Misadventures of the Monster Librarian

I like the original  by Bob Dylan well enough, but the cover by Nanci Griffith is my favorite, that is until I found this GEM--fit for a Monday morning... I'll be sailing away from Chicago, headed back to Sticks, but fortunately not back to work until Tuesday. Hope everyone had an amazing Thanksgiving weekend.

Made it to the Buffalo area safely. Sepnding the day being lazy. *Sigh of contentment.* All this thinking of travel this weekend has made my mind wander back to lovely days in sunny places; an ocean; country towns with ancient bridges; flamenco; fields of olive trees flying by a train window. Ah, how I long to visit Spain again. "Oranges in the south of Spain" stars hang out at night linen left to dry red geraniums along the balconies nodding, nodding willing to agree to anything just to keep their cola a gang of kids running through the streets faceless pranksters the moon a plate held before each face who am i? saying who am i running through the streets saying who am i the shadows of the buildings becoming cats that move away the trees immobilized left to stand alone in the dark rubbing their bark from regret like cicadas oranges have more delicacy softly falling, falling in the groves on the hills softly eaten, eaten by the earth swallowed who...