Spring\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waxing Seed Moon<\/p>\n
Took mulch off this afternoon, off all the beds except the shade bed where some tender mosses lie.\u00a0\u00a0 Mulch taken off at this time of year has to remain close to the beds in case it has to go back on due to cold nights.\u00a0 There are green shoots all round tulips, daylilies, daffodils.\u00a0 Not much, just above the soil surface, but they are on their way.<\/p>\n
A movie Saturday, too.\u00a0 Last night and this afternoon I watched Let the Right One In, the Swedish vampire movie.\u00a0 It differs from most vampire movies in its neo-realist style, careful cinematography yet natural compositions.\u00a0 There is little vampire lore here and what there is seems to run against the grain of the traditional.\u00a0 Eli, the vampire who is no longer a girl (her pubis has closed, whether sewed or fused is not clear) has remained 12, as she says, “a long time.”\u00a0 Yet the movie presents her as a twelve year old girl emotionally, not the precocious maturity of young vampires as in Anne Rice’s work.\u00a0 She has also gathered little in the way of riches or success from her state.<\/p>\n
She and Oskar, the lead and also a 12 year old, become friends in an awkward courting ritual that has familiar missteps.\u00a0 In the end Eli protects Oskar, then Oskar protects her.\u00a0 A touching story in a gory, blood-dripping way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Spring\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waxing Seed Moon Took mulch off this afternoon, off all the beds except the shade bed where some tender mosses lie.\u00a0\u00a0 Mulch taken off at this time of year has to remain close to the beds in case it has to go back on due to cold nights.\u00a0 There are green shoots all round … Continue reading Let The Right One In<\/span>