by day the blue will pale down into white where it touches the white of the land, after sunset it has a new circumference-orange, melting upwards into tenderest purple. but the core of blue persists, and so it is by night. then the stars hang like lamps from the immense vault. the distance between the vault and them is as nothing to the distance behind them, and that farther distance, though beyond colour, last freed itself from blue. -e.m. forster (a passage to india)
Friday, August 16, 2013
otto's!!!
we celebrated clyde's birthday today at otto's!
i had an affogato for dessert after pasta puttensca, and it was delicious! it was a bit dark and i couldn't figure out how to take lighter pics without using the flash on my cell phone.
P.S. I just put a hold on Eva Ibbotson's books at the library. I also looked her up on Wikipedia. She was originally Austrian and has also published in German. There are a few more books that take place in Austria I found out: "A Song For Summer" and "Magic Flutes"/"The Reluctant Heiress"? Do you know them?
wow! that's really interesting about eva ibbotson! i have never heard of these other two books you mention. i'll have to try and find them. it's funny. i've always thought of her as british!
clyde is our friend from years ago before the girls were born. as anne of green gables would say, he's kind of a kindred spirit since he has similar interests in theatre and the arts. we met him when we first moved to the city. then we all had children and grew closer since our children are similar ages. we see them every summer when they come into town. in the winter they're in california . . watsonville, not far from santa cruz.
Now I need to ask: Who exactly is Clyde? I know you mention him regularly, but I'm afraid I don't know how he belongs to your family.
ReplyDeleteP.S. I just put a hold on Eva Ibbotson's books at the library. I also looked her up on Wikipedia. She was originally Austrian and has also published in German. There are a few more books that take place in Austria I found out: "A Song For Summer" and "Magic Flutes"/"The Reluctant Heiress"? Do you know them?
ReplyDeleteOne more discovery, her aunt was an anthroposophist!
ReplyDeletewow! that's really interesting about eva ibbotson! i have never heard of these other two books you mention. i'll have to try and find them. it's funny. i've always thought of her as british!
Deleteclyde is our friend from years ago before the girls were born. as anne of green gables would say, he's kind of a kindred spirit since he has similar interests in theatre and the arts. we met him when we first moved to the city. then we all had children and grew closer since our children are similar ages. we see them every summer when they come into town. in the winter they're in california . . watsonville, not far from santa cruz.
Thanks, it must be nice to be able to maintain a friendship over such a distance.
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