Snowbrush

The Original Sin , Bartholomeus Spranger Intrinsic value: the value of a being in itself without regard to other beings. My moralit...

I have two doctor appointments this week. I saw my internist yesterday, and he put me on Lexapro (I’ve lost count of how many drugs I’m ta...

The Prison Courtyard by Van Gogh I stayed up last night watching Schlinder ’s List and interviews of Holocaust survivors, and this...

Precious memories, unseen angels Sent from somewhere to my soul. How they linger ever near me And the sacred past unfolds. Precious Fat...

I’ve developed some new health problems of late. One is hellacious gas that makes me swell so big that it ’s obvious , another is pain i...

  My hero, George Carlin* “Politically correct: conforming to a belief that language and practices which could offend political sensibi...

Howitzers at Bull Run  (I think artillery is beautiful) In 1962 or ’63, I attached a small Confederate flag to the antenna of my fami...

Peggy didn’t at first see the little mammal step in front of our van, its mouth full of sword fern. As we examined its corpse, we real...

“Symbol Rock is on the divide between the McKenzie River and Fall Creek…It was used by the Indians for ceremonial vigils.” —from the 1,...