Clock sculpture at Gare St. Lazare, Paris, France.
Posted for Photo Hunt and Average.
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Friday, February 5, 2010
Splat
A frantic lurch
to get me away
from that odor
But alas, the odor,
stuck to my shoes,
came right along
- Leonard "Lurch" Blumfeld
Written to implicate frantic, lurch and odor from 3WW. Titled "Splat" because a pond might have been my next destination in quest of getting rid of that odor I'd stepped into.
to get me away
from that odor
But alas, the odor,
stuck to my shoes,
came right along
- Leonard "Lurch" Blumfeld
Written to implicate frantic, lurch and odor from 3WW. Titled "Splat" because a pond might have been my next destination in quest of getting rid of that odor I'd stepped into.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Dealing in conditional
Do you know
how much easier it is
to deal in muddled
but, if, if only
and I don’t know
than in bright
shiny yes or no?
– Leonard Blumfeld (© 2010)
Written and posted for Sunday Scribblings.
how much easier it is
to deal in muddled
but, if, if only
and I don’t know
than in bright
shiny yes or no?
– Leonard Blumfeld (© 2010)
Written and posted for Sunday Scribblings.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Dialog with my horoscope
The horoscope said:
a. You might suddenly desire a big change, Chayote. b. The energy of the day could make you impatient. c. You might feel restless. d. Maybe you realize that you are growing tired of your current job. e. You could crave more creative stimulation and personal challenge. f. Or perhaps you are feeling like you and your romantic partner have become stuck in a rut. g. Find some ways to spice up this important relationship.
I say:
a. Not even suddenly. I've been wanting big change for a long time. But the picture of it is fuzzy.
b. This has actually been an exhausting day, even though it began with good energy from yoga. Several misunderstandings followed, and I felt like an incompetent fool for hours, with my head completely in the clouds, not relating to people right.
c. Yes.
d. It's been worse, but I am definitely tired of it.
e. More creative stimulation would be good. More personal challenge I can do without. I feel challenged enough.
f. Yes, definitely. Even though she qualifies as my romantic partner primarily in my own imagination and in some friends' gossip. They keep seeing us together and putting 2 and 2 together and arriving at 6 1/2 or whatever. And I'm not telling anything.
g. That would be good.
That's all for now, folks.
L.B.
a. You might suddenly desire a big change, Chayote. b. The energy of the day could make you impatient. c. You might feel restless. d. Maybe you realize that you are growing tired of your current job. e. You could crave more creative stimulation and personal challenge. f. Or perhaps you are feeling like you and your romantic partner have become stuck in a rut. g. Find some ways to spice up this important relationship.
I say:
a. Not even suddenly. I've been wanting big change for a long time. But the picture of it is fuzzy.
b. This has actually been an exhausting day, even though it began with good energy from yoga. Several misunderstandings followed, and I felt like an incompetent fool for hours, with my head completely in the clouds, not relating to people right.
c. Yes.
d. It's been worse, but I am definitely tired of it.
e. More creative stimulation would be good. More personal challenge I can do without. I feel challenged enough.
f. Yes, definitely. Even though she qualifies as my romantic partner primarily in my own imagination and in some friends' gossip. They keep seeing us together and putting 2 and 2 together and arriving at 6 1/2 or whatever. And I'm not telling anything.
g. That would be good.
That's all for now, folks.
L.B.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Out of chaos
Out of chaos
came order –
one second,
one puzzle piece
of chaos was
put in order
for a second.
Or: somebody
saw order
in chaos,
a pattern
emerging,
somewhere –
for a second.
– Leonard "Chayote" Blumfeld (© 2010 )
Written for One Single Impression.
came order –
one second,
one puzzle piece
of chaos was
put in order
for a second.
Or: somebody
saw order
in chaos,
a pattern
emerging,
somewhere –
for a second.
– Leonard "Chayote" Blumfeld (© 2010 )
Written for One Single Impression.
Monday, January 11, 2010
Today's horoscope says romance
Romance is in the air today, L.B. Take that special woman in your life and do something completely different. Get last-minute tickets to a rock concert, or arrange to spend the day canoeing. Do something to shake up your relationship a bit. It is at risk of becoming a bit stale. If there is no one special in your life right now, call a good friend to see if he can set you up with someone. This is no time to be alone!No, this does not feel like a romantic day at all. I'm afraid the computer that put this horoscope together is even more wrong than usual.
A. That special woman in my life - if I may call her that - would definitely not be thrilled by a last-minute rock concert. She prefers classical or Russian. And canoeing is out. Did that computer take into account the weather hereabouts? This is more the time for ice skating than water sports.
B. Yes, things are a bit stale in that they're not moving at all. Haven't been much in over a year. In fact, calling it a relationship at all would be exaggerating. Even though there are relationships of all kinds. This is definitely one of all kinds.
C. I wouldn't know which friend to call for that.
D. I completely agree - this ain't no time to be alone. Nobody should be. Not even a recluse* such as I.
* I've been called that by my dear ex-wife numerous times (always feeling that I'd been completely misunderstood in 19 years of marriage). And a British friend recently called himself that and seemed to imply the same for me. The truth: I'm just like anybody else, need time with others and time by myself.
Len "Temporarily Recluded" Blumfeld
The weather situation
cannot be called extreme by any means (compared to Kazakhstan, for example, where they have -40 °C, I've heard), but we have had one of the biggest snow falls in this city I can remember, and it feels extremely cold even though it's only slightly below freezing.
I certainly would wish for more induration on my part.
Time to go out, do some dutiful shoveling and perhaps take a picture.*
A not so extreme contribution for Sunday Scribblings and a not so poetic one for One Single Impression.
* Shoveling completed, picture taken, picture added.
I certainly would wish for more induration on my part.
Time to go out, do some dutiful shoveling and perhaps take a picture.*
A not so extreme contribution for Sunday Scribblings and a not so poetic one for One Single Impression.
* Shoveling completed, picture taken, picture added.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
अब तुम इतने दूर हो
अ. ब. के लिये
अब तुम इतने दूर हो
मेरी मन की आंखों से दिखते नहीं
मेरा मन मुड़ चुका है
तुम्हें अंदर आने नहीं देगा
बचा है तो सिर्फ़,
कुछ खोने का एहसास
– Johannes Beilharz
Translated by Richa Dubey
अब तुम इतने दूर हो
मेरी मन की आंखों से दिखते नहीं
मेरा मन मुड़ चुका है
तुम्हें अंदर आने नहीं देगा
बचा है तो सिर्फ़,
कुछ खोने का एहसास
– Johannes Beilharz
Translated by Richa Dubey
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Triptych
Drain
Yes, dear, I missed the drain.
Now there’s a mess in the kitchen.
Epic
You never wrote that epic
you were going to write, dear.
Nibble
Yes, but I’ve taken a few nibbles
of life. Perhaps that’s all
it’s about. Less epic than
planned, for sure,
but not entirely down the drain.
– Leonard “He Who Nibbles and Drains” Blumfeld
Written to include Drain, Epic and Nibble from 3WW.
Yes, dear, I missed the drain.
Now there’s a mess in the kitchen.
Epic
You never wrote that epic
you were going to write, dear.
Nibble
Yes, but I’ve taken a few nibbles
of life. Perhaps that’s all
it’s about. Less epic than
planned, for sure,
but not entirely down the drain.
– Leonard “He Who Nibbles and Drains” Blumfeld
Written to include Drain, Epic and Nibble from 3WW.
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