Tonight there is so much sunlight reflecting off the clouds in the east that it casts early morning shadows across my floor.

I never thought that the Arkansas Municipal Bulletin, "Simple Rules of Taxation for Arkansas Cities," from May 1, 1938, would be at all interesting. But I found that it was. (I'm trying to link the stupid thing to an OCLC record, but there isn't one, worse luck.) There was a nice paragraph on "Privilege Taxes," such as those on cigarettes and ( Read more... )

being a writer is sitting at your empty desk, innocent of even a distracting internet connection, tapping away, sipping cold tea and gazing out the window into the trees and sunlight. Trying to measure the flow of words so they wouldn't jam together into a silent, frustrated bottleneck. Listening to Madonna or Italian pop to distract part of your ( Read more... )