), 2013
Tusk (Kevin Smith), 2014


BOOKS READ 2014

  • Dreams And Shadows by C Robert Cargill, 2013
  • The Broom Of The System by David Foster Wallace, 1987
  • Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake, 1946 (re-read)
  • Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake, 1950 (re-read)
  • Titus Alone by Mervyn Peake, 1959/1967 (re-read)
  • Gifts of The Crow by John Marzluff & Tony Angell, 2012
  • In One Person by John Irving, 2012
  • Home by Toni Morrison, 2012
  • Lexicon by Max Barry, 2013
  • California by Edan Lepucki, 2014
  • Living Downstream by Sandra Steingraber, 2010
  • Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor, 2010
  • Fire With Fire by Naomi Wolf, 1993
  • Reading Lolita In Tehran by Azar Nafisi, 2003
  • Delusions of Gender by Cordelia Fine, 2010
  • To 'Joy My Freedom by Tara W. Hunter, 1997
  • Vinegar Hill by A. Manette Ansay, 1994
  • Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King, 2014
  • Carsick by John Waters, 2014
  • Men Explain Things To Me by Rebecca Solnit, 2014
  • A Natural History Of The Senses by Diane Ackerman, 1990
  • Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman,1993
  • Tipping The Velvet by Sarah Waters, 2000
  • I, etcetera by Susan Sontag, 1978
  • Strangers On A Train by Patricia Highsmith, 1950
  • Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid, 1985
  • Billy Bathgate by E.L. Doctorow, 1989
  • A Photographer's Life 1990 – 2005 by Annie Leibovitz, 2006
  • Blue Nights by Joan Didion, 2011
  • Special Deluxe by Neil Young, 2014
  • Tibetan Peach Pie by Tom Robbins, 2014
  • Brain On Fire: My Month Of Madness by Susannah Cahalan, 2012
  • Moments Of Being by Virginia Woolf, 1976
  • The Art Of Asking by Amanda Palmer, 2014
  • The Wolves Of Midwinter by Anne Rice, 2013
  • Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger, 2009
  • Hallucinations by Oliver Sacks, 2012
  • Acid Test: LSD, Ecstasy, and The Power To Heal by Tom Shroder, 2014
  • Dog Years by Mark Doty, 2007
  • Wolf In White Van by John Darnielle, 2014
  • Gender Outlaw by Kate Bornstein, 1994
  • Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation Kate Bornstein & S. Bear Bergman, 2010
  • The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell, 2014
  • Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks, 2007
  • The Human Age by Diane Ackerman, 2014

CRAFT BEER 2014

  • Escape Route – Samuel Adams/The Boston Beer Company, Boston MA
  • 'Cold Snap' White Ale – Sam Adams...
  • 'Old Man' Winter Ale – Southern Tier Brewing Company, Lakewood NY
  • Wolaver's 'Alta Gracia' Coffee Porter – Otter Creek Brewing, Middlebury VT
  • 'Anubis' Imperial Coffee Porter – Laughing Dog Brewing Company, Pondery ID
  • Walker's Reserve Porter - Firestone Walker Brewing Company, Paso Robles CA
  • Imperial Biscotti Break - Evil Twin Brewing/Westbrook Brewing Co., Mount Pleasant SC
  • 420 Extra Pale Ale – Sweetwater Brewing Company, Atlanta GA
  • 'The Hairy Eyeball' Ale - Lagunitas Brewing Company, Petaluma CA
  • 'Dubhe' Imperial Black IPA – Uinta Brewing Company, Salt Lake City UT
  • 'Bittersweet Lenny's R.I.P.A.' -Shmaltz Brewing Company, Clifton Park NY
  • Enjoy By 02.14.14” IPA – Stone Brewing Company, Escondido CA
  • The Czar” Imperial stout – Avery Brewing Company, Boulder CO
  • Wet Hops Experiment” pale ale – Blue Point Brewing Company, Patchouge NY
  • Local Species” - Blue Mountain Barrel House, Arrington VA
  • Zoe” hoppy amber ale – Maine Beer Company, Freeport ME
  • Snapshot” wheat beer – New Belgium Brewing, Fort Collins CO
  • Smitten” golden rye ale – Bell's Brewery, Comstock MI
  • Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale – Alltech's Lexington Brewing Company, Lexington KY
  • Grapefruit Slam” IPA – Stochasticity Project/Koochenvagner's Brewing Co., Escondido CA
  • Green Bullet” triple IPA – Green Flash Brewing Company, San Diego CA
  • Single Chair” - Magic Hat Brewing Company, South Burlington VT
  • Hopside Down” India style pale lager – Widmer Brothers Brewing, Portland OR
  • Mo” pale ale – Maine Beer Co...
  • Lunch” IPA – Maine Beer Co...
  • Weez” ale – Maine Beer Co...
  • Infidel” Belgian style IPA – Selkirk Abbey Brewing Co., Post Falls ID
  • Ruination” IPA - Stone Brewing
  • Chocolate Love Stout” - Yards Brewing Company, Philadelphia PA
  • Dry Irish Stout – Brooklyn Brewery, Utica NY
  • Night Tripper” Imperial Stout – New Holland Brewing, Holland MI
  • Side Project Vol. 21/ Smoked Pineapple Helles – Terrapin...
  • Detour” Double IPA – Uinta...
  • Cultivator” Helles Bock – Troegs Craft Brewery, Hershey PA
  • New World Porter – Avery...
  • Crème Brulee – Southern Tier...
  • Dark Hollow” Imperial Stout – Blue Mountain Barrel House, Arrington VA
  • Le Merle” Belgian style Farmhouse ale – North Coast Brewing Co., Fort Bragg CA
  • Blueberry oatmeal Stout – Buffalo Bill's Brewery, Hayward CA
  • Jai Alai” IPA – Cigar City Brewing, Tampa FL
  • White Rascal” Belgian style white ale – Avery...
  • Yule Tide” Imperial red ale – Heavy Seas...
  • Enjoy By 04.20.14” IPA – Stone...
  • Imperial Pumpkin Ale - Weyerbacher Brewing Co., Easton PA
  • Mosaic” Red Rye IPA – Terrapin...
  • The Long Thaw” White IPA – Harpoon Brewery, Boston MA & Windsor VT
  • Spring Hornin'” - Anderson Valley...
  • hop Nosh” IPA – Uinta...
  • Falco” IPA – Evil Twin...
  • Piercing Pils” - Dogfish Head...
  • Porter – Founders Brewing, Grand Rapids MI
  • pretzel, raspberry & chocolate ale - Rogue with Voodoo Doughnut...
  • KCCO - Red Hook Brewery w/ Resignation Brewery
  • Back In Black” black IPA - 21st Amendment Brewery, San Francisco CA
  • Mean Old Tom” vanilla bean Stout – Maine Beer Co....
  • King Titus” porter - Maine Beer Co...
  • Good Juju” ginger beer – Left Hand Brewing Co., Longmont CO
  • Catty Wompus” Belgian IPA – Devil's Backbone...
  • Raven's Roost” baltic porter – Parkway Brewing Co., Salem VA
  • Smells Like A Safety Meeting” IPA – Dark Horse Brewing Co., Marshall MI
  • Fresh Slice” white IPA – Otter Creek Brewing, Middlebury VT
  • Dirt Wolf” double IPA – Victory Brewing Co., Downington PA
  • Mephistopheles” stout – Avery...
  • Double Stout Black Ale – Green Flash...
  • Black Saison Ale – Stillwater Artisinal, Stratford CT
  • Coco Psycho” Russian Stout – Brewdog, Scotland
  • Freudian Slip” barley wine ale – Evil Twin Brewing...
  • Ashtray Heart” smoked porter - Evil Twin...
  • Summer Helles” lager - New Belgium...
  • Belgian Style Golden Ale - Stillwater...
  • Nitro” milk stout – Left Hand...
  • Overgrown” APA – Otter Creek...
  • Rye Cubed” triple rye IPA – Terrapin...
  • Eurotrash Pilz” - Southern Tier...
  • Farmer's Tan” IPA – Southern Tier...
  • Galactica” IPA – Clown Shoes/Mercury Brewing Co., Ipswich MA
  • Nineteen” mango wheat ale - Weyerbacher Brewing Co., Easton PA
  • English Pale Ale – Old Bust Head Brewing Co., Vint Hill VA
  • Chukker” Czech pilsner – Old Bust Head...
  • Funk” blueberry citrus wheat – DuClaw...
  • Summer Solstice” ale – Anderson Valley...
  • Devil Dancer” triple IPA – Founders Brewing Co., Grand Rapids MI
  • Single Hop Citra Imperial IPA – Flying Dog...
  • Bloodline” blood orange ale – Flying Dog...
  • Dark Seas” Russian imperial stout – Mission Brewery, San Diego CA
  • Blindfold” IPA – Sierra Nevada...
  • Nooner” session IPA - Sierra Nevada
  • Snow Wit” white IPA – Sierra Nevada
  • Ichabod” pumpkin ale – New Holland Brewing, Holland MI
  • Wild Blue” blueberry lager – Blue Dawg Brewing, St. Louis MO
  • Blue” blueberry wheat ale – SweetWater...
  • Tour de Fall” pale ale – New Belgium...
  • Hopfentea” wheat ale – Perennial Artisan Ales, St. Louis MO
  • Night Time” ale – Lagunitas...
  • Whiter Shade Of Pale Ale” white IPA – Starr Hill...
  • White IPA – Green Flash...
  • Goat Boy” imperial weizenbock – Southern Tier...
  • Dragon's Milk” ale with chilies – New Holland...
  • Four Pillars” imperial IPA – Lickinghole Creek Craft Brewery, Goochland VA
  • Magic Beaver” Belgian-style pale ale – Lickinghole Creek...
  • Nuclear Nugget” Imperial honey IPA – Lickinghole Creek...
  • Marionberry Braggot – Rogue Farms...
  • Tangerine Dreamsicle” - Terrapin & Green Flash...
  • 7 Hop IPA – Rogue Farms...
  • Strawberry Schwarzcake” German-style black lager w/strawberries – Wild Wolf Brewing Co., Nellysford VA
  • Thirteenth Hour” dark Belgian-style stout – Samuel Adams...
  • Citra Ass Down” double IPA – Against The Grain Brewery, Westminster MD
  • Quadro Triticale” Belgian-style quadrupel ale – Stone Stochasticity Project...
  • Delirium Red” Belgian ale -Huyghe Brewery, Belgium
  • Undead Party Crasher” American Imperial Stout – Clown Shoes...
  • Sonnet” Belgian-style lemongrass ale – Southern Tier...
  • Virginia Blackberry Belgian-Style White Ale – Hardywood Park Craft Brewery, Richmond VA
  • Another One” IPA – Maine Beer Co...
  • Red Wheelbarrow” ale – Maine Beer Co...
  • Rad” fruit juice ale- Six Point Brewery, Brooklyn NY
  • Nomader Weisse” Berliner-style weisse ale – EvilTwin...
  • Missile” IPA – Champion Brewing Co., Charlottesville VA
  • Better Half” American IPA – Mikkeller/Sly Fox Brewing Co., Pottstown PA
  • Yakima Wheat Ale – Schlafly Brewing Co., Stevens Point WI
  • Pumpkin Ale – Schlafly...
  • Warlock” Imperial pumpkin stout – Southern Tier...
  • B/A/Y/S” Imperial Stout, bourbon barrel aged – Adroit Theory Brewing Co., Purcellville VA
  • White Beer – Allagash Brewing Co., Portland ME
  • The Last Word” tart ale with key lime & herbs – Perennial Artisan Ales...
  • Wake Up Dead” imperial stout – Left Hand...
  • Jurata” Baltic porter – Coronado Brewing, Coronado CA & Cigar City Brewing, Tampa FL (collaboration)
  • Chocolate Bunny” chocolate stout – Rhinelander Brewing Co., Monroe WI
  • Fermentation Without Representation” imperial pumpkin porter – (collaboration) Epic Brewing, Salt Lake City UT & D.C. Brau, Washington D.C.
  • Pumpkin Ain't Easy” Belgian-style ale – Lickinghole creek...
  • Fat Jack” double pumpkin ale – Samuel Adams...
  • The Greater Pumpkin” imperial ale – Heavy Seas...
  • Killsner” GWAR Beer by Cigar City Brewing...
  • Gillespie Brown Ale” - Twisted Manzanita Ales, San Diego CA
  • Mars” double IPA – Bell's Brewery...
  • Expedition” stout – Bell's Brewery...
  • Hop Flood” amber ale – Evil Twin...
  • Yin” imperial Taiji stout – Evil Twin...
  • Yang” imperial Taiji IPA – Evil Twin...
  • Debutante” ale with heather, honeysuckle & hyssop – Stillwater Artisanal...
  • Red Seal Ale” North Coast Brewing Co., Fort Bragg CA
  • White Hatter” Belgian-style WPA – New Holland...
  • Curmudgeon” oak aged old ale – Founders...
  • Velvet Glove” imperial stout – Iron Fist Brewing Co., Vista CA
  • Porter – Southern Tier
  • Country Pumpkin” - Ithaca Beer Co., Ithaca NY
  • Pumpkin Ale – Alewerks Brewing Co., Williamsburg VA
  • Redmarker” ale – Alewerks...
  • Oktoberfest – Yuengling, Pottsville PA
  • Breakfast” oatmeal coffee stout – Mikkeller, Lervig Aktiebryggeri Norway
  • Maple Mistress” imperial ale with butternut squash, maple syrup & spices – Saucony Creek Brewing Co., Kutztown PA
  • Galaxy single hop imperial IPA – Flying Dog...
  • Gratzer ale – New Belgium... & 3 Floyds (collaboration)
  • Witch's Hair” pumpkin ale – Twisted Manzanita...
  • The Mad Elf” ale with honey and cherries – Troegs Craft Brewery, Hershey PA
  • Skellington” Pumpkin spice Coffee Stout – Triple Crossing Brewing, Richmond VA
  • Cannibalism” milk stout – Adroit Theory...
  • salted Belgian chocolate stout – New Belgium & Perennial Artisan (collaboration)...
  • Retribution” bourbon barrel imperial stout – DuClaw...
  • Farmhouse Pumpkin” - Hardywood...
  • Pecan Bar” porter – Adroit Theory...
  • Scorpion” black IPA – Adroit...
  • Bloody Roots” imperial brown ale with honey, tomatoes, celery salt, horseradish & habaneros– Adroit & 3 Notched (collaboration)...
  • Mushroom Stout – Adroit
  • Saviours & Guillotines” imperial saison aged in red wine barrels – Adroit...
  • Virginia Black Bear” Russian imperial stout – Lickinghole Creek...
  • Rye Whiskey Barrel Pumpkin farmhouse ale – Hardywood...
  • Holiday Cheer” peach pecan ale – Shiner...
  • Hop Noir” black IPA – Peak Organic Brewing Co., Portland ME
  • Timber Beast” rye IPA – Lazy Magnolia Brewing Co., Kiln MS
  • Red Hoppocalypse” imperial ale – Apocalypse Ale Works, Forest VA
  • Blitzen” Belgian-style christmas ale – Blue Mountain...
  • Scottish Porter – Innis & Gunn, Edinburgh Scotland
  • Guilty, Filthy Soul” chocolate rye porter – DuClaw...
  • Chocolate Sombrero” chocolate ancho chili stout – Clown Shoes...
  • Harvest Ale wet-hopped ale – Founders...
  • Gingerbread Stout – Hardywood...
  • The Poet” oatmeal stout – New Holland...
  • Snowdrift” vanilla porter – Leinenkugel Brewing Co., Milwaukee WI
  • Harvest Northern Hemisphere wet hop IPA – Sierra Nevada...
  • I Love You With My Stout” - Evil Twin...
  • One” oatmeal stout – Dark Horse...
  • Natalie Pretty Please With A Cherry On Top” Imperial biscotti break porter – Evil Twin
  • Femme Fatale Noir” black India pale Ale – Evil Twin...
  • Boomerang IPA” - Sierra Nevada...
  • Enjoy By 12.26.14”IPA – Stone Brewing...
  • Big Bad Baptist” imperial stout – Epic Brewing...
  • Long John Lager” - Saranac...
  • B.O.R.I.S. The Crusher” oatmeal imperial stout – Hoppin' Frog Brewing Co., Akron OH
  • Hoplar” imperial IPA – Hardywood...
  • American Beauty” imperial pale ale – Dogfish Head...
  • Puppy Dawg Tales” Belgian-style Winter Ale – Parkway...
  • Merry Christmas Happy New Year 2014” ale - Anchor Brewing, San Francisco CA
  • a tiny beautiful something” ale – Maine Beer Co...
  • Starlit” star anise porter – Magic Hat...
  • Encore” American wheat IPA – Magic Hat...
  • Snow Roller” Hoppy brown ale – Magic Hat...
  • The Muddy” imperial stout – Goose Island...
  • Coffeehouse Stout” - Alewerks...
  • Gingerbread Head” ale – Shipyard Brewing, Portland ME
  • Cabin Fever” brown ale – New Holland...
  • Black Me Stout” - collaboration between Against Me! & Champion Brewing Co., Charlottesville VA
  • Narwhal” imperial stout/barrel aged – Sierra Nevada...
  • Collaboration Not Litigation” ale – Avery Brewing & Russian River Brewing Co.
  • Saison du Buff” herbal ale – Dogfish Head...
  • Winter Warmer” ale w/cinnamon & nutmeg - Harpoon Brewery...
  • Mother Tupper's Back Of The Cupboard” imperial rye ale – Lost Rhino Brewing Co., Ashburn VA in collaboration with Tupper's Beer
  • Morning Wood” oak aged coffee amber ale – Pub Dog Brewing Co., Westminster MD
  • Christmas Ale” - Great Lakes Brewing Co., Cleveland OH
  • Mercury” Belgian-style ale- Bell's...
  • Bourbon Barrel GBS” gingerbread stout – Hardywood...
  • Caramel Macchiato Milk Stout – Adroit Theory...
  • Not A Beautiful And Unique Snowflake” holiday ale – Adroit Theory
  • OFUS” ginger Tripel – Adroit Theory
  • Zero” coffee IPA – Adroit...
  • Zero” neutral oaked coffee IPA – Adroit
  • Trendy TRIPA” triple IPA – collaboration between Adroit Theory & Three Notch'd Brewing in Charlottesville VA
  • Gentleman Farmer Fresh Hop Ale” - Lickinghole Creek...
  • Master Of Disguise” imperial golden stout – Stone Stochasticity Project...
  • Abraxas” ale w/ancho chilies, cacao nibs & cinnamon sticks – Perennial...

dream

i am helping Steph T. move...she is going into a new apartment, so i am hauling up stuff for her...one thing is a grocery shopping cart...the apartment is taking shape,a plant or two, nice windows...Frank Mc. is there (?!?)