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 we do have some snow. 
maybe four inches.

 the fabric i've been experimenting with is triple woven silk that is 

rough and weird and not soft.

 i am better, 
thank you,
i think the headache/illness was a weird allergic reaction

so i've been looking around 

 seeing beauty in the simple lines of winter 

well, not simple at all
a complex geometry 
that appears to happen
spontaneously 

 but it's complex
complex

today at a meeting
i heard this:
he doesn't count
about one of my students.
i saw red.