tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39044436800884856202024-02-07T15:47:17.586+00:00The Bamboo ChroniclesChronicles of a stick of Bamboo in the study of a bloggerKim Ayreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904443680088485620.post-59806875730969109552008-06-04T09:00:00.000+01:002008-06-04T18:16:34.767+01:00Sod offI'm in a grump and don't feel like playing.<br /><br />Now go awayKim Ayreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904443680088485620.post-4165757979493229852008-05-21T09:00:00.000+01:002008-05-21T17:29:22.996+01:00Spring FlingSpring Fling this weekend.<br /><br />Maybe I'll get sold as a work of art...Kim Ayreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904443680088485620.post-88676063004267016092008-05-13T09:00:00.001+01:002008-05-13T09:00:01.090+01:00CakesWonderful smells of home baking periodically fill this house.<br /><br />Now <span style="font-style:italic;">the blogger'</span>s son has decided to make some money for school trips by using the skills he learned from his mother to make cakes for people: <a href="http://rogancakes.blogspot.com/">http://rogancakes.blogspot.com/</a>.<br /><br />I just hope no one orders one with a bamboo icing...Kim Ayreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904443680088485620.post-30204020200437010042008-05-06T09:00:00.000+01:002008-05-06T15:56:56.832+01:00Heat<span style="font-style:italic;">The Blogger</span> is sitting around in shorts and a t-shirt, commenting about how warm it has suddenly become. <br /><br />Personally I could still do with a cardigan.Kim Ayreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904443680088485620.post-65183988858242222412008-04-30T09:00:00.000+01:002008-04-30T16:00:21.773+01:00IllnessI don't know what the equivalent of a dodgy stomach is for a stick of bamboo, but I think this water's going to need changing...Kim Ayreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904443680088485620.post-86053492008306248392008-04-22T09:00:00.002+01:002008-04-22T08:20:40.885+01:00TruthessThe opening line of Nietzsche's <span style="font-style:italic;">Beyond Good and Evil</span> is "Supposing truth to be a woman..."<br /><br />I have heard <span style="font-style:italic;">the blogger</span> debating this idea many times. Could it mean that Truth is a thing of beauty and to be desired? Is it that Truth has to be lovingly coaxed, and that to just grab it hard and fast is to miss its softness and subtlety? Is it that Truth is multiplicity, changing from moment to moment, unable to be pinned down to one constant? Or is it even a thing to be scorned, given that Nietzsche was something of a misogynist?<br /><br />Or perhaps some women understand a deeper Truth. For example, I overheard the blogger's wife saying, "It's all very well you pontificating about the universe, but someone still has to empty this washing basket!"Kim Ayreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904443680088485620.post-57362302728782482322008-04-15T09:00:00.000+01:002008-04-15T11:34:09.193+01:002 kinds of a BambooThere are 2 kinds of bamboo in this world: those that blog and those that don't. <br /><br />I wonder if I'm the only one in the former category?Kim Ayreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904443680088485620.post-76222296502111564712008-04-10T09:00:00.001+01:002008-04-10T08:59:27.663+01:00IntoxicatedMy apologies for the late post this week but <span style="font-style:italic;">the blogger</span> actually stripped away some of my old leaves and replaced the water in my bottle.<br /><br />I've been high as a kite since the weekend and completely forgot about postingKim Ayreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904443680088485620.post-17826452480735252232008-04-01T09:00:00.002+01:002008-04-01T12:44:39.533+01:00More lightIt's April. The nights are getting longer. The clocks have gone forward. Winter is retreating.<br /><br />I WANT TO GROW!<br /><br />But this stupid bloody bottle <span style="font-style:italic;">the blogger</span> keeps me in is really restrictive.<br /><br />...<br /><br />Or perhaps the bottle is just a metaphor for life and I only allow it to restrict me because I perceive it that way. Maybe there is another way of thinking about this.<br /><br />Hmmm...Kim Ayreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904443680088485620.post-3836922752183954512008-03-25T09:00:00.005+00:002008-03-25T08:30:06.907+00:00Treading the TaoAccording to the writings of Lao Tzu in the opening words of the Tao Te Ching,<br /><blockquote><span style="font-style: italic;">The Tao that can be trodden is not the enduring and unchanging Tao</span></blockquote><br />As a Stick of Bamboo with no legs, I might just have a headstart.<br />.Kim Ayreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904443680088485620.post-61004673350993731582008-03-18T09:00:00.001+00:002008-03-21T18:58:23.854+00:00BoredIs this all there is to life? Surely there must be more? Is this my only life? Am I being paid back Karmically for bad deeds done in a previous one, or is this a step up because I was actually good?<br /><br />A whole universe exists out there - a dynamic, chaotic, vast universe and all I get to do is sit in a squat bottle gathering dust while being ignored by <span style="font-style: italic;">the blogger</span>.Kim Ayreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904443680088485620.post-21482727752015617472008-03-11T09:00:00.000+00:002008-03-21T18:43:41.838+00:00Water Water NeverywhereYou know, I can't remember the last time <span style="font-style: italic;">the blogger</span> changed my water. Even the algae's given up and died. The fuzzy green stuff never have been much of a conversationalist, but at least it was company.Kim Ayreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904443680088485620.post-84771885185231939862008-03-04T09:00:00.000+00:002008-03-21T18:43:54.912+00:00More dustHas he never heard of a bloody duster? For crying out loud, how thick has this got to get before <span style="font-style: italic;">the blogger</span> notices???Kim Ayreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904443680088485620.post-73824477919702698442008-02-26T09:00:00.000+00:002008-03-21T18:44:11.310+00:00I am not a number, I am a free Bamboo StickSometimes it's hard when I'm ignored so muchKim Ayreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904443680088485620.post-7045017887319609202008-02-19T09:00:00.001+00:002008-03-21T18:44:38.321+00:00I spy...Damn, that view is boring. Traffic goes past. The library opens and closes. Big deal.Kim Ayreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904443680088485620.post-64368690832004707802008-02-12T09:00:00.000+00:002008-03-21T18:44:50.727+00:00HelllooooooAnyone out there? Anyone in here?Kim Ayreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904443680088485620.post-80743183196634264782008-02-05T09:00:00.000+00:002008-03-21T18:45:06.380+00:00CrampedI can't help but think this bottle's a bit small. My root system is all over it and there's little space to growKim Ayreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904443680088485620.post-21671416060122142422008-01-29T09:00:00.000+00:002008-03-21T18:45:19.272+00:00WaterIt's a long time since <span style="font-style: italic;">the blogger</span> last watered me. Fortunately the bottle I sit in has a very narrow neck so the water in it doesn't evaporate very quicklyKim Ayreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904443680088485620.post-32356351922194874282008-01-22T09:00:00.000+00:002008-03-21T18:45:31.785+00:00DustThere's an awful lot of dust on my leaves and the bottle I sit in. I wonder if <span style="font-style: italic;">the blogger</span> has noticed?Kim Ayreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904443680088485620.post-67171893329643527972008-01-15T09:00:00.000+00:002008-03-21T18:45:43.507+00:00ViewThe view out of the window doesn't change much, but at least it's not too cold in hereKim Ayreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904443680088485620.post-19135380267255870942008-01-08T09:00:00.000+00:002008-03-21T18:46:04.723+00:00Looking ForwardI'm hoping this new blog will open up a whole new area in Bamboo-blogger relationships.<br /><br />Feeling very optimisticKim Ayreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904443680088485620.post-27999332708928801062008-01-01T09:00:00.000+00:002008-03-21T18:45:54.239+00:00My New BlogI am a stick of bamboo in the study of <span style="font-style: italic;">the blogger</span>, <a href="http://kimayres.blogspot.com/">Kim Ayres</a>. I've been with him for about 5 years now and felt it was time to chronicle my life with him for the sake of posterity.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdHLt3FpR_H3oXft9fgropUxmrmvkadQWOgsgYOiRiBeIvVcftxumDQYBGcRzW1esBwD0g8HX-iRq_XoeobKAut5t6TBL2C4aVceM5nKZ6KcFC9i8Nt6rQOcwdgSd2av2Vy7kzCtbQsxk/s1600-h/bamboo1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdHLt3FpR_H3oXft9fgropUxmrmvkadQWOgsgYOiRiBeIvVcftxumDQYBGcRzW1esBwD0g8HX-iRq_XoeobKAut5t6TBL2C4aVceM5nKZ6KcFC9i8Nt6rQOcwdgSd2av2Vy7kzCtbQsxk/s400/bamboo1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180241375727120850" border="0" /></a>Kim Ayreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.com0