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Roadside Attractions

The frogs were in fine parliamentary form this morning. Nothing like a heavy downpour to cheer them right up. Rabbits…

4 years ago

Out of the London Mud Come the London Cabbages

A friend is reading Steven Johnson's The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science,…

4 years ago

Where I Am At

I like to learn and one of the things I have learned is that I really don't like being taught.…

4 years ago

The Fifth Fact

There's a move afoot to rename the ten American military bases named for Confederates No more forts named for the…

5 years ago

For Marty, After All

Good friends, gone now. Their photographs on my wall. Until some stranger takes them down, throws them away. No reason…

5 years ago

Groceries Get Delivered, Learning Does Not

Knowing that as far as our Federal Government is concerned I am - along with pretty much everyone else - …

5 years ago

Sailing Through This to That

May the tide carry you out beyond the face of fear. Three poems for Sunday. Yesterday it snowed and I…

5 years ago

The New Abnormal

It’s not coronavirus alone but it was almost a final straw on top of other financial threats. Schools are braced…

5 years ago

Travel by Tea Towel

Doesn't look like any of us are going to be traveling any time soon so I'm glad to have the…

5 years ago

For Elaine

To a Sewist extraordinaire, with thanks. This is just to say ...  . (Pictures to follow once they have been…

5 years ago