Do not ask for whom the coal rolls
Includes modifications to truck exhausts, two appearances by a guy in a Tesla, and Bedtime for Bonzo
For the last
Alaska II — Ice
Includes compression of air bubbles, misattribution of Rayleigh scattering, seal sex (not much), and fizzing glaciers.
A few years ago,
The book report for July 2023
Includes baffling poetry and one very patient poet, some lively essays, and the latest from a master.
Surprised myself by
Writing is hard? Really? Try being a roofer. Or a single mom.
Includes the pain of dancers, a mention of f-stops, and the first ever appearance in this newsletter of Kalamazoo, Michigan.
My thing with windows and peeling paint
Includes portals, paint, denial of any voyeurism, mention of cadmium yellow, and the figure 8,235,377
I first made
The book report for June 2023
Two-thirds of the volumes I finished were disappointing, which is disappointing but so it goes. Plus I abandoned a book
Alaska I — The totem carver
In some of my pictures, he looks carved in wood himself. Sturdy, upright, weathered, silent. Like a totem pole, full of stories. Eighty-five and still making art. Ars longa, vita brevis. Yes, but frequently misunderstood.
That kid trying to zip his coat
How often can one distracted writer yearn to be a 4-year-old trying to zip his coat?
Okay, so maybe I won’t win the Booker
Or, where did this skin on my neck come from?
There is a sentence that keeps sneaking into my mind:
The book report for May 2023
Or, memories, dystopia, and...what were we talking about?
Bought more books than I read, but what else is new?
