motel de moka

MONDAY.–The new creature says its name is Eve. That is all right, I have no objections. Says it is to call it by, when I want it to come. I said it was superfluous, then. The word evidently raised me in its respect; and indeed it is a large, good word and will bear repetition. It says it is not an It, it is a She. This is probably doubtful; yet it is all one to me; what she is were nothing to me if she would but go by herself and not talk.

TUESDAY.–She has littered the whole estate with execrable names and offensive signs:

This way to the Whirlpool

This way to Goat Island

Cave of the Winds this way

She says this park would make a tidy summer resort if there was any custom for it. Summer resort–another invention of hers –just words, without any meaning. What is a summer resort? But it is best not to ask her, she has such a rage for explaining. - Mark Twain, Extract from Adam’s Diary. The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories.

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“Slowpoke. Jazz for early autumn.”

01. Slowpoke - Sixth Sense
In His Own Sweet Way: A Tribute to Dave Brubeck (Avant Japan, 2000)
02. Miles Davis & John Coltrane - Bye Bye Blackbird
‘Round About Midnight (1955)
03. Sarah Vaughan - When Your Lover Has Gone
How Long Has This Been Going On? (Pablo, 1978)
04. Cal Tjader - Tropicville
Latin Kick (1956)
05. Joe Henderson - Turned Around
Multiple (Ojc, 1973)
06. Louis Armstrong - I Still Get Jealous
Hello, Dolly!(1963)
07. Mary Lou Williams - Medi ii
Zoning (Smithsonian Folkways, 1974)
08. The Congos - The Wrong Thing (Alternative Mix)
2 Heavy Weight: Another Blood & Fire Sampler CD (Blood And Fire, 1997)

note: Light weekend list, Jazz classics. I want something light for walking in the park. Enjoy the outdoor before it gets too cold. btw. I tag Mark Twain’s short story. It’s always entertaining to read it during fall. Hilarious.

see also: Mark Twain text online, jazz (wiki).
image: Eva the Weaver