Tag: Art
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Dia De Los Muertos
Dia De Los Muertos today and tomorrowhonor our departed onesshare a meal aswe all once did –LE – 11/1/25 PS: November 1 and 2, ‘Day of the Dead’ originated from the indigenous peoples of Mexico, particularly the Aztecs, who held ancient rituals to honor the dead and was later combined with Catholicism after Spanish…
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Arabica
Arabica This faded old mansion, trying to recapture its bygone glory by housing this want-to-be cool, trendy, campus coffee house, has the atmosphere of some ancient, feral, watering hole, hunting ground. You can feel the eyes and hot breath of its denizens, circling, watching, ready to pounce. Prey and predator are easily distinguishable. Prey, no…
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Fragments Of A Dream
Fragments Of A Dream walked up to adrive-thru kioskordered a brew walked away and noticedfive different dinersaround the one kiosk checked them allbut none had my orderwhat to do walked awayafter what seemed likehours of scenic views someone asked meif I needed a rideI said yes and climbed inside driver seemed familiarbut couldn’t come upwith…
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Last Sunday Morning Ride Of October
Last Sunday Morning Ride Of October Rode out solo on this chilly morningFingerless riding gloves left fingerschilled to the bone In the darker shadowsthought I’d see my breath in the airbut it wasn’t there Lightly marbled skyFeather-light brushstokesto the northern horizon Sol’s QR codesseared into the pathand the Barrio’s walls Rode the Julian Wash Greenwayto…
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A Philosophical Journey
I’m sure there are a few readers who find some of my views incredulous, can’t understand how they could be so, considering our current ‘reality’, based on the prejudices of our society. Hopefully, this will inform, if perhaps not, justify…; -) A Philosophical Journey Started at mother’s kneeadded to by the gatekeeperof our societyour fathers,…
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A Repost of Anticipation VS Completion
In light of some of my recent posts, I thought it relevant to repost this one. I did post it last year, but it’s an older consideration from 8 or 9 years ago…; -) Anticipation and Achievement Let’s be honest. The highs of anticipation and expectation are the best anyone will get out of life,…
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Shadow Of Time
Shadow Of Time Time casts its shadowover every surfacenook and cranny ofbody and mind Shrouds all lifeIn chaos and strife But sometimes incompanionablewarmthlets friends andlovers thrivefor a time A deceptive winkagainst the harshnessof the future’stoo bright lightwhile looking backto distill truth fromthe hiddendark placesthe past always hides Time’s shadowsmix in the mindcorrupting analysiscertainty and evenrecent…
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Long Life
Long Life I’ve lived a long liferelatively speakingcompared to ancestorsages long past it seems life expectancyis about to increaseexponentiallydue to science and tech provided we keep our witsdon’t force extinction bythose same gambitscoming home to haunt us Gambits, yeshuman hubris being soubiquitous among ourscientists and engineers not to mention those whorule and own us…makes ‘long…
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Mid-October Sunday Morning Ride
Mid-October Sunday Morning Ride the morning air moist and freshafter yesterday’s rainlarge and small animal tracksstanding out in the damp butdrying mud of the riverbeda little standing waterhere and therebut the floodwatersare gone a multitude of skinkscrisscrossing the pathfinally out of theirhidey-holes a-trollin’ the sky overheada brilliant deep bluefaded to the horizonsartist-clouds ofPayne’s gray to…
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Another October Morning Ride
Another October Morning Ride rode out this morningunder a gray dappled skyfifty shades ?more like four or fivethe fifty reserved for justificationbackbone of human pride only a few walkers and bikersout on the Loop so farperhaps they took the rainforecast seriously only a few spittlesout and backthen once homea little pitter-patcool my fatiguedmuscle mass old…
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