when i, sitting, heard the astronomer where he lectured

January 16, 2007 | Filed Under ordinary 

henry found a couch for us, a place for books and quiet and jumping and sleeping and wondering and hiding in the corner next to it (a hiding place henry can never remember). my new favorite thrift store (since all of the new directions thrift stores with their piles of dirty bins for digging and crayon marked price tags, are sadly out of business) is (i hesitate to mention it in the event that someone local steals away the magical finds that i should buy first) the habitat for humanity “home” store, whatever that is trying to mean. one side is full of furniture, books, housewares, fabric scrap and bolt, rugs, and miscellaneous household stuff. the other side is full of wood, doorknob, light fixture, miscellaneous hardware and mystery objects that i have no idea for what purpose they serve. it’s fantastic with good prices and no junky plastic toys to avoid, although we did buy a wooden space rocket riding toy (indoor) and had a hard time avoiding a pink trampoline that was very bouncy on the sidewalk.

hooray for henry’s keen eyes and hooray for my cell phone, which i used to confirm with ernie that we did want a couch and that he did trust my choosing of the couch without first seeing it.

oh how i love to dig at the thrift store.

from time to time,
look’d up in perfect silence at the stars.

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