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In Memory

2007-10-24T08:35:20Z

In Memory Katherine Ann Patrick October 23, 1944 - October 17, 2007 Deep peace of the running wave to you Deep peace of the quiet earth to you Deep peace of the shining stars to you Deep peace of the infinite peace to you. --adapted from ancient Gaelic runes Tribute Farewell, faithful friend. Your blessed gift for skewering life's contradictions has brightened our lives and lifted our spirits over these many years. Now your death has diminished the world's magic. In your photography, you gave us new eyes with which to perceive delight in the ordinary and tenderly crafted words with which to explore life's meaning. Your commentary sparkled with incisive wit and intellect, which you yourself referred to as your keen sense of fun. We will miss your insights, but we will look for you in the children and the flowers, kittens, and clouds. Your devoted blog fans, Yackie, Melrose and Suellen (Jackie, Bill and Sue) We bathe your palms In the showers of wine, In the crook of the kindling, In the seven elements, In the sap of the tree. In the milk of honey. In the nine choice gifts In your clear beloved face, The gift of form, The gift of voice, The gift of fortune, The gift of goodness, The gift of eminence, The gift of charity, The gift of integrity, The gift of nobility, The gift of apt speech. --traditional Gaelic It is hoped that those of you who have visited this site for the photographs, wit, stories, and humor would leave your comments.

library patron #3

2007-10-05T23:33:12Z

my sister waits for the elevator i have a question: 1. why is it that whenever you go to sleep in anything other than your own bed (an armchair, for instance), somebody always wakes you up? they use the excuse that ''you should get up and go to bed for real,'' or, even more despicable, ''i thought you looked uncomfortable.'' uncomfortable? while i'm asleep? i could be lying flat out on the roof with my head hanging down over the edge and still be comfortable, as long as i was sound asleep. just leave me alone.

library patron #2

2007-09-08T20:20:22Z

i love duckburg in the summer, when it sizzles; i love duckburg in the winter, when it sizzles. i love duckburg every moment; every moment of the year. i love duckburg; why oh why do i love duckburg... ...............??? cole porter

ebay 101

2007-08-31T19:55:37Z

when i was a kid i had a 1950's vinyl shirley temple doll, which was nice but no big deal. i always thought it would be swell to have a genuine 1930's composition shirley. so i turned to ebay. i picked up several old shirleys. the one you see above is the best of all; and it's no coincidence that it's also the last one bought. by the time i got her i had learned how to read an ebay ad, and how to tell the difference between what the ad says, and what it means. i have decided to share my wisdom with youse. for example, if the ad says ''doll has been gently loved,'' what that means is doll has one leg and most of hair is gone. 2. dolly barely shows her age at all! dolly's eyes are blown and she has more crazing than a riverbed in august. 3. dolly's eyes need a little adjustment. dolly looks like chuckie. 4. doll has been beautifully restored. doesn't look like the same kid. this is often a case of ''i still have my grandfather's hatchet. it's had 4 new heads and 2 new handles, but it's still my grandfather's hatchet.'' 5. i think dolly's outfit may be original! dolly is wearing what could only be described as a mommy-made burnoose. if you can show me a movie in which little shirley wears a caftan, maybe we can make a deal. another tip: ebay auctions let you know the screen name of the next highest bidder. if that screen name incorporates the bidder's main interest, watch out. for instance, if you're after jeanette macdonald and nelson eddy memorabilia and you find you're up against naughtymarietta tischman, back off, and spare yourself the blood loss. you ain't gonna win this one.

library patrons

2007-08-29T22:04:59Z

i used to work with a woman who told me her daughter was working on a master's degree in liberry science. i've often wondered if the daughter knew how to pronounce it.

nonduckburg #3

2007-07-28T23:03:07Z

tail o' the pup, side view in september 2005 i spent 6 days in los angeles, which resulted in my 'children on their birthdays' series, which i actually plan to finish some day. i then flew home to duckburg. analogy #1: in 1957, when they were filming the movie *an affair to remember* and had just shot the scene where cary grant and deborah kerr share their first kiss, the director sighed, ''okay, kids; let's all go home to our wretched wives.'' analogy #2: on the last day of filming on *e.t.*, steven spielberg found 7-year-old drew barrymore crying her eyes out. when he asked what was wrong, she sobbed, ''i don't want to go back to regular life!'' on the other hand, duckburg does have its advantages. advantage #1: eileen's here.

nonnduckburg #2

2007-07-27T17:07:42Z

the tail o' the pup, little hot dog shaped diner in los angeles. how walker evans is that! (please see last post about pbs program on loopy american monuments which i have actually seen. and photographed.)

nonduckburg #1

2007-07-25T20:21:21Z

we went over to susan's tonight to watch some videos. the first one was william shatner in *kingdom of the spiders.* not a bad horror flick until it occurs to you that if everybody in town had a can of raid and knew how to use it there'd have been no movie. the second was *atomic twister* about a nuclear plant being struck by a couple of tornadoes. this one was so crammed with characters that they actually forgot one of them altogether; it was a guy in a volvo trying to outrun a twister. we never find out if he made it. everybody in this movie hates everybody else in it, and none of them can agree on what to do about this crippled reactor; so it's mostly just 2 hours of people bitching at each other over the wind noises in the background. my favorite scene is where a girl is pinned under her car, which has been flipped over on top of her by a tornado. she's moaning as if she's on the point of death. fortunately her ex-fiance just happens to come along, and manages to pull her out from under all the wreckage, after which she's perfectly fine. the only mark on her is a little spot on her face which looks suspiciously like ringworm. the 3rd video was a pbs program about outrageous american landmarks, buildings shaped like oranges or milk bottles or ducks; and i got all excited because i had actually seen 2 of them. the photo above is not upside down; the building is, right down to the lamp posts and trees. this one is in orlando, which is one spooky little town.

summertime; and the lizards is easy

2007-06-29T07:54:36Z

egret

2007-06-18T09:53:13Z