Christmas reflections… once in a lifetime… was… is… will be…

An old (1973) poetograph (words and pictures working together)
surfaced during the move;
including the kodalith negative for text;
along with the original 5×7 and 120 negatives;
stripped into that kodalith negative.
Printed in a limited edition of 32;
on silver RC paper.

Spent 10 years “there.”
Then 30 years in Mequon.
Now… a month “here…”
Feels quite disconcerting…
yet precise.

That same turn of the century mahogany camera,
used as a plant stand in 1973,
now sits in a Germantown cold storage unit.
I don’t know how to let go of these things. Who wants these things?

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Bed sides…

…trinity …reincarnation …whispers
under the reading light

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the Pull Quote on the Sun’s page reads, “On her deathbed she never mentioned any aspect of the Trinity in my presence. But one day, out of the blue, she said the word “reincarnation.” She then looked at me, nodded, and whispered, “I think the Tibetans have it right.”

The moving never ends…

Seems like we’ve been moving forever. Last Thursday we had Two Men and a Truck move the major furniture and a whole lot of boxes. Eight hours worth of work on their part… endless hours on our part. Rich was the man in charge. He expressed interest in the Black and White Photography which on the walls and asked to be photographed. Of course I used the Monchrom.

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And Thursday was also the first night we slept in the Wasaukee Road House;
and woke to winter’s morning sun providing new views to old eyes.

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Yesterday I cancelled the WIFI, U-Verse, and Home Phone at the Mequon Road House. That really seals the deal. I also moved the basic working computer system into my “office/studio” at the Wasaukee house; and felt for the first time what the future will will feel like; with morning flute and chant music; a light snow fall; and… a view out of one of my six office windows.

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May be the best $10 I ever spent… Cadillacs and brunettes @ 3

I saw the Garage Sale sign on Pioneer Road; just around the corner from the house we’ll soon move into. I turned onto a very long driveway; between a corn field and a bean field, over water filled pot holes, including a ninety degree right hand turn, and a ninety degree left hand turn — finally up to a metal pole building with large sliding doors. Just inside that huge doorway sat a dirt encrusted Cadillac Escalade. “How much for the Escalade?” I asked. “$10 includes a charger and a dead battery.” came Bob’s response. “I’ll take it.” It needed a new battery — $70. Some new wheels — $80. And a whole lot of tender loving cleaning by Nanna Anna. That was one happy 3 year old, Jace, the birthday guy, when he finally took the wheel of that Escalade, with a brunette riding shot gun — just like dad.

I do love to rummage through garage sales.

The rest of the birthday photographs can be seen here.

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