2014.04.20 19:00 - black bamboo

The Guardian for this meeting was No Self. The comments are by No Self.

stevenaia Michinaga: greetings Cal
Calvino Rabeni: konbanwa stevenaia San :)
Calvino Rabeni: best of evening to you
stevenaia Michinaga: thx
stevenaia Michinaga: strange day of egg and rabbits
stevenaia Michinaga: glad I missed it all
Calvino Rabeni: I saw lots of picnicers at the park
Calvino Rabeni: and there was a stray rabbit
Calvino Rabeni: I caught and ate it
stevenaia Michinaga: and children hunting for eggs
Calvino Rabeni: it had been wrapped in gold foil, with a red ribbon
Calvino Rabeni: and was made out of chocolate
stevenaia Michinaga: a lot of work to harvest the chocolate within
Calvino Rabeni: yes I had to pull and pull on the little red ribbon
Calvino Rabeni: and this rabbit was huge .. it took most of the day to eat him / her
stevenaia Michinaga: I just hope this season of over eating has passed for a while
Calvino Rabeni: that would be much to be desired
Calvino Rabeni: as I chanced across these sylvan revelers
stevenaia Michinaga: it;s begining to slow me down, perfext timing for another 99 days which I will put to good use w/ excercise
Calvino Rabeni: on my own business
Calvino Rabeni: to wit, reconnoitering the lakeshore for renewable natural resources
Calvino Rabeni: which I found, today
Calvino Rabeni: in the form of a generous copse
Calvino Rabeni: of black bamboo, of average to exceptional height!
stevenaia Michinaga: never heard of black bambo, looks interesting
Calvino Rabeni: indeed
stevenaia Michinaga: https://www.google.com/search?q=blac...w=1434&bih=788
Calvino Rabeni: this was the second such successful expedition
Calvino Rabeni: of the passing fortnight

--BELL--

Calvino Rabeni: on the previous, I discovered stands of curly bamboo of great aesthetic interest
Calvino Rabeni: as well as density
Calvino Rabeni: sufficient for use as a walking stick or cudgel
Calvino Rabeni: or, as I had in mind
Calvino Rabeni: wind chimes!
stevenaia Michinaga: however it tends not to stop growing when you wnat it too
Calvino Rabeni: Indeed, and that being the secret
Calvino Rabeni: of its fitness for harvesting
Calvino Rabeni: without having claims lodged against me
stevenaia Michinaga: yes, true
Calvino Rabeni: by any property owner or state official
stevenaia Michinaga: as long as you have a place to use it... forever
Calvino Rabeni: indeed ... I find it enheartening to discover new local commons that retain some wildness
Calvino Rabeni: or perhaps better said, have self-reclaimed it against the surround of domestication
Calvino Rabeni: and within an easy stroll from my residence
Calvino Rabeni: the pleasures of the season :)
stevenaia Michinaga: no one will miss it.
Calvino Rabeni: and the former domain being a ravine of such depth and cunning concealment that it was proof of the encampments of wandering mendicants
Calvino Rabeni: to my surprise
Calvino Rabeni: perhaps, I thought, it was self-defended by the presence of layers of clay
Calvino Rabeni: that managed to unseat even a sure-footed creature as myself :)
stevenaia Michinaga: sounds like a great effort, surely it can't all be for a walking stick or chimes
Calvino Rabeni: ah ... that being the decorative subtext ...I have located various comestibles in their wild form
Calvino Rabeni: and now, I see the hour has flown ... I'm sorry, will you excuse me? The meal is served :)

--BELL--

stevenaia Michinaga: enjoy
Calvino Rabeni: A pleasure encountering you here tonight, Stevenaia :)
stevenaia Michinaga: good seeing you
stevenaia Michinaga: again
Calvino Rabeni: Good bye, and fare well :)