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Harvest Moons

The 2024 harvest moon is September 17th.  First a poem courtesy of the Daily Poem at The Paris Review -…

3 months ago

Sextortion: Alas! I am undone

Half a century ago I received an anonymous telephone call from a woman who said she had found my name…

4 months ago

Water. Works. Closets.

As always, one thing leads to another. This time it's the post from Gert Loveday's Fun With Books that highlights…

4 months ago

City Summer Strolling

OK - so this image is misleading. My photo app tells me this is from last year when - on…

4 months ago

Life Itself

 One thing leads to another. How do you get from the Daily Poem in the Paris Review to a re-read…

4 months ago

The Silence of the Associations

It has been nearly four months since the publication of the Independent Review of gender identity services for children and…

5 months ago

Six Word Story

A legend makes a good story. To win a ten-dollar bet, Hemingway wrote a six-word story. “For sale: baby shoes.…

5 months ago

The Hard Way

I received a book in the mail this week. Nothing unusual about that even though I do try to buy…

6 months ago

The Cats

Dilys was the first, circa 1980. Unwanted or abandoned, I can't remember how she came our way but she left…

6 months ago

It’s Holy Month

I put this image together in honor of the Holy Month that's now upon us.  Given the proliferation of days,…

7 months ago