Losing Track of Time
Tonight's soundtrack: The Claypool Lennon Delirium, 2016
Spring has arrived. Last night, I didn't make a fire in the wood stove. I skipped my thermal undershirt this morning, and today while taking Franklin for his afternoon walk, I wore my light leather jacket for the first time of the season. It feels like a chrysalis opening.
The fortunes in our Chinese food takeout
have been getting more creative.
I once stumbled onto a fortune cookie factory
in Queens near a aqueduct that smelled acrid
and shimmered like gasoline.
I wanted to knock at the door of what looked like it had
once been an auto repair shop
and demand to see who was responsible
for typing out my little after dinner aphorisms.
Years ago, I was at a conference in Kansas City
and late one night,
found myself standing outside the headquarters of Hallmark.
Up on the sixth or seventh floor in a completely dark building
was one office with the light on.
I wanted to know who was burning the late night oil
while contemplating the latest condolence,
celebrating grand mother's birthday,
wishing sister a happy easter,
congratulations on finding love...
on a deadline.
I stood outside the office
for the length of two cigarettes
hoping I would catch a glimpse.
Some people are just more creative in the shell
of a former auto detailing shop,
or late at night when even the cleaning crews
have gone home.
This weekend I recorded some music
for the first time in a long time.
It was pleasing to lose myself
in the process
and before I knew it,
it was 7 PM and we hadn't even
gone grocery shopping yet.
It was a reminder that the world
is still there.
It is only waiting.
Take care,
Leo
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From the Korean Cultural Center DC:
Speaker Series: The Story and Impact of Korean American Immigration and the Arts
Tuesday, March 23, 2021, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Live online via Zoom | Free with an RSVP!
Featured Speakers:
Julie Park
Director of Asian American Studies, University of Maryland
Dana Tai Soon Burgess
Smithsonian Choreographer-in-Residence
Professor of Dance, the George Washington University
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From the Five College Center for East Asian Studies:
Middlesex Community College & Asian Studies Development Program present Social Justice... with Chinese Characteristics? Free webinar and panel discussion, April 2, 9am-1pm EDT. Registration.
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