My Uncle Mark has a bunch of world coins that were given to him as a child suffering from polio by his uncle. He’s had them just sitting around in a bag, and when I was talking about coins (as is my wont) one day, he mentioned them to me. I told him that I’d like to see them, and eventually he did. I am now looking through them. They are very cool, and I want to give him an idea of what he has.
I’ve only just begun researching them, but it looks like there is nothing of great value. There are three large, worn silver coins from the first half of the 19th Century; all three were apparently once glued to something.
Almost everything else is from the 1940s and 50s, with book-prices of under a dollar (most worth less than 50 cents). They are, however, interesting. Quite a few are from colonial Africa. I’ll be posting some photos later.
My parents also bought for me a few little plastic baggies of world coins at a yard sale a month ago. Again, all very low-value stuff, but there are things I don’t have, and it’s interesting to look through.
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For my birthday I got the Neko Case CD “Fox Confessor Brings the Flood.” It’s like an invasion: First, take over the radio stations. Then, force your conquered populace to blog about it. My brain is the conquered populace. Since Monday, I have had one song or another running through my head AT ALL TIMES, NIGHT AND DAY. The songs are great, but my mental machinery has been 90% co-opted by this music and my ability to function normally at work and home, questionable under normal circumstances, is terribly diminished.
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I now have in my garden at least two watermelons that are larger than softballs. I don’t know how big they are supposed to get. They are icebox watermelons, which means they don’t get too big, but I don’t know how big that is. Chihuahua-size, maybe?
My birdhouse gourd vines are growing six inches or more per day. They also smell funny.
Neko Case is pretty awesome [and very easy on the eyes as a bonus]. I primarily know her through her collaboration with the Canadian collective/supergroup The New Pornographers. They do interesting, head-bobbing, smart pop. And with her on vocals, they make me kinda happy.
ReplyDeleteThere were some songs on the album I started out really liking. Then the ones that I didn't think much about quickly grew on me. Then I noticed that some of the very cool drawing that adorn the CD booklet were done by her. And, yeah, good looking to.
ReplyDeleteI'm telling you, I've had some of these songs in my head non-stop. When I roll over in bed at odd hours of the night I realize one is in my head. It is a disease.