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July 25, 2005

Swimming Dogues plus The Meaning of it All

Whoa. Yesterday was pretty yucky hot. Omg.
Even little dawgs, whose bathing habits are pretty minimal, and who loathe the feel of any dampness between their toes, were persuaded to go for a late-night dip in the doggy pool in Dawn's garden!

Not sure how long this lasted but note ear cones locked in their backward and flattened position! This generally denotes terror or at least revulsion. But according to eyewitness accounts Marcel was a sport and may have even enjoyed himself.
Here is the after shot.

This morning I am knitting socks and trying not to worry about my eye blobs. Here is what I read somewhere online, that if you have eye blobs you need to sit still, upright in a chair with a pillow behind your head, and the blood will eventually clear. Who knows what sketchy internet sources really can tell you but I figure it can't hurt and plus I get a lot of knitting done this way.
On the college radio station (which I prefer because of fewer frickin car commercials. Among other reasons) I heard on a Chicago Indymedia story, a talk given by a survivor of the horrific nuclear bombing in Hiroshima. It was quite gruesome but ended on this note, which I thought I ought to pass along, as it seemed one of those absolute kernels of wisdom that one runs across here and there!
His name was Mr. Yoshida, if I have it right. He spoke at The Peace Museum in Garfield Park.
Anyway, here is what he said.
When he teaches children about peace, he tells them that if you look in the dictionary, one definition of the word peace in Japanese is to live every day happily.
I like it so much.
During the program it began to rain outside, and I sat by the open window watching, occasionally feeling a cool drop land on my skin, and inhaling the distinct and delicate smell of dampness on dry pavement.
A very city smell.
Now there is thunder, such sweet music.
Oh yes.

Posted by at July 25, 2005 11:37 AM

Comments

Pippy,

I asked my mom about the sitting still/pillow behind the head thing, and she said that's usually only called for during certain retinal surgeries. Your doctor should have told you if you needed to do that or not.

The little blood droplets in your eyeball will get absorbed into your bloodstream over time. I hope they go away soon so you don't spend your days looking at spotty socks.

Posted by: David at July 25, 2005 01:08 PM

Monsieur Marcel looks like he is wearing glitter in his pool picture. Oh how I wish I'd had a pool yesterday! I babysat my sisters dog as well as my own and they were both beside themselves with boredom as they couldn't spend much time outside. It was like having toddlers in the house all day, but with less ability to entertain themselves. They blamed me. Yes they did.

Posted by: elizabeth at July 25, 2005 02:04 PM

No little Dogs were harmed at the photo shoot. Just annoyed.

Posted by: john r at July 26, 2005 12:12 AM

such the contemplative post. :)

Posted by: carolyn at July 26, 2005 07:45 AM