Happy Labor Day . . . see you later in September . . . I am off for a long weekend. Peace, love, and solace P.S. Don't forget I am always looking for new stuff to post here -- hit me up at weighedwords at gmail. … [Read more...]
Glimpse of solace: the light in August, etc
Hey there-- Summer's on its way out. Back-to-school ads seem appropriate now. Here are some images of August that I captured in my neighborhood. Peace, love, and solace … [Read more...]
One of my least favorite things about summer
Do you have tinnitus? Well, I do. Maybe that's why these buggers bug me so. We get the 17-year cicadas in droves around here, and in off years, like this summer, we still get enough to be annoying. Here's hoping the noises in your head are more pleasant. Cicada song drills into my skull, the noise unwinds a hot thread-- along these nerves. Harsh, grating jackhammer drone never fades. Like trepanation it’s pressure incessant that bores into my brain to … [Read more...]
Glimpse of Solace: Bathroom Escher
Hey there. It's a beautiful Friday night. It's Lolla time in Chicago. I found M. C. Escher on my bathroom floor. Trippy. Tonight there's supposed to be a Blue Moon -- so look up! Have a great weekend. … [Read more...]
Do you know how you look?
The other day in the paper I saw a photograph of a politician, an older man. It wasn’t a posed picture; it looked like he didn’t know he was being captured on film. The snapshot was anything but flattering. Every facial feature pointed downward. His eyes were cast downward. But more than that, his wrinkles and creases seemed to be weighed down, sagging, and his chin, in a giant flattened pout, had rutted into a circle of wrinkled flesh. The picture was so bad that I felt … [Read more...]
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