From the monthly archives:

July 2005

It Has Been Disorienting

by L-C on July 31, 2005

I am back again from Creative Pulse in Missoula MT.
Even with 4 days traveling on road the transition has been disorienting.

I am just beginning to figure out what to do with myself. all last week I wandered around house trying to figure out what I am doing there. Logically my mind was operating but functionally I had a hard time doing anything but rest, eat, and read.
I guess my mind thought it needed to be thinking hard and studying - so I read two “large” as Ken observed books in two days. Hey - we had been putting away 10-40+ pages of “thick” reading a day. Of course you could barely digest it all. Part of the unwritten curriculum of program is to restudy all the material once you get home - I think.

Books I read:

The Royal Whore
by Allen Andrews
Chilton Book Co 1970
the story of Barbara Villiers Palmer, Duchess of Cleveland, paramour of Charles II.

Courtesans: Money, Sex and Fame in the Nineteenth Century
by Katie Hickman
HarperCollins Publishers 2004
interesting point Hickman makes is most of courtesans she profiles speak of the desire for autonomy and independence in a time where women had next to no options for either unless they were born wealthy.

Next book to read is one on Veronica Franco - as she is from period of incepton of Commedia Dell’Arte - interesting comment as she is referred to in her book description as “onesto” - or an honest courtesan !
The Honest Courtesan : Veronica Franco, Citizen and Writer in Sixteenth-Century Venice
by Margaret Rosenthal 1993

another one:
My Lady Scandalous : The Amazing Life And Adventurous Times Of Grace Dalrymple Elliot, Royal Courtesan
by Jo Manning 2005

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Portage, ID to Newark, DE

by L-C on July 26, 2005

longer drive day - as all 15 + hours were in transit nearly.
interesting new place at Breezewood PA - buffet AND Pizza Hut. all parties satisfied but can’t figure out if we both ate at different places why we both were desperate for nearest pit stop after eating.???
PA tpk is a Blue Star Hwy.

arrived home at near or after midnight. Cats OK.

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West Fargo ND to Portage ID

by L-C on July 25, 2005

long drive day - over 15 hours sitting in seat. hurts.
met ferritout from popug.com - interesting person. spent 2+ hrs with her in chicago somewhere west of but close to The Loop. don’t ask me to find it again.
gotta get home to feed cats.

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Glasgow MT - West Fargo ND

by L-C on July 24, 2005

vistied with Meg in Poplar. ate great enchilads, but then again she made them for me - sin chiles.
drove over Lake Sakakawea in ND - Audubon Wildlife preserve nearby
Streets with high numbers like 100 ST NW - interesting
Obviously ranching here in ND badlands - more farming further east we got.
Began thinking about found objects sculpture using hay bales in field. interesting sight when bales are there and field has sprouted green again all around

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Kalispell MT to Glasgow MT

by L-C on July 23, 2005

drove on Road to Sun through Glacier park. took videos and pics.
stopped at Lodgepole Gallery on Blackfeet Picuni rez. genuine NativeA art gallery - met owner - great work. you can spend the night in a tipi here if you want.
had lunch in Havre - the big metropolis of Hi-Line. saw lots of “4 for 2″ signs all along the way.
one town had sign “596 good people and 1 sour puss” or something like that.
easy to find time to think here

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