Journal - Page 8 of 12

Silver dome over eggs, au plat, medium cooked. Coffee pot. Jus d’orange frais covered by a frilled paper cap.

Yara Zgheib essay on the classifieds page

Missing, since 2020,

“It’s the old joke about the magic carpet or the broomstick. That’s how poor people used to make journeys, because they couldn’t afford to make them literally.”

Henri Cartier-Bresson, Fisherman on the Seine

“Il était une fois la Seine, Il était une fois la vie.” – Jacques Prévert

children imitating cormorants
are even more wonderful
than cormorants
– Kubayashi Issa

And you can leap really high on the moon; there is less gravity.

Then, the greatest democratizer, the football, appears.

“Come out—all of you! This is too beautiful to miss!’”

Faces are soft. Dessert is soft. Cottony, fluffy soft, and just a bit jiggly, bit sweet.

Katsushika Hokusai, The Great Wave off Kanawaga

Keep mending that roof, filling those baskets. Going. On boats, on horses, on foot. On picnics, even in January snow and darkness.