cutting in, go-carts, this one secret project, drying out, the fever heat, boots, rhino-time, eraser stamps.
pilots, flying instructors, plane owners, cobblers.
henry mancini's the long goodbye. my mom's adoration for springstien's "dancing in the dark" floors me.
the long goodbye.
encyclopedias aimed at persons under twelve (like thrown at them). chandler. chandler's books on tape as read by elliot gould. dashiell hammet. knut hamsun. alain robbe-grillet. aimee bender. joe wenderoth. paul fattarusso. braughtigan. murakami. calvino. breton. oe. myth writing. any atlas. first drafts with red ink revisions. bound correspondence between clandestine (dead) lovers. bawdy folktales. historical and/or documentary smut. stamp guides. cabinet magazine. cooks illustrated. book-as-craft. hollowed-book-as-hiding-place. the daily miltonian (shout out!).
anyone hated... the inspiration of passion in any form is miraculous. think of the power. of course, philip marlowe. weekend users.