occasional posts by risa aratyr
Risa Aratyr 蔵焼けて 障るものなき 月見哉 Barn’s burnt down. Now I can see the moon. [a haiku by Mizuta Masahide, 17th C. poet and samurai] From the look of her, you’d have thought The Ruin would have gone down on her own the first time a strong wind hit the hill. She was a life-threatening public hazard in … Read more BE-COMING HOME: on the level
And a special thanks for not burning up the whole ship. Including yourself, you daft bum-rag. [Scott Westerfeld, LEVIATHAN] The weeks following the fire were a mind-numbing blur. We spent all day every day pin-balling from one essential task to the next, while simultaneously trying to come to terms with our shock and disorientation. Remembering, … Read more BE-COMING HOME: sifting through the rubble
Since the house is on fire let us warm ourselves. [Italian Proverb] On Saturday night, 17 November 2012, Roy shoveled the cold ashes from Friday night’s fire into the tin pail we kept by the wood burner for that purpose. On Sunday night, 18 November, he took the pail down to the carport and dumped … Read more BE-COMING HOME: up in flames
The pressure is palpable–to make it good, to make it sing. To make it incisive. Profound. Droll. Relevant. Succinct. To make it personal, universal, and surprising. Expectations are running high. Writer + Blog = Something Worth Reading I can do the math. I just can’t reconcile the Blog half of the equation. So it’s not going to … Read more Great Expectations