I have some sections of a long poem in the new Alice Blue Review, which is very pretty. All hay and gourds and fall.

Fåhræus (1921), a Swedish physician who devised the erythrocyte sedimentation rate, suggested that the four humours were based upon the observation of blood clotting in a transparent container. When blood is drawn in a glass container and left undisturbed for about an hour, four different layers can be seen. A dark clot forms at the bottom (the "black bile"). Above the clot is a layer of red blood cells (the "blood"). Above this is a whitish layer of white blood cells (the "phlegm", now called the buffy coat). The top layer is clear yellow serum (the "yellow bile").

Vacation Highlights

lake root beer, using a boat to buy ice cream, boat ride ice cream,
coconut gelato, capital oktoberfest, culver's, great dane soft pretzels,
milwaukee art museum, woodland patterns bookstore, juggling
store, 75 degrees, sheep's milk cheese, pretzilla pretzel buns.

What I've been reading lately

Fainting in women was a commonplace trope or stereotype in Victorian England and in contemporary and modern depictions of the period. This may have been partly due to genuine ill-health (the respiratory effects of corsets are frequently cited), but it was fashionable for women to affect an aristocratic frailty and create a scene by fainting at a dramatic moment.

Summer = Popsicles

Flavors made so far:

Strawberry-Limeade
Pimm's & 7 w/ sliced Strawberries
Kiwi-Coconut
Fruit Salad (Sliced mango, kiwi, strawberries & blueberries in limeade)

Flavors consumed at other people's houses:

Bourbon Peaches & Cream
Watermelon Blueberry Mojito

What I've been writing lately

Sometimes I experience a tinnitus-like ringing in my ears in addition to the sunspots. Other times my hearing becomes cloudy, or even inverted, in which I seem to hear a muffled version of the chaos occurring inside my body. Imagine the steady din of a crowded restaurant played backwards, with someone constantly raising and lowering the volume. Now imagine that restaurant is underwater.

Ashtray glass hurries into trashcans on mornings like this.