Danny came over after work today to catch up on the porch in person. We’ve known each other since we were teens, so while most everyone else knows us as Dan and Trilety, we still call each other Danny and Tril. Names are a funny sort of thing, especially if yours is unique like mine. While Trilety is a common surname in Czechoslovakia, it is a rarity to find someone with it as a first name. (I used to think my name was Irish, until my paternal Irish grandmother said “We are the family McManus, you come from the Czech Bohunks on your grandfather’s side.”) I still feel Bohunk to this day. And I still know of no one with my first name.
Hi Trilety, I've been reading your newsletter for a few weeks (STSC!) and this one is really resonating with me for some reason. For some reason I thought Trilety was a pen name but cool nonetheless. One thing that's still not clear: why do you scavenge the steel bristles? Maybe I missed it in a previous newsletter. Regardless, I really enjoyed this piece, mixing timelines and experiences and finding similar threads... or bristles.
Hi Mark! I've spied you in the club, so it's nice to "meet" you. And thank you for your words. Oh, I wish my Substack was cohesive or sequential enough to say that I've talked on the street sweeper bristles before, but I have not. I have an artist friend from California who stayed with me for about a month years ago, and he would scavenge the steel bristles and make "nests" out of them then relocate those "nests" in nature. Ever since, i've collected them to use inn art or make strange bouquets - the steel ones are harder to find than the bright blue plastic ones, so it's always a joy when some are found. Thank you for reading!
Meanwhile, my first and middle names were the two most popular names the year I was born . . .
And now I know! Yet when you told me what your names are, I did not know they were the most popular.
I thought my name was unique too but I share it with an orthodontist in Pennsylvania.
This is a good beginning to a gumshoe mystery or a mistaken-identity caper!
Hi Trilety, I've been reading your newsletter for a few weeks (STSC!) and this one is really resonating with me for some reason. For some reason I thought Trilety was a pen name but cool nonetheless. One thing that's still not clear: why do you scavenge the steel bristles? Maybe I missed it in a previous newsletter. Regardless, I really enjoyed this piece, mixing timelines and experiences and finding similar threads... or bristles.
Hi Mark! I've spied you in the club, so it's nice to "meet" you. And thank you for your words. Oh, I wish my Substack was cohesive or sequential enough to say that I've talked on the street sweeper bristles before, but I have not. I have an artist friend from California who stayed with me for about a month years ago, and he would scavenge the steel bristles and make "nests" out of them then relocate those "nests" in nature. Ever since, i've collected them to use inn art or make strange bouquets - the steel ones are harder to find than the bright blue plastic ones, so it's always a joy when some are found. Thank you for reading!
Yup, in a way. Pretty much.
Hhaha, right?!