Dec 16, 2009 – First Phone Call
Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 7:52 AM
Subject: Good morning Robert…
… playing hookie today.. spending the day with my daughters. Lunch… shopping.. and who knows, maybe a little spa time.
Just wanted to say hi.. and.. of course, send you a few more photos…
Alexis
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Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 8:55 AM
Subject: Re: Good morning Robert…
Hey Alexis,
Morning he says as he sips his first coffee of the morning and wondering whether the ashes2ashes.jpg is a human funeral pyre and is that a live monkey in the background beside the donation box in Parvatiworship4.jpg … great shots Alexis … thanks again …
Hookie eh … sounds great … thanks for my morning travel photos … you have SUCH a wonderful smile!
Jealous again … I would love to spend the day with my daughter … she’s in Guelph – school teacher … still my little one …
Brad story … is partly written … ha ha … I stopped writing in my journal a few months ago … that’s a bad sign for me but these emails lately could represent a new way of journaling for me.
Ok .. back to wondering what you and Google are up to today …
Robert
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Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 9:03 AM
Subject: RE: Good morning Robert…
You are SO observant Robert! Yes… that was a funeral pyre… a cremation site in Nepal along the banks of a tributary of the Ganges River… again… another afternoon that profoundly changed my ‘bucket list’. I’d love to tell you about that day. And yes again… that was a live monkey in the background… most people don’t even see that when they look at that photo. It’s actually one of my favourites…. there is so much going on in it… the fact that ‘donation box’ is written in English adds another almost whimsical dynamic to the photo. Listen to me going on about my pics….
I’ll check out the neglected blog…..
And now… it’s time for me to get shakin’…. Big day ahead of me.
Do you have any photos of yourself you can send me? You’re not smiling in your POF ones.. and they’re taken from SO far away!!
What’s up for your day?
A
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Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 9:53 AM
Subject: Re: Good morning Robert…
In the novel “A Fine Balance” by Rhinton Mistry (one of my top ten novels) Mistry wrote wonderful descriptions of funeral pyres along the river … oooohh … I think you are the only person who ever used the whimsical in an email to me … so congrats … you win the word prize of the day! I love words … they are so powerful! … today’s language is deteriorating at a rapid pace and when I hear someone using language as a descriptive tool I am captivated … do you ever listen to the Massey Lectures on CBC on the Ideas show? Incredible … Enough ranting …
Re Pictures of me … jeeze that’s a hard one … I don’t have any pics after I lost my eye and leg … hee hee … seriously I take ALL the pictures and I guess I could use a mirror but I’ll see what I can do in the next couple of days.
My day … I’m finishing up a project (last day) at a client in Woodbridge and then heading up north to my brother’s house – south of Owen Sound … and let me think … what I am doing tonight???? Oh yeah … I’m phoning a young lady tonight … waiting with breathless anticipation!
Talk to yah …
Robert
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Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 5:13 PM
Subject: RE: Good morning Robert…
hey there!!
Just in from my day with the girls…. I’m pooped !!!!
Looking forward to talking with you tonight too!… My friend Darlene be here until around 9:30 – 10:00 (we have a Wednesday ritual…. ) so hopefully it’s not too late for you to call after then (or before 7) God… I’m SO high maintenance aren’t I??
Just want to be able to give you my undivided attention!
’til later!
A
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Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 7:35 PM
Subject: Re: Good morning Robert…
Yup … high maintenance … just kidding … just arrived in a blizzard … eating dinner as I type … after 10 – no problem … I usually start my REM’s at 1 or 2 …
Talk to you later … don’t talk about me too much … LOL
Robert
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PHONE CALL TAKES PLACE AT 10:00 PM
ratbagdesigns said,
January 12, 2010 at 11:43 pm
I love this blog… it is thoughtful and familiar to me at the moment….. I have been waiting in anticipation and am looking forward to the next installment