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My bed, pillows, sheets, and blankets are in Maine. Actually, that was all part of the plan; I dumped most of my personal possessions on my brother's front doorstep last week. He will care for my rubber duck collection while I'm down south. Unfortunately, I also managed to leave my sleeping bag in Maine.
This is the first event to shock me since I began the process of moving out. Yes, it was mildly disconcerting to move out of the apartment, and I was a little sad to leave my cds and vocal sheet music behind in Maine. But nothing really bothered me until I realized I had nothing to sleep in or under tonight.
lucky I forgot to pack the curtains, no?
craziness: last night at this time I was standing on a dock on warren island off the coast of maine, watching an impressive northern lights display while a guy named Sid played the bagpipes. Kayaks surrounded me on the beach, and out in the harbor sailboats drifted around at their moorings. I listened as 2 men told the story of their journey from that region to New York City in an 18' Lund boat - as luck had it, they didn't die. And now I'm there, in the alien land they spoke of with some distaste.
Maine treated me well this trip. I see why people move there. In addition to the general natural beauty, I came across an unexpected wonder: My brother and I were camping at the south end of Jewel Island, and I took a walk away from the firepit. It almost looked like - yes! my feet were sparking. It turns out that the rocks on the beach spark when struck together. When you throw a rock at the beach it leaves a trail of sparks as it bounces along. Is this something normal? If so, I'd never noticed it before.
antes era ex-patria
despues tenés 911
"Current theory...is that charge is separated upon fracture and that the light is produced upon discharge, or recombination of the separated charges." (from: http://.../)
Quartz was probably the culprit on Jewel Island, but that's just a guess - fluorite and sphalerite also luminesce.
b. [enviado el 09 Sep 02]