posts from 2023 / 07 / 03

1. introduced to Amos Tutuola’s “The Complete Gentleman” ( https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/11169484-the-complete-gentleman) via “Black Water 2.” Tutuola’s novel “My Life in the Bush of Ghosts” is what Brian Eno and David Byrne’s 1981 album is named after, which i did not know about and now would like to read.

   i can’t find you a copy but here’s a fun analysis: https://www.tor.com/2018/12/19/i-aint-got-no-body-amos-tutuolas-the-complete-gentleman/

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3. tacked a few days before a wedding to visit burlington, vermont for a day (lovely) and stay in a lake house on upper saranac lake (pictured, also lovely) for a two