Norman.
It’s so incredibly nice out today. I opened the doors and made a makeshift blockade to keep Malady from escaping.
My landlord died yesterday. He had been in the hospital, first one, then another, for more than a month. He had blood clots in his lungs and legs, but no one knows exactly how he died. He was 62. He was an amazing character who told silly jokes and wandered around in his bathrobe a lot. He had a crazy bushy walrus moustache that hung down below his chin. His name is Norman.
He was one of those crazy local color characters that everyone knew. I live behind the house he grew up in, in a cottage that he helped his father build and later lived in also. There weren’t a lot of people like Norman. None that I’ve met, anyway. The world is certainly different without him.
I have some eBay auctions that are ending soon. You can see them here:
There’s a lot of advance copies of books that aren’t out yet. Maybe one you’re waiting for! Now’s your chance.
Love.
Broken Umbrella's Esteemed Ephemera
Ho, Comrades.
In an experiment at self-sustainability I’ve opened an eBay store where all sorts of strange and unusual things are now available to covet and/or possess. Click below to feast yer peepers.
Broken Umbrella’s Esteemed Ephemera.
The ThouShaltNot video shoot was immensly fun, interesting, and exhausting. Our crew from Germany was wonderfully patient and only one of them spoke enough English to communicate with us. We shot at night here in my yard and also shot down by a some nearby scary railroad tracks. We had a professional makeup artist and I was corpseified and carried into and out of the trunk of my car countless times.
Saturday the band played at the Trocodero with Information Society and I got to go backstage, which was exciting because I’d never been backstage at the Troc before. I had met Kurt years ago at the Fiddler’s Green convention and he remembered me and I was terribly flattered. And, yes, as the final encore they played Pure Energy and I was so joyously elated that I hopped around and waltzed with Alex.
Afterwards we all went out to a diner and I didn’t get to bed until 4 AM and it was wonderful.
Now my house is empty again and that is also very very nice. I have a lot of eBay books to photograph.
Much Love
~R