Notices by Tellio (tellio@mastodon.social), page 15

@dogtrax #smallpoem #smallpoemresponse

Dampen and Amplify

In search of lost tones
and the remembrance
of amplitudes past,
all any of us hear is history, dopplering to and fro
on the long grade
to an undiscover'd country.

The dusty solitude of
the machine
masks the music
of its past.
All I hear is
history.

#smallpoems (connecting to #smallstories post today)

@HerraBRE Good on ya!

4+1=💯 #smallstories

@scott_bot Welcome. I think you will find many of us to be digital humanist practitioners. Check out #smallpoems #smallstories

@artsyhonker Begs the question, doesn't it? Thanks for reading. And thinking. And sharing.

My 13 year old discovered my four-track recorder in the basement, dragged it upstairs to ask if he could use it. Of course. His fingers turned knobs. Slid faders. We'll need cassette tapes, I said, and then I was struck by memories of hours/days I spent with four-track recorders so many years ago (the original Tascam was my companion - this one came later). Writing songs. Recording them. Boxes of master tapes exist. Years before this life, that was my life. I felt them merge. #smallstories

IDKW

I mowed around the shepherd's purse.
I don't know why.
It's called a weed.
I don't know why.
It's called a shepherd's purse.
I don't know why.
I mowed around this universe.
I don't know why.

#smallpoems

4 chix & 1 mama. All is well. #smallstories

Float, folks, float: https://open.spotify.com/track/7zaiLgzejyT5M7fTsmqZ18?si=FPuHRHNXT1G5S4Z7fs3cpA or here: https://goo.gl/337AhY

Four chicks and a hen, all is well.
The Mad Farmer.
#smallstories

Today I had a birthday party for my 10-year old. I took 7 girls to the fancy new indoor trampoline park, but I think they had the most fun on the walk (for me, they mostly ran) there and back (in the rain). They giggled and squealed, forged a path through some trees and got a couple of big trucks to honk for them (all in 500m each way). Started to wonder how often these kids have are given the freedom to walk somewhere... #smallstories

After a long weekend, thinking about how to answer the question, "How was your weekend?"

Depending on the moment it could be described as a tough weekend facing health issues of dad and silence issues of 16-yo son. Or, it was a wonderful weekend with family skiing, laughing, puzzle building, trivia-ing, hot-tubbing and olympics watching. How many times did I answer, "OK" when what I meant was "wonderfully complicated." #smallstories