Continue Reading Iris In 1489 Albrecht Dürer painted an iris (Schwertlilie, as they are also called in German, literally translated as sword lily.) He was…
Continue Reading Willows “The poor soul sat sighing by a sycamore tree, (Sing all a green willow, willow willow willow,)With his hand in his bosom…
Continue Reading Lupins In 1917 a ‘Lupin’ banquet was given in Hamburg at a botanical gathering, at which a German Professor, Dr. Thoms, described the…
Continue Reading Speech, Sung “I’m working on human speech I’ve arrived at a melody created by this speech. I’ve arrived at an embodiment of recitative…
Continue Reading Invented Words “My task, which I am trying to achieve is, by the power of the written word, to make you hear, to make…
Continue Reading (Still) Waiting for the glow of justice “A Tribute to Ida B. Wells” published in The Chicago Defender on April 18, 1931. Weeping for you is lost—worthless As a veil of sorrow tinged…
Continue Reading Freedom From vs Freedom To Bullypulpit here. Essential reading. Sweetened by the sweetest birds, I believe Wilson warblers, photographed from my window during their fleeting, skipping, hopping,…
Continue Reading Become happier in just 5 minutes That’s what the top of the website said when I searched for images of Jon Foreman’s land art. The suggested psychological benefit…
Continue Reading Fairytale Friday Your turn to write. I will hand you the setting and characters, and a short refresher on narrative arc. Before you pick up…
Continue Reading Fluchtgedanken Since we are all over the map this week anyhow, I might as well think out loud about one of my current…
