Another one of my roof-tin masks. And another - I like this guy alot. Please link back to this source for any content that you copy/quote.

Photograph of a part of one of my finger-paintings on grocery bag paper, behind glass with reflections of the office and window behind.Please link back to this source for any content that you copy/quote.

Here's a draft of a new poem I'm working on and hope to submit to a journal eventually. New Love in the Evening The sky, a scrim of damask; The bay a pulsing sheet of satinet. We lay among the whispering sea oats Sharing smiles and...

Tin mask I made titled "Dr. Wilkerson's Palsy", after my former dentist who suffered a bad bout of Bell's palsy and retired shortly thereafter. Another one of my masks, untitled.Please link back to this source for any content that you...

A Countryman's Year - births and deaths of animals and extended family members; planting and harvesting, hardships and Hallelujahs; the day to day struggle to survive, and perhaps to prosper for a season.  This original waltz melody perhaps...

Another front from the north brings icy blasts into Florida.  Temps may dip into the high teens in my area.  Mind the water pipes! Please link back to this source for any content that you copy/quote.

The milk of human kindness Is poured out on the floor. The angels of compassion Have all bolted out the door. The fear of unbelievers Glides blithely down the stairs And fouls each verdant Eden In this world of earthly cares. Eve has jilted...

Will be rehearsing this week with other musicians for a special contra dance on Saturday.  Not the usual band; this one a pick-up band, of sorts.  All friends.Please link back to this source for any content that you copy/quote.

I hear it has been snowing up north. Please link back to this source for any content that you copy/quote.

Just say'n, y'all.Please link back to this source for any content that you copy/quote.

I can't report that all the water pipes burst in the night, or that my citrus crop was ruined (don't have one).  But it got cold last night.  Was at a friend's until after midnight and returned home to a house that was 45F inside. ...

Parchments and palimpsests Hiding in dark cloisters: Dust and knowledge gathered, Past and present sleeping. Who will stir these dry leaves, Feel the faded velum? Trace these timeless stories, Tell these tales of ages?Please link back to...

As 2010 begins, two issues occupy the limelight in the nation's public discourse. I did a 6-month comparison of Google search volume of the terms "health care" and "recession" in the United States.  The blue line corresponds to volume of...

I spent 12/27 in St. Augustine with daughter Maggie and our dear friend Deborah.  We had great fun in the cold wintry weather.  One highlight was eating hot borscht with pirogies, spinach/feta pie, and a greek salad, served up at a...

Today is the Winter Solstice - Yuletide - the shortest day and longest night of the year. Take the bright lights of the season into your heart and together with your own inner light go out and do some good in the world. (Payette Lake, McCall,...

I made sugar-plums this afternoon, loosely following this recipe.  For dried fruits I used dried plums, apricots and cranberries, and added some walnuts as well.  All ingredients were chopped fine and mixed in a food processor.  Not...

Photos of my A.C. Fairbanks & Co. "Imperial". Serial number suggests it was made around 1894.  I purchased it from Jim Bollman's "Music Emporium" in Lexington MA several years ago. I love the signature prow-shaped "boat...

Winter hasn't quite arrived in Florida.  A cool snap during the last couple of weeks has brought out the colors of Fall.  Hickories and elms have turned yellow.  Sweet gums range from bronze to maroon to a decent orange color. ...

A cold front plunged south into Florida and has turned everything chilly.  The low clouds drifting into the area are a sign of the rain that is expected over the weekend.  Gray skies this afternoon.  Typing by the light of my...

Wouldn't want to meet this guy crossing a bridge. (Riggins, Idaho) Please link back to this source for any content that you copy/quote.

Reddy Kilowatt - the logo/mascot of Idaho Power Company for at least the last 50 years.  Nostalgic for me to see this happy guy again!  Did Reddy have a nemesis? Click over to Lileks.com and see this matchbook cover featuring Willie...

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There's a certain message here someone is trying to make very clear. The Snake River looking downstream from Swan Falls Dam, southwest of Boise, Idaho. Please link back to this source for any content that you copy/quote.

I spent a few wonderful days before Thanksgiving in the Salmon River country of central Idaho.  Fiddle Creek is between the whitewater and steelhead trout fishing towns of Riggins and Whitebird.  The steelhead eluded us, but we saw...

One of a couple of dozen hand-forged eel spears in my collection.  This one stamped "Fordham" on the center tang.  The 1876 design was by Fordham's business partner, one Samuel Parker Hedges, of Sag Harbor, Long Island, where the Fordham...