Vision Quest Vision is a gift of our genes. As we grow older and spend increasing hours staring into screens, our sight takes pummeling strain. Screen adjustments may be made in font size, background contrast, etc. to accommodate them; yet as our eyes shift from pixelated virtual realm to real world, things continue to be…
#SLS — “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll” by Bob Dylan
I first heard Hattie’s song on Bob Dylan’s Biograph boxed set. Once heard never forgotten. Hattie has haunted me ever since. Putting a human face to the monstrous acts of humans emboldened by protections offered by institutional racism may have what started me on a path of deprogramming my mind from the pervasive multi-media brainwashing…
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The kids and I visited Mammoth Cave,in Kentucky, when they were 10 & 12.There weren’t any mammoths.There were, however, in the rock beast’s belly,cots set up, still there since Dr. Croghanbrought TB patients to cure in 1842. Bjorn is today’s host of dVerse’ OpenLinkNight.
Happy Michigan Indian Day!
I did not know such a holiday has existed since 1974, but now that I do, I have it in my phone calendar and can be prepared for next year with a post. Turtle Talk’s post shows how Tribes have been hard at work governing and protecting people, places, and natural resources in the State…
29th Annual! Manhattan Short Film Festival 2026
From the website: MANHATTAN SHORT 2026 Ten Short Films from Ten Countries. A Filmic OlympiadGlobal Audience to Decide the Winner. You Be the Judge!Sept 24 — Oct 4 Film lovers world-wide will unite in over 500 locations between September 24 — October 4, for one reason…to view and vote on the ten Finalists Films in…
#FFF 77 Ladies of the Presidents Dolls
In addition to the Paul Collins painting, I discovered a case full of dolls at the library. A couple are kinda sorta creepy but most of them are quite lovely. Hoping you enjoy the stroll through these pretty, frilly beauties. Happy Friday!
#FF — Pool Parties
Pool Parties By day, the pool pampered those who’d never known hunger; who’d been born into privilege and never left it. Cushy connections and nepotism guaranteed unearned wealth with interest and no taxes. Brown servants slathered their pale, never-pinked wrinkled bodies. By night, Gemma, a hood rat, looped surveillance footage with empty glassed blue, while…
