silk clementines

photo: andrew bishop

About 8 months ago I started giving a talk that required clementines as props. Clementines were in season then, but I knew that if I wanted to be able to give the talk when clementines weren't in season I'd have to find artifical clementines. An internet search turned up exactly three silk clementines.

barbie and friend in the pool

photo: jetheriot

have you been to the ocean, barbie?

photo: jetheriot

underwater barbie

photo: jetheriot

rebecca still

from Hitchcock's Rebecca

photo: jetheriot

entering manderley

AFTER THE STARCHED white capital letters of the opening credits have appeared and disappeared over a sequence of black-and-white forest scenes decorated with whirling flutes, Hitchcock’s Rebecca begins in earnest. A full moon, tiny in the center of the screen, stands still as it’s sliced diagonally by charcoal strands of mist pulling the sky apart. “Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.”

bird visit

photo: public domain



I had a conversation with a small green bird last night. Standing beside its cage with my arms behind my back like wings, I muttered low nonsense syllables over and over until the bird flew close to my face and whispered into my ear. This was not a dream.