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Five Very Odd and Amazing Geography Facts
1. Sudan has more pyramids than any country in the world
There are 138 pyramids in Egypt and 255 have been discovered in Sudan. A single necropolis at Meroë boasts more pyramids than all of Egypt. Just like their Egyptian counterparts, the pyramids in Sudan were used for burial, but unlike those in Egypt, the pyramids in Sudan acted more like ( Read more... ) -
Poem 12-17-2021
you run to me
pants catching your shoes
eyes wild
"there are ducks
in the pond behind the house"
a paddle, a raft
on land a brood
moving noisily
away from us
slanting light
drifting clouds
and you
sitting on a granite rock
the ducks head south
over crimson trees
as you tell me
"flying ducks are called a plump" -
Writing in Five Easy Quotes
I often wonder why I write. What is it in me that pushes me to sit down and force words? I know that if I stopped writing I would not be nearly as happy as I am when I am writing. I would also not be as unhappy either, but I am certainly less surly when I get to write each day.
1. "A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is ( Read more... ) -
the edge of winter
wayward leaves
settle themselves along the road
the half-full moon
climbing into place
touches the open sky
between the trees
shadows cross the road
long branches on the black ground
winter seeps in
like water
through cracks
in thick mud
cold, snow, wolf, worm
the moons of winter
wait impatiently
as the last of the leaves fall -
Poem 12-8-2021
i sit next to you ( Read more... ) -
Anxious Ramblings
I am so over almost everything tonight. I feel like I can't make a right move lately. I was in my Women's when someone showed a video that they made and I commented that I wasn't a fan because I felt like they sounded stilted and inauthentic. I guess that wasn't a good thing to say. I thought they wanted honest feedback, but I should know by now ( Read more... ) -
Pandemics and Corrections
So I thought yesterday about making a list of all my friends who died from HIV/AIDS and I just couldn't do it. It brought back all the unbearable feelings of guilt and sadness and anger and it got tangled up with the current pandemic and I had to shove all those feelings back in their box. I never thought that I would live through one pandemic ( Read more... ) -
Halloween (and of course the election because it's 2020)
I thought Halloween 2020 would as lackluster as the rest of hte year. I was bracing for a pathetic number of houses offering a few treats in bowls. I was so wrong. I think the clear keeper from 2020 is the candy chute. I love second floow windows with long pipes made fromPVC pipe, aluminum gutters, or wood reaching down to the ground with kids ( Read more... ) -
When you have a plan that isn't going to work and no replacement in plan in hand
Felix and Louie came over today. I always like it when the kids come over. We made three of Felix's favorite foods: Jambalaya, Chorreados, and Key Lime Pie ( Read more... ) -
Random Things
So, I mailed in my ballot. I haven't found out if there is any way to know if gets counted or rejected, not that I think it will be rejected since I was stupidly careful when I fille dit out. I wish there was a way to check if it was received ( Read more... )