Senses working overtime #342

1 RIP Robert Bly

My favourite poet of the 20th Century has died aged 94. I fell in love with his deep image poetry while studying at Auckland University under the tutelage of Wystan Curnow and Roger Horrocks. 

His legacy is immense.

2 Twenty bad movies, that are actually good (apparently)

3 Poetry corner

In the Discount Lot

Angela C. Trudell Vasquez

Outside the grocery store laden with the sweat of tanned field workers we stand          little girls in winter coats our hands hold signs leaflets our dark long hair waist length one straight, one curly we say to the people who walk up to the glass door don’t buy the lettuce here— they aren’t good to their workers I don’t recall anyone said anything back or who stood with us I remember my sister next to me,      us in our Sunday velvet best she     beret and red plaid jacket me     white rabbit skin muff little brown girls with picket signs rosy cheeks, big black eyes legions of ghosts above              behind angels wing over us ancestor feathers beat in the invisible breeze each time someone enters or exits the building— with a bag full of groceries oranges and eggs celery and grapes.

4 Return of Seth's wisdom

Pushing, pulling and leading

Tug boats don’t usually tug. They push.

That’s because pushing is more mechanically efficient than pulling. When we pull, there’s tension and slack in the ropes, and the attachment between the puller and the pushed keeps changing.

But the metaphor gets far more interesting when we think about leading instead.

One bird at the head of the flock can lead 100 others if they’re enrolled in the journey. That bird would never be able to pull (or push) even one bird, never mind all of them.

5 George Harrison on the true experience

Overtime: Perfecting the New York Street

Senses working overtime #341

1 When a house finds you

Great piece from SwissMiss on finding her house.

2 WTWMC 1

The Wander To Wozza's Music Club (it would take too long to explain why it's called that) has a terrific playlist out - every year since 1957 has one song each from three discerning music fans. As GK says - it traces our lives and friendship.

We're still building it too (1995 was today's year).

3 WTWMC 2

We also rotate an album choice each week around the three of us. Yes, I know - we have great taste. Thanks. 

We love to share that great taste with others so you can catch the evolving playlist (one song represents each album) here.

4 Vinyl Countdown

One of my happy places. They have a huge range of stuff at present - band facemasks? Got you covered (see what I did there)! Check it out - best service around as well.

5 Poetry corner

from You Will Read In the future things will be enigmatic and profound, exclamations will be used onomatopoeia will be used if need be brakes will be used why so urgently urgent? similes, figures of speech will arrive the sun will rise buses will run people will go to work they go about their work like drinking a soft drink, less costly, less labour easy to breathe, everything will be alright Aung Cheimt trans. ko ko thett & Maung Tha Noe (2012)

Overtime: Erasure poetry

Austin Kleon's example

Senses working overtime #340

1 Seinfeld on Netflix

2 Stressing out about a tough decision?

Try this.

3 Aaron Rodgers - didn't just lie

Great blogpost by Kareen Abdul-Jabbar (courtesy Laura Olin)

4 The harmony of tensions

From Austin Kleon

5 Aerial Ruin - Nameless Sun

Keegan passed this recommendation on to me.  

Overtime: 

"It's better to be alone than to spend time with toxic people.

It's better to do nothing than to work on something that doesn't matter.

It's better to rest than to climb the wrong mountain." James Clear

Senses working overtime #339

Nita Isobel Purdy (1930 to 2021)

This week's 5 + overtime entries on Jewels For The Thirsty are in honour of my dad's second wife - Nita, who passed away this past week, age 91.  

With jade and Samantha

With Keegan

Happy Christmas Keegan and Adam

The grand-daughters - Jade and Samantha

Rest in peace Nita, Graham and Dulcie.