1.31.14 Table no. 457 marks the end of the best month of the year.

1.30.14 Yikes!

Need to shovel again today.

1.28.14

L and Z and M last night:

456:

1.27.14 Thinking.

1.26.14

Hate this place- always get lost.

Now I get it!

1.25.14 Dreaming of sun king:

Our pet cardinals have been here for years.

1.24.14 If we are suffering a Vermont winter here in Jersey what artic nightmare Vermonters must be going through. Battery clicking again this morning, then sprung my back shoveling and more snow tomorrow. At the Dr.s today the male nurse had hurt his back and then the Dr. too had wrenched his, so he took generous medicative pity on my agony. No end in site either. Annmarie flys out of Philly for Denver Sunday, between storms hopefully. The Bureau keeps her busy 24/7 with callouts all night long (many more calls to fill the empty slots) while digging out at 1:00 am.

T 454:

1.20.14 Goodbye Amiri Baraka.

1.19.14 Time races, but paint is flying, Table 1.19.14:

Sometimes pine for the old tortured Toopine team; Tommy (Wa) who could be dead or living under a bridge or in one of the tent cities no one talks about but grow larger every day in Ocean County, Sean F. ,(always a mystery man, but now a ghost) Annmarie, when she had time (before partly running the largest Federal prison in the U.S.). Vandella (in the wind as well and sailing from trouble). Danny B. (Zeepo) remains active and creative (original music and deeper understanding of mixing and mastering) despite the most harrowing year you could imagine (details are too everything to relate) with only a tiny light at the end of a long, arduous, personal tunnel to keep him sane. Ironically getting a huge promotion and commensurate pay raise in the middle of this horrible tornado.

But maybe there is a second act left in the Toopine legend despite:

"There are no second acts in American lives."

-F. Scott Fitzgerald

He's probably right. We'll simply jump to the epilogue. You don't want to miss this one.

1.16.14 Finally replaced the boots Mark bought me, now need to replace the pants Mary gave me. A fascination with the effects of time motivates this behavior.

The Table project is about time also. (no.452)

1.11.14 Close to half-way on the Table project, no. 451.

As I inserted this photo a huge white pine branch came crashing down into the garden, crushing the fence. It's warm and heavy rain.

1.8.14 Hard to leave the Kubrick hotel. Waiting for the blood:

1.7.14 Annmarie and Jen went to a hockey game and stayed at the Kubrick hotel in NYC last night.

1.2.14 Sweet January! Mini-blizzard working outside. Annmarie will travel at the worst possible time, as usual, before the plows run, later, in the a.m.

Dan, in Vermont, treats this as status quo. Olive keeps her face warm with layers of stamps.

Table 1.2.14 (no. 449):

1.1.14 Finally.

Olive Sedon:

12.29.13 Excuse last misanthropic input.