  Lo for the settling of& nbsp; the righteouserness& nbsp; between Philly& nbsp;
or Boston, nbsp; for the unwinding of the& nbsp; stand- offing between Austin and IC,
 for the Kerry versus Bushing,  and the driving& nbsp; of cars with tanks of fat- fry grease,  MJ will descend like an angel descending to make peace&
nbsp; amongst the Americanites.  Donought& nbsp; of the& nbsp;
sky at night, nbsp; the peace she brings& nbsp; will be& nbsp;
infinite,  dusted in sprinkles.  Enough cleverality/ stupidiatlity, nbsp; I too have not posted much recently to the Blog of Blogs and will deign to do so now.
 Kate and I are readying ourselves for Japan. nbsp;  She leaves in a week,  I the week after. nbsp;  We've been catching up with friends and their children over the past few weeks.
nbsp;  Why is it that whenever you leave a& nbsp; friend alone for two or more years,  they reappear with three or more children? nbsp;
 Anyone on this blog with fertility issues wanting fecundity,  should just make sure to check in with me& nbsp; after May 2006.  Actually,  it might be easier to go back to being clever now that I realize I don't have all that much to say.
nbsp;  I could pretend that I've been losing myself in rereading both the Anne of Green Gables and Emily of New Moon series but such would just be useless cleverness. nbsp; nbsp;  I have finally been reading William T.  Vollman's The Royal Family -
 which was on the remainder table at Prairie Lights. nbsp;  He's a strange writer. nbsp;  When I read him, nbsp;
the little Offut/ Ethan on my shoulder cry foul& nbsp; pleasurable in and of itself) nbsp;  Economy of word is not Vollman's gift but his general sense of over the top has always been mesmerizing.
nbsp;  Does anyone else have thoughts on Vollman. nbsp;  I kept telling Derr to read him while in IC. nbsp;  Now I'm not so certain.
 I probably could write a long passage on the meaning of home,  that's what I've been thinking about lately -  as my sense of America& nbsp; and my involvement in her politics) nbsp;
recedes and is replaced& nbsp; with time in& nbsp; my default landscape ( cedars,
 hemlock,  and firs) nbsp;  but I won't bore you& nbsp; all with the details.
 Anyway, nbsp; a question to end,  does anyone on the blog have the authority to invite people to g- mail. nbsp;
 If so,  think fondly of me since I'd like never again to delete another email.  Hope everyone's doing well. nbsp;
