My friend made me arm warmers. I got them today! They are warm. Click on the pic and you can see my new rain boots too. Ain't my life exciting?

We walked around the neighborhood last night and I snapped a few pics. If you click on this one, you can see the rest of the set. Hope you all had fantastic, fun Halloweens!

One writes out of a need to communicate and to commune with others others, to denounce that which gives pain and to share that which gives happiness. One writes against one's solitude and against the solitude of others. One assumes that literature translates knowledge and affects the behavior and language of those who read...One writes, in reality, for the people whose luck or misfortune one identifies with - the hungry, the sleepless, the rebels, and the wretched of this earth - and the majority of them are illiterate.

...How can those of us who want to work for literature that helps to make audible the voice of the voiceless function in the context of this reality? Can we make ourselves heard in the midst of a deaf-mute culture? The small freedom conceded to writers, is it not at times a proof positive of our failure? How far can we go? Who can we reach?

...To awaken consciousness, to reveal identity - can literature claim a better function in these times?

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Our effectiveness depends on our capacity to be audacious and astute, clever and appealing. I would hope that we could create a language more fearless and beautiful than that used by conformist writers to greet the twilight. [emphasis mine]

— Eduardo Galeano (translation by Bobbye Ortiz)

from Days and Nights of Love and War

This stunning creation was made by a woman who attends the same yoga studio I do. She made these as party favors for one of the teachers, who was celebrating her 40th birthday. I was lucky to receive one. Click on the pic for a few more, plus some extras!

I found the homosexual agenda!

I took these and a few others for zabira. Click on pic for a few more from Seattle's march for GLBT equality.

We went to dinner at Poppy on Friday. Click on the picture for more food pr0n.

We went hiking on Mt. Townsend yesterday. This is one of the pictures I took (when it was still sunny). As we ascended, the clouds rolled in and the effect was really cool (ha!). If you click on the picture, you can see more pictures :D.

My uncle with a few sisters last weekend. Click on the pic for more.

I went to Lake View Cemetery yesterday with zabira. We had a fantastic time and I had to document some of the more interesting tombstones we came across. We did not seek out Bruce and Brandon Lee's grave sites, but perhaps another time I will go look for them. We did run across Denise Levertov's grave quite by accident, though. Believe it or not, despite living less than a mile from this cemetery and having lived in Seattle for 16 years, I'd never been inside it. There were many touching memorials the living had left for those who had died before them.

If you click on the picture, it will take you to more pics from the cemetery.

I posted a bunch of new pictures on Flickr. This is a detail from a bag a friend of mine made for my niece. I thought cubangenius would like it in particular :D. There are also scintillating pictures of our oven and a bunch of flowers. Click on the pic to get to the flickr.

Captured her during the Beltane dance performance at Cal Anderson Park a few weeks back.

Just thought I'd post, 'cause. And in case you think I'm a mere whisper of a hint from unsticking my toes from the floor, you are sorely mistaken. :D

I went on a photo outing with dirtylibrarian this afternoon. Click on the picture to see more.

What do you like to check out from the library?

For celandineb.