She…And The Poetry Open Mic (Again)
“For it is one of the curiosities and difficulties of our subject that its materials come to us for the …
Category Archives: The City
On The Pedestalizing Of Books
“Privation and suffering alone can open the mind of a man to all that is hidden to others.”—Words of the …
The Carnival Dream
An eminently Omphalos-like title for a post. Carnival, the sometimes riotous pre-Lenten celebrations in The Roman Catholic world, culminating in …
Careful, You’re Crossing A Line
“He is, of course, attempting the impossible—to describe in words (which always lie) that which is beyond words.”—Timothy Leary, forward …
Life Of Community
Costco hot dog and 20 oz. pop: $1.50 Costco French Fries: $2.29 40 minutes alone with my thoughts and fancies …
Too Big (Complex) To Fail…
Was it early last week that an asteroid larger than the biggest football colosseum known passed close by our cozy …
The Freeze Up…
The world where I happen to live has gone to sleep. The trees have lost their leaves. It is as …
Before Blogs, There Was… Courage?
I was standing in front of the ‘Recent Arrivals’ shelf in a bookstore down a few steps from the busy …
A Wordless Odyssey…(Almost)
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Saturday Afternoon And The World Of Art
Saturday afternoon and I am strolling along Ninth Avenue. The sun is high and the air is unseasonably warm. People …
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