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Today

December 3, 2005

Today I lazed in bed until 11, after staying up until 4am reading. I was awakened by Seamus saying my name through the shutters, so we sat down outside and had an espresso and it was so beautiful we said “Let’s go swimming” so I texted Maria and Brett and we collected Brian and Katie Read more >>



Writing Workshop #4

December 2, 2005

The afternoon has washed itself from the bricks, collected itself in puddles on the street and the feet of the people that pass bring twilight in that settles on the stones as the windowlights fall one by one. Upstairs there is a room, and yesterday there was a room yet in between these cities shift Read more >>



World AIDS Day

December 1, 2005

Today I celebrate Cathy Antoinette Privett, my aunt, who died in October of 1996 from HIV-related causes. I have put together a PDF of some of her poetry from her youth that you can download here (PDF, 93kb). Here is my favourite – UNTITLED Maybe it was the way the moon looked, or the way Read more >>



Greeks are Great

November 25, 2005

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Strange Silences

November 23, 2005

The term is ending in a couple of weeks. There is an exhibition to prepare for, a poetry reading, a couple of concerts. I have been quiet here, because I have had work to put between myself and the days that I try to accurately (and admittedly, artfully) record here for you. I have had Read more >>



Paroikia at Night

November 20, 2005

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Evening at Rengas, Pt. II

November 13, 2005

(All of us blurred – I am actually in the center. Many thanks to Kathryn for loan of her pictures and movie). Yiea mas! (Jenn and me). We went dancing again last night. We didn’t mean to, but my friend Jenn is visiting me from California for a few days and I wanted to take Read more >>



On a Late Walk Home

November 10, 2005

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Conconne

November 8, 2005

Here’s a little glimpse into how I spend some of my time – Maria-Elena and I went into the music room late on Sunday night and fooled around with her laptop recording studio. This is the Conconne, Brianna Privett on vocals, Maria-Elena Kolovos on piano. Right after this, we played Killing Me Softly then had Read more >>



An Evening at Home

November 8, 2005

It was a long day yesterday, singing and writing and painting, then a little work on the computers, then home. I wound through the uprooted streets of Paroikia to the marble doorway with the big bright lantern that marks the entrance to my flat, past my front door and the jasmine that breathes into my Read more >>