by Tim Girvin | Jul 12, 2007 | Diary
1853 C. BRONT Villette xxiii, She stood, not dressed, but draped in pale… —- I came back from NYC on Thursday. As usual, the flight was delayed, and I returned to my house sometime in the late evening, 11:15. I worked for a bit, getting myself set up for...
by Tim Girvin | Jul 8, 2007 | Diary
David, thanks for your considerations, your reach — and, to some of your co-respondents, I’m grateful to be included in your search. To the challenges that you face, I relate. I’ve seen these, sensed these travails in others. And each has borne the...
by Tim Girvin | Jul 2, 2007 | Diary
Garrett, I’ve been thinking of you. And your knowledge, the keris blade collection in Hawaii. I’ve thought about the potential of being down there sometime — connecting with you and your wife, to learn more. And my explorations of the keris has been...
by Tim Girvin | Jun 30, 2007 | Diary
I’m writing about your loss, Dan. A long time ago, when I was in college, and studying chinese painting, there was a teacher, a mentor — and surely, spiritual advisor: Wing Leong, a student of the master, Chiang Yee. And he taught about the idea that when...
by Tim Girvin | Jun 21, 2007 | Diary
There was a day this past week that was the longest day; and it was for me. I started in NYC. (and this is about silence) And I awakened there, sometime around two forty five. This was the timing in Seattle. But I was in NYC. (and this is about being quiet) That day,...
by Tim Girvin | Jun 15, 2007 | Diary
t h e v o l u t e Every year, when it comes time for my birth day, to day — I think about the numbers, one to the other, and what added summation they might make, to mean. So now, in 54 turns around the sun, this forms 9, the volute, that drawing spinning...
