A Brooklynite on the Ice

Originally the diary of 4 months spent in Antarctica working as a documentary film sound recordist, this blog has evolved into an online repository for the thoughts, travels and trivia of the writer Richard Fleming. For McMurdo Station, Antarctica, and polar exploration, see August through December of '06. Currently you are likely to find in these pages chronicles of my actual and literary meanderings, as well as notes on my many other passions. Also, did I mention I wrote a book?

10/04/2006

Home, Sweet Home

My main man Alejandro "El Jevy de Coffey St." Wolfe is out there in Brooklyn holding down the ranchito. Jealous of the weather down here, he is threatening to move to Montreal some time soon, but for the moment he is taking care of the bamboo I planted in my back yard at the bottom of the only in-ground swimming pool in King's County. Until I discovered the McMurdo greenhouse I was positively craving vegetation, so Alex (aka El Cacique de los Gringos) snapped this shot for me, out the bedroom window. In a couple of years I am hoping to take over the contract to provide bamboo flags to the US Antarctic Program. Gracias, Compay!

Actively seeking interns for exciting springtime opportunity in landscape architecture. Send your resume today!
Photo: Alex "El Rey Enorme y Eterno de todos los Castillos de Amargue de Jagua" Wolfe

2 comments:

Anonymous said...: Montreal, Que.
Thurs, Oct 5 2006
High: 54°F
Precip: 20%
Wind: WSW 7 mph
Max. Humidity: 83%
UV Index: 3 Moderate
Avg. High: 59°F; 00:37
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