Mark Phillips' Pages: Workbook: January 2004

Jacob Lawrence, "The Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture No. 29" (1938) — Jacob Lawrence, The Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture No. 29. L'Ouverture made a triumphant march into San Domingo on the 2nd of January, 1801, at the head of 10,000 men, and hoisted the flag of the French Republic. Toussaint did not wish to break with the French, the largest group of Haitian inhabitants. The Blacks themselves spoke patois French. (1938)

Workbook: January, 2004

January 31, 2004: Suppose you spent ten years working on War and Peace...
January 30, 2004: Class struggle.
January 29, 2004: Once-semi-famous Country & Western musician, fat, long past his prime...
January 28, 2004: Oh no! An error occurred!
January 27, 2004: After a day of taunting he follows you into the bicycle-and-hobbies store, where he stands mocking each of the model airplane kits you examine one by one.
January 26, 2004: "With this I consider all relations between us to be absolute."
January 25, 2004: College students near the end of a cross-country road trip, daybreak, truckstop diner, Needles, California.
January 24, 2004: "I like drink tea with meal."
January 23, 2004: Bumper sticker on a very old, rusted silver Celica...
January 22, 2004: Big rig. Black, unmarked, black-painted trailer.
January 21, 2004: "I don't want jail bait, and I don't want herpes..."
January 20, 2004: The psychology is like Les Liasons Dangereux.
January 19, 2004: An elderly man...
January 18, 2004: Go to sleep. It passes.
January 17, 2004: Familiar name on the e-mail.
January 16, 2004: How much of her lack of adventurousness is the result of nicotine intoxication?
January 15, 2004: Customer service, laboratory division, major community hospital.
January 14, 2004: The healing process, with its ups and downs.
January 13, 2004: Irony.
January 12, 2004: Panic.
January 11, 2004: Turmoil.
January 10, 2004: The little spy.
January 9, 2004: Anger.
January 8, 2004: Mystery masks and the pipes of Pan.
January 7, 2004: Trembling.
January 6, 2004: Fantasy digs.
January 5, 2004: The sound of her voice as she plays with her beloved dogs.
January 4, 2004: Every time I pace the hall I cast furtive looks at the answering machine.
January 3, 2004: "You looked nice last night."
January 2, 2004: We can do whatever we want.
January 1, 2004: Brittleness.