“I returned to New Orleans and my problems with pari-mutuel windows and a dark-haired, milk-skinned wife from Martinique who went home with men from the Garden District while I was passed out in a houseboat on Lake Pontchartrain, the downdraft of U.S. Army helicopters flattening a plain of elephant grass in my dreams.” MenProblemHomeDreamDarkWifeGardenWindowArmyGrassLakesMilkElephantsNew OrleansHelicopters Author:James Lee
“I suppose there is something in all of us that harks back to the soil. When you come to think of it, what are picnics but outcroppings of instinct? No one really enjoys them or expects to enjoy them, but with the first warm days some prehistoric instinct takes us out into the woods, to fry potatoes over a strangling wood fire or spend the next week getting grass stains out of our clothes. It must be instinct; every atom of intelligence warns us to stay at home near the refrigerator.” ThinkingFirstsHomeNextEnjoyFireWeekClothesInstinctWoodsWarmGrassSoilAtomsPotatoesStainsNext WeekRefrigeratorsStay At HomePicnicsPrehistoricStrangling Book:Tish: The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions Source: Tish: The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions
“We made music seated on the grass of Brasilia's super-squares, at home, at college. It was a creative time, more ingenuous, when the people amused more themselves, played more.” PeopleMadeHomeCreativeCollegeGrassSquaresAmused Author:Katya Chamma