Category: Photography
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First Cut, Slow Down: in anticipation of Spring
Looking ahead, I have already had this experience. This is my recollection: First Cut First lawn sculpting of the season, doneSweat dripping from my shoulders and brow,Lounging on the deck, under an arbor-frame,stretched sun-sail, dappled shade,sipping a cold brew, mind wistfully wandering. Wind chimes on the cool breeze sing,“Slooooww… Slooooww… …
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Get Real
Get Real You hear it all the time, but what is ‘real’? ‘Real’ is a human idea, as are all ideas. Ideas on the nature of reality have evolved with our bodies, brains, and social psyches. And just as all life continues to evolve, or go extinct, our ideas of ‘reality’ also continue to evolve.…
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Hallelujah
Hallelujahby Leonard Cohen Now I’ve heard there was a secret chordThat David played, and it pleased the LordBut you don’t really care for music, do you?It goes like this, the fourth, the fifthThe minor falls, the major liftsThe baffled king composing Hallelujah Hallelujah, HallelujahHallelujah, Hallelujah Your faith was strong but you needed proofYou saw her…
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There’s Something Terribly Wrong
There’s Something Terribly Wrong I’ve immersed myself in alternatives to our currently accepted notions of economy, humanity, and even civilization. The news, both political and economic, along with trends in manufacturing and technology have convinced me that the current economic model is unsustainable. It’s collapse is inevitable. The only real questions are, when and what…
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Typical Day on the Loop
Typical Day on the Loop Riding the Loophalf reclinedsun glintingoff side mirrormy two front wheelshugging the curvesback-wheel gearingdrives me easilyup hills and downpowered by legsand feet on peddlesupfront and raisedalmost eye-level Roadrunner scootsacross the pathchasing a skink lone coyote matchesmy pace butdown in the washoccasionally looksmy way as ifnot interested probably huntingprairie dogs, jackrabbits,or roadrunners…old…
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Desiderata
“You are a child of the universe,no less than the trees and the stars;you have a right to be here.And whether or not it is clear to you,no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.” ― Max Ehrmann – from his poem, Desiderata DESIDERATA GO PLACIDLY amid the noise and the haste, and remember what…
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Welcome to the Hotel California
Hotel California – by the Eagles On a dark desert highwayCool wind in my hairWarm smell of colitasRising up through the airUp ahead in the distanceI saw a shimmering lightMy head grew heavy and my sight grew dimI had to stop for the night There she stood in the doorwayI heard the mission bellAnd I…
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Existential Threats Culminating
Existential Threats Culminating We can debate anything you’d like, but debating answers nothing… And there really is no “genuine” debate when it comes to our (humans) and especially our systems, i.e. capitalism, imperialism, feudalism, fascism, etc., and of course, religions’ impact on our planet and the life thereon… While it’s true that we don’t “know”…
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Verbal Tomatoes
Verbal Tomatoes Yes, I’ve chosen to sit back and enjoy the show, as George Carlin liked to phrase it. That doesn’t mean that I have to stay quiet or shut-up about the villainy or rank stupidity that I see blatantly thrown in our faces on a daily basis. I am enjoying the show. And as…
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Ode to the First Dandelion of Spring
Ode to the First Dandelion of Spring There you sit all alone,between walk and stairsBut worry not, spring is newand we’ll soon be trippingover profuse blooms,all bathed in dew. Too soon, your golden maneturns puffy white,as your seeds inherit the earth,at least till the next polar vortexsends them dormant … again. Or until Nature’s “preferred…
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