IT WAS A SPLENDID DAY. THE HUMIDITY MOVED OUT REPLACED BY SUN WIND AND DRY AIR. A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO WASH AND DRY; FOLLOWED BY SANDING AND PAINTING. ALL THE TIME WHILE THIS WAS GOING ON THE BAMBOO GREW 2 FEET. IF ONLY I HAD STARTED A CAMERA ON A TRIPOD WITH TIME LAPSE.
WHILE PAINTING I STARTED TO ASK MYSELF WHIC WERE THE BOOKS WHICH MOST IMPACTED ME. AS I STARTED COMPILING A LIST IN MY HEAD; I IMMEDIATELY STARTED LISTING THE AUTHORS I REALLY LIKED. THIS LIST GREW QUICKLY. FACED WITH THE PROSPECT OF CUTTING NAMES FROM THE LIST I COULD NOT SO I STOPPED AND CHANGED SUBJECTS.
I WILL LIST A FEW NONE THE LESS.
‘THE LAST LEAF” OLIVER WENDEL HOLMES
“THE MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY” EDWARD EVERETT HALE
“LIVING WELL IS THE BEST REVENGE” CALVIN TOMPKINS
“WEST BY NIGHT” BERYL MARKHAM
“TRACES OF THOMAS HERIOT” MURIEL RUKEYSER
“MOBY DICK” HERMAN MELVILLE
MY PREDICAMENT IS OBVIOUS, WHAT ABOUT THOMAS WOLF, WILLIAM FALKNER, F. SCOTT FITZGERALD, ETC.?