15th (Wednesday)
Oscars books with Shari
Bought her a book on the
work of Piranesi, & myself
a Modigliani calender
B-line to UBC. Reading
'Chronicles' in a green
vinyl chair while S was
getting her front tooth
reshaped a little
17th (Friday) [Portrait of Shari]
mint edition
Showed Myle the Chinese
that K had written on a
slip of paper. She handed
it to Lisa who read it out
loud. Third Chinese lady
at the counter thought it
was hugely funny & could
hardly stop laughing
Translates to 'Playing
piano to a cow'
18th (Saturday) [Portrait of Shari]
mint edition
Met Heather at Starbucks,
Howe. Spent the next 2 hrs
checking out the music
shops
19th (Sunday) [Portrait of Shari]
mint edition
Drinking wine with Shari
this evening, who was in
a crisis frame of mind
Helped her complete the
pain clinic questionare
On the way to Skytrain,
stopped to say hi to
Myle, who was working
Gave me one of her
sedatives, wrapped in a
kleenex. Seems eager to
know if it's going to
work on me
20th (Monday) [Portrait of Shari]
mint edition
21st (Tuesday) [Portrait of Shari]
mint edition
22nd (Wednesday)
Shab working this morning. Had
just submitted her application
to UBC, & was unusally upbeat
That was nice to see. Suggested
she rent 'My Architect'. Said
to throw off 'good vibes' for
her next time I was at UBC
Myle describing an argument
with her older sister, her
arrogant attitude towards her,
& that the sister had slapped
her once & Myle had punched
her back
23rd (Thursday)
Walking south along Denman
at dusk, a dark grey bank of
cloud on the horizon, edged
with pink. Dark blue sky,
flashy neon colour along the
street. At English Bay the
water shimmering silver/blue,
Bowen Island all wreathed in
dark mists, a green light
flashing slowly, off & on
Gift from Myle this morning
27th (Monday)
Pure winter sunlight. Burnaby
Library with Shari. Chow mein
& chicken legs at a small
place named after Buddha. Two
girls working there : Oriental
: with the smile of an angel :
European, beautiful, with
lovely hands, black letter
tatoo on a forearm. Trains
passing high above, S
remarking on the gloom
expressed in the faces going
past, though they don't have
a tsunami to worry about
Dollar store on Commercial, &
then S meets a Polish girl,
Veronica, who once lived at
Station Point. Shari waves
bye at Main. Standing with
Veronica, talking, as the
escalator carried us up -
these images, & an image
from the past, enhanced, &
more deeply understood
later this evening
29th (Wednesday)
Shari leaves a message, that
she heard a thought on the
radio, something about sheeps
wool shrinking in the rain
Stretched paper for the
'Buddha' drawing, which Shari
suggested I not start till
the New Year
