The Cat-Sit Trail - Albuquerque

Actually, I meant to say...

The cat-SHIT trail.

But this is a fambly-values (poly-fambly, that iz) bolg. 

Regardless, it's rigorous.

Note the pristine scratching post

Drawings by Michelle Cook.

LSD In Ojito

I'd been looking for several years, asking here and there. I even went up to Gerlack last year in advance of the horde to see if I might be able to endure....but decided not.

Suddenly, last time in Albuq, it appeared. The story went that this had been formulated on the original sunshine recipe. It took a couple of months for the right time to come along but today was the day.

I took a quarter dose. Liftoff was as gentle as it gets but as we headed north on the freeway I knew I'd need to get somewhere quieter. Fortunately, Ojito Wilderness is only a little more than an hour away.

Michelle stayed straight but she's naturally stoned so we had a wonderful time ambling about in the desert.


Its tongue hanging out....

In this, our commemorative selfie, Ms. Cook is "overshadowed" by Mr. Nose.

The rest was impossible to capture.

Aldo Carotenuto

Looking at postings that've been read (in Blogger's "stats") sometimes prompts me to go back to the post and do some editing. Most recently I added links to the psychologists on the one about Maria Miles.

It's been a couple of years since I found The Vertical Labyrinth in a library's "Books For Sale" pile. What with the multiple, multi-colored page-markers, my copy looks like an anemone streaming Tibetan prayer flags.

I might have written the following myself...

"In retrospect, I must admit that I owe my very life and my realization—as in Italian we call the psychic achievement—to women, in the sense that they made possible the transformation of my inner energy by providing a canal into which it could flow." 

Curiously, there doesn't seem to be a Wiki article about Carotenuto. I took the above (an obituary or eulogy?) from the European Juournal of Psychoanalysis. It's quite a ways down.)

I do wonder if something is lost in the translation; "canal" seems a bit too Freudian -- After all, Aldo was a Jungian.

Frog Went A Courtin'

....bag of donuts by his side,
Chocolate frosted and sprinkles too.....

                       crammmboooonee.

Margot Anand Documentary

Updated: 1, December, 2019 at 8:57 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time (Albuquerque, New Mexico)

HHUURRRRAAAYYYYY!!!! YOU DID IT!!!! 

$52,877.00  pledged toward a goal of 50k.




This woman's done more than anyone to promote unconditional love except maybe Winnie-the-Pooh.

Dear Michael, Lire en français ci-dessous. Dear Friends Of Margot Anand, My name is John Antonelli.  I’m making a documentary film about the amazing life and work of Margot Anand.  I’m reaching out to you with Margot’s permission.  We’ve created a Kickstarter campaign for the project.  Complete information including a sample of the film is available by clicking on this link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/johnantonelli/higher-love Your email information is protected and won’t be used by Kickstarter or anyone else as a result of this contact.  If you’d rather not I have your email, please reply to this email that you want to be taken off the list.  You may have received this email previously. We've been unable to reach some email addresses, so our team just wants to ensure our message is received.  Thank you to all of you have already made positive comments about the campaign. The early pledges are extra meaningful because they let others know that there’s a strong community that supports the project.  We hope that once you see the film sample and read about our plans to share Margot’s story with the world, that you’ll join us by pledging a few dollars or a few hundred, or even a few thousand. No pressure, of course. All donations of whatever size will be greatly appreciated. There are some wonderful incentives for pledging anywhere from $50 to $10,000.  Kickstarter campaigns run on an all-or-nothing basis. Please help to keep the progress moving forward so we can reach our goal.  Don’t be shy about making a smaller pledge. Everything that moves us even a little closer is meaningful to us and to everyone who is considering pledging. Margot and I really appreciate your support.  Warmly, John Antonelli ******************************************* Chers amis de Margot Anand, Je m'appelle John Antonelli. Je fais un documentaire sur la vie et le travail étonnant de Margot Anand. Je vous contacte avec la permission de Margot. Nous avons créé une campagne Kickstarter pour le projet. Des informations complètes, y compris un échantillon du film, sont disponibles en cliquant sur ce lien: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/johnantonelli/higher-love Vos informations de courrier électronique sont protégées et ne seront pas utilisées par Kickstarter ou par quiconque à la suite de ce contact. Si vous préférez ne pas avoir votre courrier électronique, veuillez répondre à ce courrier que vous souhaitez supprimer de la liste. Vous avez peut-être déjà reçu cet email. Nous n’avons pas pu accéder à certaines adresses e-mail. Notre équipe souhaite simplement que notre message soit reçu. Merci à tous d’avoir fait des commentaires positifs sur la campagne. Les premières promesses ont plus de sens car elles permettent aux autres de savoir qu’il existe une forte communauté qui soutient le projet. Nous espérons qu’une fois que vous aurez vu l’exemple de film et pris connaissance de notre intention de partager l’histoire de Margot avec le monde entier, vous nous rejoindrez en promettant quelques dollars, quelques centaines, voire quelques milliers. Pas de pression, bien sûr. Tous les dons, quelle que soit leur taille, seront grandement appréciés. Il existe de formidables motivations pour promettre des contributions allant de 50 à 10 000 dollars. Les campagnes Kickstarter fonctionnent sur une base tout ou rien. Aidez-nous à faire avancer les progrès pour que nous puissions atteindre notre objectif. Ne soyez pas timide pour faire une plus petite promesse. Tout ce qui nous rapproche un peu plus est significatif pour nous et pour tous ceux qui envisagent de donner en gage. Margot et moi apprécions vraiment votre soutien. Chaleureusement, John Antonelli" Message endorsed by Margot Anand. Margot Anand

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It's Always Nice To Be Appreciated

https://learningenglishthroughliteraturetw.blogspot.com/2016/03/the-hitchhiker-by-roald-dahl.html



Wiki article...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Dahl



Roald Dahl website....

https://www.roalddahl.com/roald-dahl

It's THAT Kind of Neighborhood

Perhaps it was gonna be somebody's meth lab. Perhaps it IS somebody's meth lab.

Michelle said it appeared about a week ago. I keep meaning to stop and knock, but I haven't been feeling sociable.

They chocked the wheels with pieces of concrete block and there's a nice bit of nylon tow-strap hanging off the front.

It's been red-tagged so the city'll take it away eventually.


But it fits in so well as an installation. It's just what the neighborhood needed!

Note Sandias peeking over the top.