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It had been several minutes since the tug pushed us away from gate 3C and left us idling in the middle of the tarmac at Hamad International. From 6A’s porthole, the sea swayed gently at the edge of the runway, the Gulf sun making the ridges on the water and in the concrete slabs shimmer.… Continue reading Yute
you plant your hedges likeyou’re building a fortress like the tap is a treasure you need to come at with a hatchet. roses.agave.that bougainvillea bastard.a whole medieval armyguarding a weathered spigot. and me,crawling through thornswith sunburnt armsscored like Peruvian pepper barkjust to give your geraniumsa goddamn drink. it’s not hard. just leave a little room.a… Continue reading Put the tap where a man won’t bleed
Not because what is necessary shouldn’t be done - of course it should. But when it is, it is not needful, it is required. This morning my assistant put me in mind of these aberrant constructs when she messaged me: Good Morning SirReminder for your PWA Amicable Settlement Teams Meeting.Please note it has been preponed… Continue reading Let’s Not “Do The Needful”
Amou Haji; image not mine and may be subject to copyright. I recently pulled my Leica M9 out for an image making excursion only to find its sensor "expired". Nothing unusual had happened between its last actuation and its purple death. It just died, as, it turns out, have others like it. Purple Death This… Continue reading Delicate and Dear
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