July 31st, 2004.

Some quick notes before bed… Heather’s reading the paper, cats are investigating our feet. They’re wandering how we came to land on them so delightfully.

Yes, after the chaos of the day, Tom and Dianne of Durham (we met them as a friend of a friend – through Rabbit regular singer/songwriter Ace Colvin) are Lovely people, they have a beautiful apartment, two cats, great neighbours and some of the nicest lemon-soda I’ve ever tasted.

Incredible apartment. Conflicting aesthetics though, if you look closely. Old wood and hanging cow skulls, dusky Santa Fe-esque paintings and clean white interior. Packed bookshelves, attractive kitchen, a Phipp’s of houseplants. But there are books of chaos theory next to Native American folklore, and there are tarantulas in resin, and there is a complete collection of South Park DVDs next to… waitaminute… I was hoping to have some neat and anomolous contrasting comparison to use – but they’re next to the Rocky Horror Picture Show, Dogma, and a Looney Tunes collection.

I’m showered, and it’s air conditioned, and the spiders are all contained. I’m going to pretend that pre-9pm just never existed.

Angels and gargoyles watch from every ledge at Tom and Dianne's apartment in Durham, North Carolina. They have a fantastic collection of nicknacks with styles from Europe, and a lot of Pacific Native Americans - random African masks, all sorts of exciting things. I spent a lot of time exploring, I could spend hours more just meandering through their stuff. A high point was a huge flat file of lead type being used as storage for random batteries and odds and ends.
Angels and gargoyles watch from every ledge at Tom and Dianne’s apartment in Durham, North Carolina. They have a fantastic collection of nicknacks with styles from Europe, and a lot of Pacific Native Americans – random African masks, all sorts of exciting things. I spent a lot of time exploring, I could spend hours more just meandering through their stuff. A high point was a huge flat file of lead type being used as storage for random batteries and odds and ends.
Tom and Dianne also keep a beautiful garden on their deck. Tom complains that his wife spends about thirty minutes every day watering plants - but it's Lovely, and they grow some of their own tomatoes (Dianne's favourite fruit) and some frightening peppers..
Tom and Dianne also keep a beautiful garden on their deck. Tom complains that his wife spends about thirty minutes every day watering plants – but it’s Lovely, and they grow some of their own tomatoes (Dianne’s favourite fruit) and some frightening peppers..

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