With countries like America and Canada promising net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, it’s no wonder that more and more motorcycle
Month: July 2021
Sharon Fagan McDermott: On Memory and Writing
In one of my favorite memories, I am peeking through my fingers, shivering, as New York Harbor, the heliport, the
‘Inertia and desolation’ of Sunday in New York in the 1920s
Like so many paintings by Edward Hopper, “Sunday,” completed in 1926, is shrouded in mystery. Who is this lone man
102 years?
Taking a puff or two of his fancy cigar, he said, “Well kid, when you see death, just tell him,
Bet Against You
If you could only find a way in, you could turn your life around. Find the words you have needed
#Bookreview – Where Angels & Devils Tread by Joy Lennick and Jean Wilson
What Amazon says The joint ages of friends Joy Lennick and Jean Wilson may add up to one hundred and
Six on Saturday – Interloper
A Six on Saturday update from Inbetweensville; house viewings are proceeding and a couple of “close but no cigar”, life
20210611: Wrapping Presents
Wrapping a gift is the best part of giving a gift…. at least it is to me. As a kid,
Creative Writing: The ash tray
I enrolled in a course on Creative writing. I thoroughly enjoyed working with Shaun Levin on Creative Writing for Beginners:
Dark Was the Night: Blind Willie Johnson’s Journey to the Stars
Popping in with a Perfect Picture Book Friday recommendation. This book is in my top 10 for 2020—a lyrical, gorgeous,
#162 – Cape Fear (1991)
Written by: John D MacDonald, Wesley Strick, James R Webb Directed by: Martin Scorsese Starring: Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte,
Find Out About Jane.
For years I’ve been smoking a cigar in the garage at night. Sometimes I stay for an hour – or
A Summer Splashdown
LA never wowed me the way it wows some folks. Instead, it hooked me with a thousand little revelations. A
La Gloria Cubana Spirit of the Lady | Cigar Reviews by the Katman
Wrapper: Honduran Olancho San Agustin Binder: Cameroon Filler: Mexican, Nicaraguan, Dominican Size: 6 x 50 Toro Box Pressed Strength: Medium/Full
dVerse — Poetics — Ode to Charles Fletcher Lummis
Charles Fletcher Lummis 1897 Are orphans worthy? If so, how much? To what purpose? Who is asking, and who is
‘Inertia and desolation’ of Sunday in New York in the 1920s
Like so many paintings by Edward Hopper, “Sunday,” completed in 1926, is shrouded in mystery. Who is this lone man
Tank Garage Wine Dinner-Opening Courses
Courtesy of Tank Garage Winery, we had a dinner focused on four of their wines, I found myself surrounded by
Demonstrators in Havana protest shortages, rising prices
A report by Andrea Rodríguez for The Associated Press. Thousands of Cubans marched on Havana’s Malecon promenade and elsewhere on
Music Docs Dominate Emmys’ Documentary Category; ‘Bee Gees’ Film Lands Six Nods
Emmy voters had a song in their hearts when they went to vote in the 2021 documentary categories. Of the
Now They Hate the Statue of Liberty
From “Planet of the Apes”–is this where we’re headed? This is positively the last nooze story I’m doing today. Enough
Lynn Hershman Leeson: Twisted at New Museum, June 30 – October 3, 2021
“For over fifty years, Lynn Hershman Leeson (b. 1941, Cleveland, OH) has created an innovative and prescient body of work
Tune of the Day for Wednesday 14 July 2021: Tite Rope by Harold Alexander — Feline Basslines
Life can feel that you are walking a tightrope at times. When things get a little crazy around you that
Friends Raise Funds for Guatemalan Street Vendor Killed by DUI Driver in Ontario, Had Only Been in U.S. for One Year
Ontario’s street vendor community gathered over the weekend to raise funds for two fruit vendors who were struck last Monday
I brought you flowers.
the rain is the face of a macadam// a moon before abandonment grows in the weeds I brought you flowers.
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