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Early rise ..

October 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment

From Gene’s Notebook
…after a sunrise, oranges, and other citrus, and the moon and eggplant, below and above, I go on and see ….
- A man coming home with a small package of tortillas, soon to be breakfast ….
- And, a fast-getting-ruined Washington Park, fountain now a trickle, graffiti in ugly brown and black on anything [...]

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Tags: Brownsville · Community Resources · Literature

For the weekend

October 24th, 2008 · No Comments

From Gene’s Calendar
…and it’s autumn, and if you like the cool weather and have a sweater, try some live music, under the stars ….
- Rescheduled Narciso Martinez Cultural Arts Center ConjuntoFestival, Saturday and Sunday, mid-afternoon through the night in San Benito ….
- Final weekend of Festival Otono, with great events in the Plaza Hidalgo, around [...]

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Tags: San Benito · art · dance · music

Kernels

October 24th, 2008 · No Comments

From Gene’s Notebook
…so clear, so muddled ….
Wheat kernels spilled like hard brown rain from the back of the truck through a grate on a scale, and then moved, unseen, to the grain elevator.
Long long lunches, close to two hours, where deals are made, deals that put more knives in the planet.
Clean clean grain.
Murky murky words.
Eugene [...]

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Tags: Economy · Literature · daily living

Opie weighs in

October 24th, 2008 · No Comments

A video from Funny or Die
I saw this on AlterNet and thought you might like it, too.

See more Ron Howard videos at Funny or Die

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Tags: Politics