Month: May 2016
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Tunesday: The Minutemen, Corona
If you kids ever wonder why we olden shits scoff at your Beeber and all that empty Disney crap, it’s because the music we played to make the double-hung windows shake was unimaginably awesome. You know nothing about the 1980s–Patti Labell and Duran Duran? I never once saw a girl wearing leg warmers on the […]
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Ah, Brunch
That’s a basic Bloody Mary beside a grilled muenster with fresh tomatoes and slivered red onions on rye. Simple, straight-forward. The photo is not very sharp because I’m just learning to use my cell phone camera. (I’m not really what you’d call an early adopter) I’ve not generally been one of those folks who takes […]
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Organic Roadkill
I intended this piece as a bold statement on the isolation and ultimate futility of our ostensibly rich and purposeful lives. I understand, it is powerful imagery, and can be disturbing to contemplate, but I must confess that in embracing the perspective–as a detached, virtually omnipotent observer–I find solace, even liberation, in examining the naked […]
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The Six O’Clock Scrounger: Cheesy
When I’m wasting time, chewing on electronic distractions like a cow chews cud, I turn pack rat. Not that it is a drastically distant fall. The Force may run strong in some families–all I got was this encysted hoarder thing in my belly. Its not cancerous yet, but I need to keep an eye on […]
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Can’t Think Of A Thursday Feature
I’m trying to come up with a feature for each day, to help me get back on track with daily posting, but I can’t come up with a damn thing to go with, say, Wednesday Words of Wisdom or Tunesday or Memeday. I keep getting stuck on the Norse thing…you know, Wednesday derived from Odin’s […]
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Not Flood Nor Fire, Just A Blog Unattended
Here we go, boys and girls. I miss you all when I’m away, and look forward to catching up and finding out what you’ve been up to while I’ve been “away” from the wonderful world of WordPress. At the same time, tons of detritus has built up behind the dam while I’ve been attending to […]
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Mission Accomplished!
Originally posted on The Great Plains Trail:
Luke Jordan, aka Strider, has completed the first ever thru hike of the Great Plains Trail! He did it in impressive fashion, finishing the nearly 2100 miles in 85 days, an average of over 24 miles per day. All throughout, he maintained a workman like attitude, rising early,… -
Grant legalizes civil disobedience
Originally posted on East Run Hellbenders Society:
Last night [May 3], Grant Township in Indiana County, Pennsylvania made a bit of history. The municipality passed a local law legalizing civil disobedience. According to the new law, anyone who commits a nonviolent act of civil disobedience in order to protect the community’s rights under its Home… -
2016 Summer Wonders: Art By Elizabeth Lennie
I stumbled on these over the winter. Aren’t they nice? http://elizabethlennie.com/ “For 25 years Elizabeth Lennie has worked as an actress in theatre, film and television while developing a painting practice and raising 3 daughters in mid-town Toronto with husband performer/writer/teacher Mike Kirby. Her liquid landscapes are both abstract and figurative and explore the memory […]
Old Road Apples 