Figure 1. Cover of Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov, published 1968-07-15 by Berkley Books, 214 pages.
Delightful, ridiculous companion to Pnin,. I’m confident I missed a lot (I only occasionally referred back to the lines of the poem referenced in the commentary) and still enjoyed it.
Figure 1. A map of San Francisco, California. The path of a four mile (six and a half kilometer) walk is indicated. About 8000 steps and 108 feet (33 meters) elevation over one and a quarter hours, (one hour moving).
Figure 1. A map of San Francisco, California. The path of a two and a half mile (three and three quarters kilometer) walk is indicated. About 4800 steps and 125 feet (38 meters) elevation over half an hour.
Figure 1. A map of San Francisco, California. The path of a one and a quarter mile (two kilometer) walk is indicated. About 2600 steps and 69 feet (21 meters) elevation over one and three quarters hours, (half an hour moving).
Figure 1. A map of San Francisco, California. The path of a one and a half mile (two and a quarter kilometer) walk is indicated. About 2800 steps and 26 feet (eight meters) elevation over half an hour.
Figure 1. A map of San Francisco, California. The path of a one and a quarter mile (two and a quarter kilometer) e-bike ride is indicated. About 95 feet (29 meters) elevation over one and a half hours, (a quarter hour moving).
Working on learning to play Pancho and Lefty this with thumb and fingerpicks like Townes turned into "I wonder if there’s any Townes stuff on bandcamp?” (there is, including this Live at the Old Quarter release) turned into falling in love w/ the label, Fat Possum Records,’s ( https://fatpossum.com) motto (p good merch too):
Figure 2. Pic of a record I just took out of the carboard shipping box it’s laying on, on my kitchen island. Townes Van ZandtLive at The Old Quarter, Houston, TexasI ripped the clear plastic shrink wrap off as per, but laid it back on to get a pic of the label’s round sticker on it, which proclaims FAT POSSUM RECORDS and their .com in gold on black around the outter edge, and “We’re Trying Our Best” in a cute retro black on gold in the center, with the grocer’s quotes and everything.
Figure 1. A map of San Francisco, California. The path of a four and three quarters mile (seven and a half kilometer) walk is indicated. About 9300 steps and 131 feet (40 meters) elevation over one and a quarter hours, (one hour moving).
