PARK AND SWAP JULY 27, 2018
With Jan Bradbury
Jan and I went to Park and Swap at Seven o'clock in the morning
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Today I played with Jan's chickens. They were tame and such pleasant animals. The idea of killing one was unthinkable. Then I stopped at the store for wings. They were delicious and two Thomas Harding poems came to mind.

Note: Harding's prosody SUCKS, but the IDEAS are good.


The Man He Killed
Thomas Hardy (1840-1928)

"Had he and I but met
By some old ancient inn,
We should have sat us down to wet
Right many a nipperkin!
"But ranged as infantry,
And staring face to face,
I shot at him and he at me,
And killed him in his place.
"I shot him dead because –
Because he was my foe,
Just so – my foe of course he was;
That's clear enough; although
"He thought he'd 'list perhaps,
Off-hand like – just as I –
Was out of work – had sold his traps –
No other reason why.
"Yes; quaint and curious war is!
You shoot a fellow down
You'd treat if met where any bar is,
Or help to half-a-crown."

The Reminder
Thomas Hardy (1840-1928)

While I watch the Christmas blaze
Paint the room with ruddy rays,
Something makes my vision glide
To the frosty scene outside.

There, to reach a rotting berry,
Toils a thrush, — constrained to very
Dregs of food by sharp distress,
Taking such with thankfulness.

Why, O starving bird, when I
One day's joy would justify,
And put misery out of view,
Do you make me notice you!



 




What we saw first:
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The 
meaning of Senaida is "Shine" and " Sky". Its origin is "English variant of the Greek name Zenaida". Senaida is a form of Zenaida and is generally pronounced like "seh NAY duh".

THERE IS A ZENAIDA DOVE. I'VE SEEN IT SO DON'T ARGUE. HAR.

Zenaida Dove    07/07/2003    Grand Cayman Island



JULY 27, 2018

Death[edit]

London was a chain smoker from the age of 16 and at times smoked in excess of three packs of cigarettes per day. She suffered a stroke in 1995 and remained in poor health for the following five years. In late 1999, she was diagnosed with lung cancer but forewent treatment due to her weakened physical state.  On October 17, 2000, London was rushed from her home to the Encino-Tarzana Regional Medical Center after choking and struggling to breathe.  She died in the hospital in the early morning hours of October 18 of what was later determined to be cardiac arrest; she was 74.

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WHY I DIDN'T BUY THIS IS UNCLEAR...
However, it's "SOYTONLY!"

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I BOUGHT THIS GROSETT & DUNLAP BOOK
There's a Grosett and Dunlap Book for every taste and every mood!

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