The Beast Sleeps. Hence, we blog.  We're working on our homeschooling curriculum, and by the way, we're looking for other families in the NYC area with babies born in 2009-2010 to join our network. We'd like to have five kids schooled together in five different households with each family responsible for one day of schooling per week. The Beast and I are developing these classes now: British Monarchs (perhaps both the winged and non-winged ones), Legends of the Jews (inspired by the Carter Family's "Little Moses", and Human Origins. 

Speaking of human origins, did you read about Ardi? This is very exciting news. Tim White (part of Johanson's Lucy team) led the expedition that discovered Ardipithecus ramidus.  A tree swinger yes, 4 feet tall, 120 pounds, upright walking, but definitely tree-swinging. The little mama of us all.  Hurray for Ardi. And she's as old as the hills. 4.4 million years, approximately.

Other news is this: it's Sunny in Sunnyside and we're beginning week two of the avant-film workshop. Last week we covered Cocteau's Orphee, now onward to Spicer, and next week it's Kenneth Anger.

We're also looking for end-of-the-season gardening gigs.  If anyone needs bulbs planted or yard clean up, etc., etc., in the NYC and NJ and CT area, please let us know. We can work 1/2 days away from the Beast on F/SAt/Sun.

It turns out Brooklyn College announced its poet job opening that we were being groomed for before we retired last year. Wouldn't you know it, they forgot to tell me about the search.  How fickle is academia. Hope all you academicians-in-the-wings have fun duking it out in the mud-wrestling pit of the job glob. And once you get the job, the committee work should be a lot of fun.

Peace to you all as things just get worse in Afghanistan and why are we there again? Also NYTimes cover story says don't eat ground beef because of e coli, but also don't eat ground beef because being an about-to-be-eaten cow sucks.