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Train II: In transit
The countryside of the south: greener, more crowded, but gentler and more civilized. The truth is, I’d probably be more at ease down here, rather than the raw, chilly north where I’ve landed. The sheer density of people seems to soften things: making, I’m sure, more crowded resentments – but also, always, more alternatives, more…
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Train I: Discourse on Disappointment
A train, from Northumberland to Devon. I often feel as though my head is clearest in travel – on trains, on planes, are the times when I see everything whole, and in its largest and most realistic context. So far I’ve done some work on the paper that was due last month; listened to music;…
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On the second day of Christmas…
December 26, 1995 – San Francisco This evening something rather unexpected happened… I had been exchanging gifts at the largest department store in San Francisco (you’d think Lars would know that I wear a medium shirt by now), and dragged home, fairly tired, on the subway. My regular train didn’t come, so I took one…
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Snowstorms
Not real ones. It is colder, and there will be snow, but we haven’t seen any yet. But I kept thinking of one of Peter Altenberg’s postcard poems, the one sung in the first of Berg’s wonderful but rarely performed Altenberg-Lieder: Seele, wie bist du schöner, tiefer, nach Schneestürmen.Auch du hast sie, gleich der Natur.Und…
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MacNew
Sunny, fresh, active, much going on in what feels like a fast lane. How is it possible to experience renewal and excitement and freshness in January?… ah well, stranger things have happened, I suppose. I have a new office computer, one of the new iMacs – Intel chip, utterly immense screen, high-resolution, stylish, and fast…
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In the quiet night
Morning: green tea, hot chocolate; a strong English breakfast at a nearby café (I didn’t eat the blood pudding though, it just seemed… optional). By which time I was oddly shaky: so much caffeine and sugar and strong food, and my body was getting a bit overwhelmed… so some afternoon sleep. And tonight: again, a…
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