road tripping through chicago

ken reminded us of the magic of the stars through his amazing tour of the Adler planetarium (the building on the right). i miss sunny winter days in chicago.

my ancestral village

these are photographs from my ancestral village Shaoxing, China. my great grandfather's house is still there, but partially in ruins from a fire last year. lacy mushrooms dot a burnt tree that grows out of one room up into the sky.

according to google voice...

this is the voicemail that i left for eileen the other day:

You have a new voicemail from
Jenn
6:30 PM
And I actually can pop now. I just had my we did a one year. Come on rationing of my 9 eyes. Beth after a graveyard and I decided to go to the dinner because i'm and we could talk to you later. Be watching. Everybody image. I need to do not be able to be so I have a couple of hours now. Renewable or video screening at 7 if you can walk so call me back again. Okay bye.

Google Voice

(photo taken in Pingyao, China)

trim

otik- a young thing

one of the oldest living things in the world- bristlecone pine
photograph by Rachel Sussman

fever of stingrays

"... there in the notch of river swirled a thrown handful of birds- swallows presumably- fusing into flock then fissioning back into individuals, like thoughts in a disordered mind."
will self "great apes"

the planet of bionicles and their pets