inaugural!

sunday night, post al wazir.

i don't like to spend much time on the phone. when the weather is nice, i'm never home. i can be remiss in returning email. unless there is a concert ticket involved, i'm reluctant to make plans. one thing that keeps my friends and family from thinking i've dropped off the face of the planet: i'm an avid letter writer.

i always carry a few postcards and writing paper in my backpack or stuck between the pages of whatever i'm reading. my letters tend to be a bit stream of consciousness, rambling affairs. my favorite places to write are cafes where i can sit outside.

cutting to the chase: often after i write a letter i think i'd like to share some of the bits with more than one person. so.

i'm going to transcribe some of my letters and cards here and see what comes of the whole thing.

for the record: the title "sweet cracker sandwich!" was written by darby conley, and appears in his comic strip, "get fuzzy." i had considered using as a title, "bologna sandwich on fire" which is a paraphrase of another of his lines: "setting a bologna sandwich on fire is not cooking." (damn. am now regretting not using the roz chast line, "little duck falling off a ladder." alas.)