1-23-08 Self Portrait, originally uploaded by darnlucky.

This week I’ve been taking Beckett to school. Basil got the mornings off this week as one of his gifts in the Date Box. This morning Beckett dressed himself completely from head to foot so that I could take a shower before venturing out into the world.



After dropping him off, I went for a manicure and a marathon grocery shopping session. While I was out, I bought a digital scale. I’m resolved to step on it once a week, and to work towards making the little numbers move in a Southern direction. I intentionally bought one that measures out to one decimal place. Every small victory counts.

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1-22-08 Work Work Work Work, originally uploaded by darnlucky.

Beckett is the hardest working kid I know. No matter what activity you put in front of him, he dives in with a seriousness and dedication that reminds me so much of myself it’s kind of frightening.



Here he is working the Play Dough. Once he figured out how to flatten the dough with the rolling pin, all bets were off. He is now a shape stamping machine!

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1-18-08 My Favorite Poem, originally uploaded by darnlucky.

what would I do without this world faceless incurious

where to be lasts but an instant where every instant

spills in the void the ignorance of having been

without this wave where in the end

body and shadow together are engulfed

what would I do without this silence where the murmurs die

the pantings the frenzies towards succour towards love

without this sky that soars

above its ballast dust



what would I do what I did yesterday and the day before

peering out of my deadlight looking for another

wandering like me eddying far from all the living

in a convulsive space

among the voices voiceless

that throng my hiddenness



-Samuel Beckett

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