happy slightly late birthday to betra, sharer of mark morford articles and one of my favorite new jerseyans. :D i hope it was a good one, and that you had cake ( Read more... )

i lost my pie plate and i am SO CONFUSED. and kind of annoyed. i don't have a big kitchen - it's not like there are a lot of places for it to hide. and i haven't taken it anywhere i could have left it. i need it to make a quiche in a week and a half! hmph ( Read more... )

street art with a sense of humor - and also the occasional tentacle. and giant googly eyes.

the catalunia boys' choir singing in cat - no, seriously. boys singing feline vocals. (i make no apologies for the sudden interest of any cats in your vicinity.)

today's poem is "travelogue for exiles", by karl shapiro.

Look and remember. Look upon ( Read more... )

bigbang progress ( Read more... )

bigbang progress ( Read more... )

bigbang progress ( Read more... )

does anyone have any idea when alcatraz is coming back? is it coming back?

today's poem is "untitled [this is what was bequeathed us]", an excerpt from how beautiful the beloved, by gregory orr.

This is what was bequeathed us ( Read more... )

watermelon trailer - complete with watermelon mailbox ( Read more... )

happy birthday youraugustine, writer of no little skill! this calls for pampering and cake!

dancing boys: *tango*

also happy birthday to mr william shakespeare, not a bad writer himself. today's poem is his sonnet 73, in honor.

That time of year thou mayst in me behold ( Read more... )

last night my bigbang finally hit 20k words - yay! - altho i still don't have a decent title or any idea what would make a summary good enough for someone to want to illustrate it. would anyone be willing to read (or skim - skimming is fine) 20k words of unfinished bigbang in an attempt to help me think of a good title? *makes with the puppydog ( Read more... )