far too much writing, far too many photos Friday, May 24, 2002 Time has been streaming by. A look at the calendar provides the startling info. that today is May 24. How the hell did that happen? Last Friday: drove down to Tarrytown, N.Y., hooked up with friends, passed an interesting couple of days that contained a bit of everything. Got there in cool but nice weather, Saturday passed cold and rainy (though not the snow/sleet/rain extravaganza that most of New England experienced), Sunday dawned awash in sunlight and warm temperatures. Bona fide spring. A female friend and I drove north, leaving spring slowly but surely behind -- the fourth time in the last two months I've traveled from spring to late winter, a trend that has got to stop. Once here, the weather began a slow transition, temperatures warmed, sunshine became more abundant, the blackflies showed up. Yesterday, springtime finally surfaced. Today's not quite as glorious, but at least the coal stove doesn't need to be cranked up. Good weather, of course, means cutting grass. Between the two or so acres of lawn that get mowed (or is it mown?) here and Vermont weather being what is, it's a good idea to take advantage of sunny/dry spells. That means I spend a fair amount of time out in the fresh air raising a cloud of glass clippings. Yesterday it also meant walking along in a cloud of blackflies. Liberal application of bug goo kept them from biting, but not from hovering around in an agitated state of bloodlust, a repeat of their behavior on an excursion to Nichol's Ledge the day before. I'm not spending much time online these days -- my attention's been elsewhere. Places I may not write about, at least not right now. The good news is that I'm slowly reorienting myself around writing. Time will tell what comes of it. [Author's note, 11/22/05 -- See that? "...my attention's been elsewhere. Places I may not write about, at least not right now." Closed-mouth, withholding son of a bitch. I wasn't having much fun. The visiting woman friend the entry refers to: she of my visit to Greensboro. She'd made the drive north -- to see me and other folks -- fretting about money matters, which turned out to be indicative of her general state of mind. The visit didn't go as either of us had hoped. She developed a huge eruption on her face -- apparently her body expressing stress, emotional turmoil -- and she seemed to hold herself apart. She went off to visit a female friend in Maine, found herself having a good time and, not surprisingly, lingered on and on, staying far longer than I'd expected. When she finally stopped back through, I think whatever connection we'd been investigating had effectively been laid to rest, the balance of her stay slipped quickly away, as did she at its end. What a ball, huh? See why I didn't want to talk about it? And with her exit, yours truly found himself in the company of me, myself and I, out in the Vermont countryside.] rws 11:16 AM [+] BLATHERINGS August 2001 September 2001 October 2001 November 2001 December 2001 January 2002 February 2002 March 2002 April 2002 May 2002 June 2002 July 2002 August 2002 September 2002 October 2002 November 2002 December 2002 January 2003 February 2003 March 2003 April 2003 May 2003 June 2003 July 2003 August 2003 September 2003 October 2003 November 2003 December 2003 January 2004 February 2004 March 2004 April 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 August 2004 September 2004 October 2004 November 2004 December 2004 January 2005 February 2005 March 2005 April 2005 May 2005 June 2005 July 2005 August 2005 September 2005 October 2005 November 2005 December 2005 January 2006 February 2006 March 2006 April 2006 May 2006 June 2006 July 2006 August 2006 September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 January 2007 February 2007 March 2007 April 2007 May 2007 June 2007 July 2007 August 2007 September 2007 October 2007 November 2007 December 2007 January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 April 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 August 2008 September 2008 October 2008 November 2008 December 2008 January 2009 February 2009 March 2009 April 2009 June 2009 July 2009 .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 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