Tag: Photography
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Good Trouble Lives On Protest – Tucson
Good Trouble Lives On Protest – Tucson We participated in the ‘Good Trouble Lives On’ potest this morning at Reid Park, Tucson. It started out slow. We arrived about half an hour early, and there was only the table set up to distribute signs. There were speakers at the Demeester Performance Center Stage. When they…
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Mid July Morning Ride On The Tucson Loop
Mid July Morning Ride But firstHad to take care ofLast Friday’s flatRear tire halfOff the rimDragged it the last mileHome, its ass-endIn the airOff the rim Success The sky isCloudless andLight cerulean Eastern and southernMountains but SilhouettesVeiled in misty-blueWhile the Tucson’sDragon teeth ridgesGlint in morning’s sun Skinks skittle helter skelterToo many placesAlong the pathSome pausedIn…
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Here
Here You sitAcross from meRecliner rockingEyes gluedTo the screenSmartphone orTabletHeadphonesNowhereTo be seen Must listenTo reels and vidsThat nearlyMake me want toScream No wayTo startThe dayAny day With Algorithms’Siloed swayVitriolFearPropagandaBread and theaterMinus the bread You send meAngry looksDistainWhen I putMy headphones inTo relaxMy troubled mindWith music orA book of theAudio kind Rather thanStart my dayWrong withPolitical…
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Beneath This Mask
I enjoy Fauxian masks and verbosity, especially when the meaning is self-evident…; -) Beneath This Mask BeneathThisMaskIs anIdeaAndIdeasAreBulletProof –V from the graphic novel and movie ‘V For Vendetta’
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Education Is Subversive
Education Is Subversive Why do you think authoritarians hate it so much? Do everything in their substantial powersTo dominateUniversity facultiesAdministratorsCurriculums Silence the IntellectualsThe storytellersThe philosophersThe poetsThe artists of all stripes? It’s because educationAnd by extension critical thinking IS Subversive! At least to the AuthoritarianAgenda… –LE – 6/28/25\ PS: Apparently, only the ruling ‘elites’ (in their…
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Last Weekend In June – Ride’n Rant
End of June Weekend – Morning Ride 79 degreesAt a quarter to sevenIn the AM90 by the timeWe get back Bright sunNo cloudsExcept a few dotsOver the mountains Skinks scurrying inAnd across the pathRight and leftZigzagging As a turkey vultureSurveys the pickin’sFrom the highest branchOf a dead old witch-treeOff to my far right I count…
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Memoir Memory — Family Tragedy In 1983
Family Tragedy In 1983 An older post, but still relevant… Spirit VS Form – A Poor Life VS No Life I’m filled withRage and griefO’r the lossOf my new niece A summer breezeThe winter chillA life of easeOr a job that kills The joy of loveThe pain of lossThe will to liveAnd its cost The…
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A Matter of Perspective
How do you waste the most time every day? Well, I’m sure that many would consider most of my daily activities ‘wastes of time’. But that’s certaily NOT my perspective… The consensus of the responses I’ve read so far today seems to be that the biggest waste of time is ‘doom-scrolling’, and I couldn’t agree…
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Mid-June Morning Ride
Mid-June Morning Ride Under a pristine skyBlue misty mountainsAll around While solar stampedBar and QR codesMark our definitivePositions on the longRoad to nowhere Another of life’s ironies Roadrunner cocked andReady for the starting gunPeering down that long road Prairie dog pups skitteringOver the coarse dry groundAs heat waves riseMaking the distance rippleLIke a mirage Heading…
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Cynical Optimism
Regardless of what a whole genre of music might have you think, not every day is ‘blue’. Sure, we all have ‘blue’ days from time to time, but they are not eternal, regardless of some musicians’ sentiments. There is a continuum waving between the poles of deep ‘blues’ and high hopes, or even satisfaction. It’s…
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