When I joined WP July 2017, there were no issues with me “liking” and commenting on the blogs of the individuals I follow. This user-friendliness continued until January of 2018. I was on break from WP from then until 2-4 weeks or so ago. Now that I am back, writing, reading, liking, and commenting, there…
The Birth of Religion
image link Aquarium meditation percolates this and that to the surface. One thought leads to another, as thoughts are wont to do. Many times they are about the fish and the way of fish in an aquarium. The thought trail begins as such. One-sided relationships. Me, watching fish in the aquarium. I watch them and…
How Louis C.K. and the Rest of Us Failed in His Comeback Attempt — Consequence of Sound
100 % in agreement with what Brody Kenny says in this piece. It’s IMPORTANT. This past Sunday, audience members at New York’s Comedy Cellar witnessed a surprise set from Louis C.K.. The surprise came not only from C.K.’s re-emergence from several months in exile after his history of sexual impropriety (masturbating in front of unwilling…
Precious — DAILY ADDICTIONS – 2018 – WEEK #34
image link What is precious to one who values nothing? – This is not a willful detachment, nor an enlightened state. – More a vacuum in the living, in living space. – Where did this traveler come from? – Strange, airless nether regions where oxygen kills, or at minimum irrevocably maims? – To walk about…
Fish Spatula — a must have for every kitchen
If you already have one of these, you know why they are an essential for every kitchen and can skip this post. If you don’t have a fish spatula, a.k.a. slotted offset spatula, you need to get one for your kitchen. I’m 60 years old now and didn’t have one until about 10 years ago,…
At Dusk
Dusk is that special time daylight relinquishes its favor. Colors slowly wash out, diluted with grayness. Details of objects soften, to murky dark shapes Dusk is the time where birds vacate their feeding turf and fly to secret resting spaces. Crickets pump up their cricketing for the second shift. Fireflies flash coded sexts. Nightcrawlers break…
Poetry — Late summer nature
image link Queen Anne’s lace fringes the edges of long green lawn ruffling with the breeze. Bees and butterflies, yellow, black, red, orange, blue, ride the gentle swells. Crickets and cicada chirp and thrum in concert with chickadee and finch. Apple, pear, and locust branches bob, leaves rustle in flickering sunlight.
