Friday, September 8

The last salty sea breaths

Summer. My brain strains to find the memories of where I was over the last three months. Children playing in fire hydrants, mango sellers on Coney Island, fresh baked cookies, and baseball scoresheets flash in my head. Walks in the Fort Tryon with new flowers every week, massive sleep-overs with college friends, water skiing, and dinosaurs...lots and lots of dinosaurs, thanks to my new friend Walker.

Vacation's over now and school's in session. The blog's up and running again. I've got two books and a Whitman to get through every week, so entries might only be weekly. Not to mention, it takes a while getting a post out. My writing's rusty. I just salivated over a postcard from my Bulgarian roommate who's home for the summer, writing in her second language:

Well, the last salty sea breaths...The peninsula of Sozopol still has old charm with its cobblestone crooked little streets and dark wooden houses; old ladies with bright lipstick and straw hats sell dried fish and painted shells while giving away faded smiles; when it rains the water turns black and bites the firshermen boats, licking away the bitter paint; the nets are hospitable bosom for little wild life, which propagates and quietly dies in peace and pleasure. Tomorrow I leave for Turkey for a couple of days. Soon will be inhabiting again a Cabrini room with all you wonderful people!
Love,
Vlada



Sozopol, Bulgaria


Oy. I've got a long way to go.