today's quote- titus is not alone!!

i am great fan of Peake-"Gormenghast Triology"--always encourageing nyounger readers to delve into this magnificient gothic fantasy--lotsa crumbling masonry,intricate&ancient ritual&strange eccentric characters..A great Read!!!!!  so glad to find a reference here..Lose yourself  in Fantasy-it's Fun!!oh, the question:who else has enjoyed this work of art?

[cuteus]

beam; can't say I have, but might check it out at some point!


let me take the time to fish out an old friend or two to make sure they are doing ok.

Don alfonso, where are you? how are you doing lately? It has been a while since you posted those news and some of us wanted to follow up on  your status.   Hope things are ok with you.  Giddy up and whoisme have checked in already and rearfang, where are you?

DonL; hey, friend, say hi to us sometime?
take care

[beamishboy]

chevgal,thks for opening my eyes-hadem closed in reverie/fantasy-the carwash sequench kept playing over&over in slo-mo...I have splitwood inthe sno barefoot-makes a job go mitey quik!!  bareass seldom,'fraid to get the wrong "log" on the choppin block-need i add lol?--i am totally prepared for trx this winter;got 22 cords neatly stacked inthe basement&every stick is ready-no splittin necessary..Also topped-off the fuel tank,i'm not gonna worry 'bout burning irreplaceable fossil fuels whille stking interferon&gulpin riba......i do enjoy a roaring fireplace when the frost seeps into my wool,fleece,sweats,layered fashion assembles-i too am a fashion model!!!!--The Layered look is really my inspiration-"i can do sooo much w/ all the colors&tectures!!"
  Moose meat recipes? how 'bout moose **** pie?"(-It's Good Tho"-Utah Phillips,my hero!!!!!)We are inudated by the White-tail deer herebouts-- i gotta dog,whose only duty is to chase the damn deer outa the orchard-i didn't tell her to get pregnant!!!-by the by anybody need a puppy?worth their weight in apples!! they also'help' keep the bears outa the birdfeeders&compost pile.......the only thing they don't steal out of the garden is GARLIC.........hada pretty productive day,managed to pawn one pup off on a neighbor-i am shameless is this regard...put in acouple of good hours out in the brite winter sun-i feel almost human!!!haven't taken 2nd riba's yet...Chev, r yu refernceing' Sunday morning coming Down' ? kris kristopherson--i still play that album on occasion,the silver tongued devil got nothing on me.........i'll only live til i die!!..i was playin sum vinyl&dancin in my longjhons last nite-i highly recommend!!!!cheered me immensely--AS DO Your Missives...Farewell

[cuteus]

we are waiting/...
Dean is getting desperate.

[beamishboy]

y'all cheer me up everytime!!!!-long&lat here is pretty much 48th paralell-just below Oh Canada-foothills odf the adirodacks,St. lawrence river valley--actually onthe St Regis rivr watershed--it's a great place,lotsa woods--hardwoods that is,tator,we don't burn pine herebouts...i got a whole slew of 1st&2nd cousins up in Kenai&Juneau--always sending me little digs 'bout their weather being bettr than ours-you have the benefit of the 'temperatizin influence of the ocean--our great bodys of water freeze-up so we can drive our pick-ups out on the ice&go fishing..When i relate that xperience to folk waydown south they r incredulous,actually,they just think i'm an addled pot-smokin ,bullshittin,wildman--they're rite on both counts!!!!.................The best things 'bout treatment:Meeting real good people,remembering what's TRULY important-tween bouts of brainfog---Finding my center again,or at least a margin of reality that feels good...............Chevy,i am hopeless at accessin stuff(othr sites) me&my machine r just not functionin up there at peak--i luv that fruitcake lady,seen her on Leno befor(just waitin 4 the jon stewart sho to begin!!) she is sooooo on the money..old people lose that silly sense of self-conciousness&such,kinda like kids early-on;my favorite years,when they still let us dress em in all our flights of fancy&they'll perform 'shows" for us---god i miss them times,but i got my memories......Hope yu hear frm don alfonso soon,hope all is well&he's just busy being healthy,post-trx....i met a old swiss doc,frm toronto named don alfonso who decided to make me his (heck,who was don quiota's sidekick???) project---have mad,total savant with an uneering ability to lecture about clean livin lifestyle....we walked togethr mornings in san marcos luguana at lake atilan guatemala---he missed his wife sooo much,,he was v lost&kinda needy&soo goddamned wewll educated it was humbling....i am gonna email him via his son in ottawa.which is only 85 miles frm my home--great nat'l capital w a worldclass art museum&wonderful lil neighborhoods--post-trx,,if anybody wants to visit i would be a most amiable host----post trx,god that sounds sooo wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!--CHEERS

[beamishboy]

great to see yr posts as always-only connect"--d alfonso was a real trip& a mixed bag,aren't we all??? Tator if yu fly to Kenai,please look up my cousin Harry Hagelund-great guy,great family,ya really should avail yourself!!!!! Have Too Much Fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[beamishboy]

no pups need be adopted frn Kenai-that i know of...Honeys progeny r 1/2 her(of course) &1/2 Rottwieller--Honey is the mystery mom...She showed up midsummr;totally thin,disoriented&slightly out of her head--sooo happy to be unchained(thats my theory anyways) that i hav never tryd tyin her up again--If Dogs Run Free Then Why Not Me?--she is just so happy to be alive that its infectious.....in the Good sense!!!!---these puppys have turned my home into kidjoy territory--beats happymeals&sordid corporateclowns handsdown!!!!!!!!!!!  hope the woodpile has been offerin up nothing that needs "adjusting" in the altogethr....They always say -wood heats ya twice-heck more like 3,4 times,what with the cuttin&splittin&stackin&bringing in&haulin ashs out---lotsa heat,lotsa xcercise!!!
Ain't Life Grand?--i'm dissassociating frm my riba/response--just dropped 3 'bout an hour a go&it's gone rite to my head.......hava nice day

[cuteus]

where are you? those pups sound adorable! My SO has two senior dogs that THINK they are pups, but one of these days...We do have a lot of shelters around, including the ASPCA in the City, so there would not be a shortage should he decide to adopt. 22 cords??? where are you? We know is not Alaska!

[cuteus]

upstate ny?

[beamishboy]

i'm just north of adirodak park-1 mile;south of canada-12 miles;burlington vt is 80miles east---nearest town Potsdam has 2 universitys,10 miles furthr Canton has 2 universitys--helps economy& quality of life!!--the actual place is Hopkinton,biggest township in the biggest county east of th mississippi-way more trees than folks--dog restrooms r everywhere! Chevy, that would be a great honor&privilege to fatten you up a wee bit......But be warned:we got blackflys,deerflys&skeetrs galore!!!!! guess thats why it's still gods country..best time of year is really the fall-lotts of leaf peeprs dig the colors-very trippy.....just did my shot -#4--10% treated

[cuteus]

that was cute! Vt is what gave it up, lol.
I am downstate, the downest part, east of NYC. Too easy.

[beamishboy]

yeah

[beamishboy]

just what are you suggesting gurl??!--rem:i am neophyt frm the woods,alotta this stuff goes right over my head......

[beamishboy]

i just happen to have a big brick woodfired bread oven-yes it is french design,i did couple months touring the continent w/ a crazed Baker frm Britanny,took lots of pics,met an old bricklayer breadoven builder;what a Gent& his wife!!!! great workin vacation& now i got one!!!!