weekly thoughts (new wildcat, autumnal symbols, performativity, climate)

weather: ☀️ ok critters: swallowtails; monarchs; scrub jays A NEW CAT TOUCHES THE BEACON a new little spotty wildcat, the tilcayo, was identified in bolivia recently (by scientists--it seems indigenous people already knew about it) "i didn't know we had new cats," said S. "i thought it was new beetles for the rest of time." me too, really wait these autumn signifiers barely signifywe in southern california have got to stop participating in the new england autumn aesthetic industrial complex. every year this annoys me a little more; every year i feel the strain of imagining (the american) community when i'm about as far as it's possible to get from new england and remain in the continental US. our turkeys don't look like that! our oaks stay green! their acorns are long! as aesthetic replacements, i suggest quail, beans, pomegranates, pine cones (because of the pinyon nuts), toyon berries, western sycamore leaves, and prickly pears. pomegranates are not native, but we sure have a lot of…