1. Munro has been a welcome break from the masculine, genre-dominated shit I’ve been reading. Shelving this one my shelf next to a pile of Murakami with only "Everyone In Silico” by Jim Munroe ( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/342203.Everyone_in_Silico) between, as a mediator of sorts, makes for a heck of a counterpoint.

    Everyone in SilicoIn Vancouver in 2036, people are tired of the rain. The…Goodreads

    Unlike (or, like?) Murakami, Munro’s women age (natch) and have their own experiences, inner lives, and desires. Munro’s also a slightly more interesting prosist (to me).

    previously: https://mastodon.social/@gravely/109702814505504502

    gravely (@gravely@mastodon.social)Attached: 1 image fourth book, "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage", Haruki Murakami I've had this on the shelf for a while (years, even) after catching up on Murakami and taking a good long break (furthermore, I think this was a gift, or used rack sale find, even) because it's all very samesy. I picked this off the to-read pile because it looked the shortest. I think crit of his lesser stuff like this is totally on the mark and fair but also "it me" so, I enjoyed it. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41022133-colorless-tsukuru-tazaki-and-his-years-of-pilgrimageMastodon

    pic of my bookshelf w/ munro on my shelf next to 8 murakamis, lol

  2. thirteenth book of '23, “Wilderness Station" ( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25194123-a-wilderness-station) by Alice Munro (previously issued as "Selected Stories” ( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14281.Selected_Stories)).

    A Wilderness Station: Selected Stories, 1968-1994From the 2013 Nobel laureate in Literature--and perhaps…GoodreadsSelected StoriesSpanning almost thirty years and settings that range fr…Goodreads

    Wow! Loved it.

    The “Selected Stories” title has had time to be rated and critiqued by much more careful readers. Lots of comparisons to Chekov, who I suppose I’ll check out next. I’ll also definitely be getting the companion collection, Family Furnishings, Selected Stories 1995-2014.

    the cover of A Wilderness Station, selected stories: 1968-1994, originally published as Selected Stories. Red on white water color text under an illustration of (I assume) the author

  3. neapolitan pizza topped with hand crushed san marzano, anchovies, capers, black olives, mozz, pecorino, pep, olive oil

    very good, I should have baked it a bit longer (like, ten seconds longer)

    neapolitan pizza prior to baking, on the peel, topped with hand crushed san marzano, anchovies, capers, black olives, mozz, pecorino, pep, olive oil

    neapolitan pizza baked ?0 seconds at 950F, on the board to be cut, topped with hand crushed san marzano, anchovies, capers, black olives, mozz, pecorino, pep, olive oil

    pizza under carriage, very light leopard spots

    neapolitan pizza cut and served, topped with hand crushed san marzano, anchovies, capers, black olives, mozz, pecorino, pep, olive oil, with a glass of wine

  4. took Friday off and went on a hike to Black Sands Beach via Julian Trail ( https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/black-sands-beach-via-julian-trail)

    the west side of the golden gate bridge over the hills and far way away on a sunny but hazy day from the trail head, not seen again the rest of the hikethe san francisco city skyline and sutro tower are barely visible in the haze

    sutro tower beyond the pacific ocean from black sands beach

    all trails.app hike summary, a square topo map detailing a zig-zagging westerly hike along a ridge and then descending steeply to the beach4.36 miles, 902 ft elevation gained, 1 hour 41 minutes to complete

    not pictured: wildflowers galore, oops!

    anyway here’s a daisy that I liked at St. Mary’s playground (my photo), which has a great slide! (not my photo)

    two purple daisies

    a terrible photo of the 20 foot steel cyllinder slide at st. mary’s plaground, which I did once, but junior did over and over and over again both saturday and sunday, also good for hollaring into

  5. was thinking this morning how I missed "that dj that used to open 6AM with the same Billie Holiday song every morning on KCSM and was a great interviewer” even though our kid is old enough that I’m not up that early every day (just every few days) anymore

    Her name is Alisa Clancy, and it looks like a boss was involved in her retirement? Dumb. https://www.sfcv.org/articles/feature/kcsms-alisa-clancy-signs

    previously, https://mastodon.social/@gravely/103731122132835352, https://mastodon.social/@gravely/104767568487639781

    gravely (@gravely@mastodon.social)every morning our kid wakes up between 4:30 and 4:45. i haven’t slept past 5 in over a year every morning at 6:00, KCSM 99.1 opens the 6:00 block with Billie Holiday’s “I Hear Music” v nice https://youtu.be/QE89uBF6mXoMastodongravely (@gravely@mastodon.social)Attached: 1 image 99.1 just faded out of a song from 1941 mid-trumpet solo and both DJs agreed it was fine to cut on the solo, because fuck that guy, he got Billie on heroin, he wasn’t even a very good trumpet player. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Guy_(musician)Mastodon
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