October 4, 2004
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Chapter 7 – Felix (cont.)
Previous chapters sidebar autobiographySomehow we found and rented a little whitewashed, blue-shuttered, tile-roofed, stone-floored cottage (that seemed huge to me) for $15/month out of sight of any other habitation and equipped with Spanish pottery and furniture. It had two tiny bedrooms, one main room with two little storage rooms to either side, and out the front door into another tiny room was a fireplace over which we cooked the chorizo and eggs, pasta and cheese, salads and dark purple aubergines that were our mainstay. The eggs were from chickens that ran wild on the property and laid their eggs anywhere. There were fig trees and tomato plants and parsley like grass. Water for cooking came from a cistern well and probably caused the E. coli infection I later contracted. No electricity, no running water, no indoor plumbing. Bathroom was a little straw chair with a hole in the middle sitting over a hole in the ground that was covered between visits. In no time, we became brown like boy scouts from the sun.
(to be continued)
Deep Thought: The next time you go to the doctor, go ahead and bring in a stool sample. They might need it. Better go ahead and bring some for the dentist too.
Today I am grateful for: Not being forced to feed candy to kids on Halloween
Guess the Movie: “Is it safe?” Answer: Marathon Man, 1976.
Polls Today: Kerry 243/Bush 295. EVP: “
Newsweek has a new poll out showing Kerry ahead nationally 49% to 46% among REGISTERED VOTERS. Maybe they have caught on to the fact that the LIKELY VOTER screens aren’t very good. But just as I didn’t believe them when they had Bush more than 10% ahead, I don’t believe them now either. It takes a while for the debate to sink in.”
End of Day: 8:52 pm
+ = Went to back-to-back yoga and exercise class this morning and got 2 straight hours of great workout.
- = Giant filling fell out of tooth tonight so have to stop at dentist tomorrow after work.
Comments (10)
Your description of your place in formentera reminds me of the backdrop in the movie “The Secret of Roan Innish”. Did you write the poem back then on a book leaf?
I had a diary that I bought on Ibiza and kept for a few years after. Today its pages are just about dust but I’ve been preserving them. But this poem was written by Felix on a separate piece of paper and pasted into the diary.
That’s a beautiful poem… it sounds wonderful!
I can’t remember the name of the movie, but it has young Dustin Hoffman in it, doesn’t it?
likely voters are people who have a history of voting often. it doesn’t take into account new registrations, who obviously have no voting history. in 2000 my county had a surge in voter registration and a surge in voting in the presidential election. this year, there has been a greater surge and for the first time ever, the increase has been overwhelmingly democrat (2-1). i’ve heard of similar spikes around the state and country. those may be the voters who make a difference.
Yup, Dustin Hoffman was in it.
And lets pray for those voter spikes.
“Brown like BoyScouts from the sun.” Sometimes a phrase hits you and it resonates. This is truly a simile to bring a smile.
That was clever too, come to think of it.
Tubby
the VP debate will be interesting…
Full of wonderful descriptions and a sense of the wonder of the place that remains after the memory of the e coli has faded.
yikes! Not good! I have until Thursday then I can get this stupid tooth out of my head.
sounds HEAVENLY…bloom where we are planted…is a good rule of a GARDNERS THUMB…blessings…beckon call/dovecaller 2004