Mark Phillips' Pages: Workbook: August 2008

Jacob Lawrence, "The Life of Frederick Douglass No. 20" (1939) — Jacob Lawrence, The Life of Frederick Douglass No. 20. Frederick Douglass left America to lecture in Great Britain. Here he met some of the most progressive and liberal-minded men in the English speaking world. He made a great speech on Covent Garden Theatre on August 7, 1846, in which he told of the people he represented-how at that moment there were three million colored slaves in the United States. (1939)

Workbook: August, 2008

August 31, 2008: Ten months behind.
August 30, 2008: The house sounds good.
August 29, 2008: A girl from thirty years ago wants to be in touch.
August 28, 2008: Old friends, with nothing good to say.
August 27, 2008: Suzi looked like Hitler.
August 26, 2008: With evident trepidation the authorities remove you from class.
August 25, 2008: Owes you $40,000.
August 24, 2008: Up all night.
August 23, 2008: You and Paul McCartney are giving a presentation on the music of the Beatles.
August 22, 2008: "I love you."
August 21, 2008: Fatigue, lassitude, disinterest.
August 20, 2008: In blackouts she weeps bitterly...
August 19, 2008: The only thing worse than a San Diego lawyer...
August 18, 2008: She's been engaged to every boyfriend she's ever had.
August 17, 2008: For the first time in their year-long relationship he told her "No."
August 16, 2008: Peace in the house.
August 15, 2008: Apartment life: kids aren't allowed to be loud.
August 14, 2008: Well I may think that this whole scene is just a too appalling for me...
August 13, 2008: You're participating in the complex robbery of a large installation.
August 12, 2008: El Día de los Muertos as revolutionary satire.
August 11, 2008: The feeling of vitality, and promise.
August 10, 2008: Now that this is settled I feel sorry for him.
August 9, 2008: "The phone's ringing again."
August 8, 2008: I loved a girl there...
August 7, 2008: I felt so alone there.
August 6, 2008: I came home from my radio shows just as dawn broke...
August 5, 2008: Hot, first day of summer.
August 4, 2008: Lonely landlady.
August 3, 2008: Our focus is so resolutely on her needs.
August 2, 2008: She's been engaged to every boyfriend she's ever had.
August 1, 2008: I discovered computers during that time.