The biggest tree in the middle is my red oak, behind the yellow house which is also mine. Taken at around seven thirty, on my way home from the market.
The Trees
Category: Photos
Maple in Autumn
View from my front window. No one seems to know whether it’s a Silver Maple or a Norway Maple. I don’t know anything about identifying trees. Maybe you can name it?
He Posed
Aesop
Kiloton Bass
Bi Mart
Quarter of noon. Executed my trip to Bi Mart in the sunshine. Felt calm but a bit distant from the here and now. I took Kourt Drive for the return walk, noticing the dandelions at the roadside. Cars passed me occasionally. Before getting to the road, there’s a little path of dirt and gravel leading alongside the tennis courts where I saw a couple practicing their game. The path comes out next to the old Church of Christ on the right. The building is just a beige shack with a cement walkway leading to the door. Gravel parking lot. I’ve speculated on what their religion must be like. The pastor camps outside the church in a motor home. Dandelions grow in crevices of the walkway. I used to drive past it all the time… On the way to Bi Mart I felt repelled by the Carl’s Jr. in the Silver Lea Center. The sight of it reminds me of meetups with my siblings. Unpleasant times. I bought two pairs of Rustlers in slightly different sizes. Just under 30 bucks. Even as I write, I sort of wish to resurrect the past, but time only moves forward. But if it could be done, Bi Mart would hastily comply. Such a conservative store, an anachronism.
A Bloom
Fender Bass
Here’s my new American Performer Precision Bass.
My Dog
I am lucky to have such a great dog, my cattle dog Aesop. I named him after the fabulist of Ancient Greece in memory of my dad, who often quoted him. Aesop the dog is bigger than most in his breed, weighing more than sixty pounds. His breeding may not be entirely pure. I purchased him from a farm off of Mt Tom Road. The breeder, a certain Sherri, kept the litter in a barn where contemporary country music played. His provisional name: “Banjo.” The asking price was $250. I paid Sherri a pile of twenties amounting to $260 and she neglected to give me change. I didn’t argue. She stressed the importance of socializing Aesop with other people and animals. I spirited the puppy away in my forest green Nissan truck, noting absently how big he was. Sherri hadn’t let me pick for myself. It was a cloudy Saturday morning, the first day of December, 2012. Aesop was already twelve weeks old. I wore my slippers, which looked enough like shoes, on my trip…
When I got Aesop into the house, he immediately ran behind a chair and hid away from me. It was Polly, coming over presently, who could coax him out while I made a run to Bi Mart. We took turns holding the puppy, and soon he was following me around. That night he slept in my bed, as he would every night hence. I’d decided on the name “Aesop” before I ever saw the puppy. And now he’s the unique cattle dog he grew up to be.
Selfie
Taken this morning at ten o’clock. I look old and careworn.
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