ALONE ON A WINDY RIDGE: A big bag of books

Wednesday, March 29, 2006

A big bag of books

...sits on the floor behind me. When Tracy handed it to me in Regina I complained about the weight and asked for a forklift to move it. Some of the books are mine, some Tracy's. Thanks to her I've been reading Anne Compton's Processional while I bike. I've been trying to pedal off everything I ate at La Bodega. While the bag of books might do the trick, I did order some Martian Press titles just to be on the safe side. Tonight I went shopping again. I'm not sure how many books it will take to wear off that cupcake.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...: That cupcake looked a different colour from those I remember (but I might be mistaken; it's been a long time since I've even seen one). Is there a taxonomy of cupcakes? There should be a good poem there somewhere (hint).; 30/3/06 2:32 AM
Ariel Gordon said...: So, is this like a commission, Pete? If so, I have a variety of baked goods (and other, less floury subjects) I'd like to commission poems-from-Brenda on...; 30/3/06 8:29 AM
Anonymous said...: Hmmm... hadn't thought of it like that, Ariel, but... guess it's up to Brenda now. With enough commissions (or whatever), we might yet see a new collection entitled "A taxonomy of cupcakes and other floury subjects". We're waiting, Brenda.; 30/3/06 4:52 PM
Ariel Gordon said...: We're always waiting...; 31/3/06 9:21 AM
Brenda Schmidt said...: A taxonomy of cupcakes coming right up!; 2/4/06 8:07 PM

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