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Red-currants
May. 28th, 2017 09:42 amSecond blog post.
I went to the zoo today. I went alone, which is a strange way to go to the zoo. It was very cold, and I was underdressed, and there were lots and lots of people milling through because it was an open day -- which was why I was there. I met an emu in the open Australian part where the path’s not fenced off. We looked at each other for quite a long time. Emu’s eyes are red-orange, and perfectly round, they put me in mind of the preserved redcurrants of Darien’s Ann had at Ruapuke the Summer before last. Also they have sort of tufty feathers on their head like hair. This one looked quite charming when I stopped wondering if it thought I was edible. But more than that. Non-humans are comforting. That’s something missing at Weir.
And then I rode home and had a very hot shower before walking through the gardens to Tass and Simon’s. Humans are comforting too.
Now it is two hours away from the second-to-last week of term. I’ve gotten less good at working the last couple of weeks. I need to reverse that. If I don’t the emu won’t know, or have the ideas to begin to. And Tass and Simon and the rest of you will. Both these things are very pleasing.
Just now I need to sleep.
Zzzzzzz.
I went to the zoo today. I went alone, which is a strange way to go to the zoo. It was very cold, and I was underdressed, and there were lots and lots of people milling through because it was an open day -- which was why I was there. I met an emu in the open Australian part where the path’s not fenced off. We looked at each other for quite a long time. Emu’s eyes are red-orange, and perfectly round, they put me in mind of the preserved redcurrants of Darien’s Ann had at Ruapuke the Summer before last. Also they have sort of tufty feathers on their head like hair. This one looked quite charming when I stopped wondering if it thought I was edible. But more than that. Non-humans are comforting. That’s something missing at Weir.
And then I rode home and had a very hot shower before walking through the gardens to Tass and Simon’s. Humans are comforting too.
Now it is two hours away from the second-to-last week of term. I’ve gotten less good at working the last couple of weeks. I need to reverse that. If I don’t the emu won’t know, or have the ideas to begin to. And Tass and Simon and the rest of you will. Both these things are very pleasing.
Just now I need to sleep.
Zzzzzzz.
