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...]
Glimpse of solace: photography experiments
July is flying by. Hope you are busy and having fun.. Also hope you have time to play. Today and yesterday were the best days of summer here so far -- skies were blue for a change. I was out on the deck fooling around with my camera (and a kaleidoscope) and reading T. C. Boyle's latest book (The Harder They Come). Anyway, here's what I came up with. … [Read more...]
Glimpse of solace: hydrangea
Happenstance
Salutations! Hope August is going well for you. We’re already going into the second week of the month so if you have some summer activity on your to-do list, you better get to it. Before you know it, we’ll be raking leaves and setting our clocks back. As per usual, I don’t really have a list of things I’d like get accomplished – I am a meanderer that way. Last weekend I was happy to go, spur of the moment, to a poetry reading at Woman Made Gallery and then to an art fair … [Read more...]