3 aug 06

Greetings,

An abridged podcast extolling a small sample from the black journal celebrating our one year anniversary here is being processed as we babble.

It's baking here in Fujian. Global swarming. Dead leaves were trimmed, new plants welcomed, watered, cleaned the flat and unpacked fascinating new books from Hong Kong and Macau. He was smart and zoomed from Zhuhai to HK by ferry one day before beginning the TEFL course to find essentials.

Recently finished "The Lost Steps" by Alejo Carpentier (1904-1980), one of Cuba's most important intellectuals, a novelist, and classically trained pianist. He wrote this book three times. It was published in 1953 and considered the forerunner of magical realism in Latin American literature.

Peace.