Dearest Mary Angel

Happy belated Valentine's Day. Here is what I did for much of last week. Nice, you think?

I made somewhere in the neighborhood of sixty floral arrangements, and in the process wore myself out. I'm too old for twelve hour days with little opportunity for breaks, let alone sitting a spell. But I did manage to take a few photos. And though I wasn't near as fast as the boss would have liked, I deliberately took time to think on a good many different things.

My lunch went well with LeNee` week before last, but she's just not all that into developing a friendship. I have to initiate everything. Being lonely means you ante up too much of your heart too quickly in every hand you're dealt. I knew my feelings would get hurt by this but I also know I said I didn't care; better to try than sit out the dance, right?

I've never been a good dancer, so whoever I end up with must be patient in teaching me. Speaking of which, I wrote a rather long free-form poem for a book I'm about halfway through titled The Gardens of Loveplay. You can read it in its lengthy entirety here. I plan and hope to finish it this year.

When LeNee` and I are together she encourages me, but when we are apart I hear nothing from her. No calls, no texts, no email. Even when I contact her there's no guarantee she will respond. In light of this I've decided to ignore her. If she's interested (which I don't believe she is) she'll get in touch with me. I promise not to hold my breath. So, I have begun to seek other opportunities.


This past week I spent the four days prior to Valentine's Day at the flower Shop. I took vacation from my primary job to work at the secondary. Twelve hour shifts as I've already said, doing little more than arranging flowers. Friday was a miracle of cold wet fat snow falling thickly from a leaden sky... I took photos. I'll post them at E's Third Eye in the next few days.

I've squandered much of the morning on things other than the web page I have to build and post before 5p tomorrow. I have much more to say, but it'll just have to keep till next time.

All my love

God be with you


Eric / Etienne