It’s February 12, Abraham Lincoln’s birthday, but somehow it seems cheesy to say “Happy Lincoln’s Birthday” so I’ll begin by saying I hope this is a fine day for you. Here in Chicago, which is a cold white world, the days have been blending together, especially since I have spent so many days inside, doing a lot of nothing. I get lost on the Internet, which is where I read Dana Garling’s post “How to Survive Mercury in Retrograde.” I am not a big believer in astrology but … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2014
Thomas Fiffer: Clear the cache and stop the recrimination
Clear the cache and stop the recrimination This morning, after staying up extremely late writing, I heard the words "straight from the conscience" and "stop the recrimination." I don't hear voices, but I take the words that float into my head seriously. And when my conscience speaks, I listen. As I tried to divine what these phrases might mean, I also heard "clear the cache." I had cleared the cache on my laptop last night after Blogger started acting wonky. For … [Read more...]
Glimpse of Solace: Flo W. Rider
Flo W. Rider was born in France in the 1970s and is a self-taught image maker, who writes, “I feel influenced by so many kinds of images that I really like to kind of give back many kinds of images in return. I'm working on a new series you might like entitled The Rorschach trees series, just started to put it on Behance for now." You can also view the work of Flo on Tumblr. Thanks to Flo W. Rider for sharing her work here. … [Read more...]
Glimpse of Solace: Latest snowflake
Hey there, happy Sunday. Hope you are having a nice day. Here in Chicago we're blanketed with snow, receiving our last two inches yesterday. I'm still on my quest to get a good snowflake pic. How about you? If you have a snowflake picture that you'd like to share, send it to me -- weighedwords at gmail dot com. … [Read more...]
Suzy Snowflake
The fourth day into February and it looks a lot like its January predecessors. The forecast is for more snow. Already some one from an event tomorrow is wondering whether it will be a snow day, maybe counting on it. Today’s Guest Blog is by Daniel Cleary. I was taken with his poem “More Snow” – he posted it on FB a couple of days ago. I don’t usually go for rhymed poetry unless it is subtle and natural, and I think this poem is. In the comments section of his post, Daniel … [Read more...]