moaner groaner

that's me
groaning and moaning 
i've had flu, and am 
s.l.o.w.l.y.
getting better
five days and only 
a tiny stack of shifu pages
but i did get gorgeous wool gauze from 
long ridge farm (under the shifu bits)
 swathes of color (thank you barn & trees) have been like food
 and still the dogbane waits to be pulped
 today: a slim package
from trace
 she took my shifu 
and made a dye concoction
 and there's red.
RED
and once again i'm photographing in light that washes out the color
there is actually richness, tones of burnt umber
i have no patience
to fuss 
these photos are pathetic
i made it through a half day at school today.
a book came from gary frost
but i couldn't wrap my fuggy mind around it
reading gary is always a treat
the man thinks 
about the bookness of books 
 7 pages
1 folio
5 sick days
i also purchased this
which i have only briefly looked at.
maybe tonight.
how have i made it through?
you tube and lewis on the macBook
yes, i'm an anglophile mystery nut
if i could be any heroine in fiction
i would be harriet vane.