3rd November 1999
i’m gonna find mself a girl/who can show me what laughter means
&we’ll fill in th missing colors/in each other’s paint-by-number
dreams…
give me/a kiss to build a dream on/&my imagination/will make that moment
live…
back in barcino, in a tiny room like th one before, but @ hostal condal,
i
have central heating & a fridge to put my yogurt & pineapple juice
in…had
a
couple of low days roundabout halllowe’en- wanted to party but was
exhausted
from th train trip- even w/ th extra hour from going off daylight savings
time!- also…letting go of th tension of th week in miguel’s
household…gloria is a somewhat loud, somewhat shrill madrileña, on th
edge
(or over it!) of feeling overwhelmed all th time- working on her doctoral
thesis, teaching a couple of classes, raising two kids…miguel must have
had
some scare, gloria was watching what he ate, issuing warnings about
cholesterol- he’s also stoppd smoking, three years ago he chaind ducados
day
& night…i half wish i’d found th occasion to bring it up, comment,
offer positive reinforcement…
there were a few lovely days of mediterranean indian summer over th long
all-saints’ day weekend…sun is peeking back out after a rainy morning
that
kept me under th covers until nearly noon, rubbing my shoulders for
warmth…
& i’m on my way to deutschland! i *need* to run, get my blood flowing out
to
my fingers & toes…feels like my lack of exercise lets my juices gather
&
pool around my belly & groin…internet access is certainly most
expensive
here- even buying a block of time, it’s 800 pesetas an hour, compared to
500
in pamplona, 600 in madrid…blah blah…
found a coffee shop selling & brewing some beans from yauco- got th
roasters’
office number- familia marcilla has bn in th business for generations,
let’s
see if they’re amenable to sharing how th chnnels for importing ‘uva
verde’
into th european community work! i’ve got two possible outlets for
gourmet
caribbean coffee in pamplona: el café d emiliano, who buys from a small
roaster in san sebastián, & maybe fernando anso’s future cafe-bar…
hmmm, am i going into th coffee business like, for real??
stay tuned!
love, dabizzet.j=(8{>