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propagating

Down at root level amongst pearlite mulch I am drawing vastly of rain and air. Planes make you believe in forever, elsewhere as they tremble above the sere leaf line. At home in dappled 21st century shade I feel the gnarl of secateurs scattered iron chelates. I want to expose a hazy line to wound the tissue green sap wood with love. East facing I call to companion plants as if we’re home and hosed with care.

just chatting

I've got a day off work today. That's something hard to come by. All thanks to powers that be. I'm pretty pooped, I can tell you. I saw the first blossom on our cherry tree this morning. It's coming out real slow. The Japanese maple is already spreading outside the front door but the cherry is always slow. It's that spring weather that messes your head. There's still a chill in the breeze but the heat tricks you into thinking it's really warm. And it isn't, strictly. I've neglected the Bobster in recent years but I got a copy of Modern Times . Happy with it on first play through - all sorts of high and low registers in the words and full of the Dylan trademark steals from folk and blues and old timey American music. But, please, everyone knows he didn't write Rollin' and Tumblin' . That's just silly and disrespectful. Sure, the original author may be lost to us, though McKinley Morganfield (Muddy Waters) often gets the cred. At least ...