Is that candy?

"Don't bring that into the room, JT. JS will get distracted."

5 minutes later.

JS: Blah blah blah, delta cities, Atlas structure (JT--takes out the chocolate bar), describing the paradoxical condition of-- (JS-- sees the golden foil)--- What is that?

JT: It's candy.

JS: (takes half of the little candy bar when it's offered)

windows

the last course, death

no one attacks me with impunity

Fleshmarket Close

education, fire, life

cemetery for soldiers' dogs

Edinburgh (i)

gargoyle

Newcastle upon Tyne

Sarasota

Anna Maria Island, banyan trees, Ca d'Zan, Ringling Art Museum, Philip IV (father of Charles II of Spain--you'd recognize the Habsburg lip from across a room), circus museum miniatures, Lido Key, my mom's old house on St. Armand's Key, reunion with Lily/my brother's new house, backyard grapefruit harvest, German neighbors, hickory tree

AM: There's this German guy at work, and once when I was drunk I whispered to him, 'der Code der Leidenschaften.' He said, 'What?' 'Nothing.' We never spoke of it again.