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I adore your name, Narcissus poeticus, and how you fold back your petals as if you’re getting a drink of water or facing the wind. How you open yourself to the bee.
The earliest mention of Poet’s Daffodil is [...]
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my favorite daffodil
advice to myself, alternatively titled “All My Resolutions in One”
All My Resolutions in One
Chew your way into a new world.
From Amy Gerstler’s new book Dearest Creature, which I read at Mark Doty’s blog. Must get my hands on this book of poems. (Sounds like another resolution, maybe one I can keep.)
the mark of a late bloomer & procrastinator
I’m middle-aged and acutely aware of that fact. In fact, should I live to be in my early to mid-nineties like my last few great and grandmothers, I am truly over the hill at 52.
My mental processing over this has been reflected in my poetry as of late, particularly for the A Body of Work, [...]
Shadow Shot Sunday
A sunny walk along the Willamette River, under the Morrison Bridge:
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Do go check out Hey Harriet. She creates galleries of some of the last week shots and takes you on a tour of her own. Terrific images nicely put together. This week she’s got three fantastic river shots herself! Serendipity: I love it. [...]
Shadow Shot Sunday
I think about Louis a lot, especially when the sun is warm. That cat was an expert heat seeker, as are all cats, I know, but … he was something special.
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interesting graphic
Hmmm. Interesting little graphic. I wonder what (you think) it is …
do you cry?
“Crying is a highly evolved behavior,” explains Dr. Hasson. “Tears give clues and reliable information about submission, needs and social attachments between one another. My research is trying to answer what the evolutionary reasons are for having emotional tears.
“My analysis suggests that by blurring vision, tears lower defences [sic] and reliably function as signals of [...]
just to push Putin off the top of the page
This is my Sunday Shadow Shot offering, early. Gregory Glynn’s 2008 “Tufts” at Maryhill Museum.
The work Tuft (above) is made of 300 milled Madrona 2×2’s and was designed to be changed by how the wood reacts to the environment. It is just now starting to do that… so Gregory and Curator Lee Musgrave felt that [...]
Did you think I could hold back?
You know I love half-naked world leaders. Especially Putin. Growl.
Just Harriet
I really miss her. Deciding to let her go is one of the hardest things I’ve ever done, and I still harbor dreams of taking her back someday. She looks happy, though!
