But it turns out to be 1) an Australian hip hop band and 2) indeed, the attitude of a hermit, according to Urban Dictionary (which is usually ruder than this, a condition known [by me] as "ruditude"). Hermitude, dude!
I find myself in (self-defined) hermitude lately, a kind of accidental solitary confine-ment relieved by 1) human contact of a holiday nature 2) engagement with nature of a raking or (necessitated by storm) tree-chopping sort 3) visits by grown children, who then return to a) work or b) college, thus returning me to hermitude, a hermitude shared by my hermit-like artist husband.
It's all good.
Upon return from a Thanks-giving visit, I found a poem of mine, "House-keeping in Downs," originally published in and taped for Menacing Hedge, back in the summer of 2012, had aired on Thanksgiving Day at WGLT's Poetry Radio, here. It is accompanied by "Jeannie's Song," from the album Jeannie's Song, by Tim Green, jazz pianist, and his fellow musicians. Holy Moly, Batman! Tim Green studied Philosophy at Eastern Illinois University, just down the road!--the road we traveled last night, returning our daughter to school!
And Holy Guacamole, Batman! When I went out to get/give the mail today, I learned that our mail carrier's daughter also attends Eastern Illinois University, studying Zoology! It's a Random Coinciday in the blog (and also a gray Blue Monday)!
7 comments:
I visited the Hermitage in Nashville on a solo road trip, so maybe I could be a Hermitudette.
I see a band forming. Oh, wait. A solo band.
I am a selective 'hermit-dude' meaning; i enjoy the holidays because sometimes it brings out a human kindness but they come in spaces far away from the commercialized world. my observation is that vitriol smiles evince from that environment.
selective hermi-dude, here
Ah, the band is growing: The Hermidudes and Hermidudettes!
I've been hermitudinous lately, too. Hermitude, dude!
i love coming here. coincidences happen when you have a heart as open as yours. so many colors and textures in what you share. thank you.
I personally like the word Ruditude but it makes me think of rootin-tootin'....of course.
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