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Below is an article from 9 Nov 2024 in The Guardian that I have copied in its entirety. It was too important to not share, because it...

Good morning. I apologize for the long read, but please indulge me. "You' may have heard the phrase existential crisis, referring to...

Above is Thun Castle (German: Schloss Thun), built in the 12th century in the Swiss canton of Bern. It still stands, houses the Thun...

Yes, believe it or not , “CHRISTRUMP’ is a real book and available now on Amazon for $27.25. (free delivery) But . . . maybe not....

Sometimes cherry picking isn't what we think it is. Sometimes cherries are sour. I recently posted the meme below on a social media site...

If creating writing is to be considered an art, what do we call poor and pathetic writing? The dumbing down of society (aka the rebellion...

I find it fascinating that Mary Magdalene has had such a variety of characters, which might explain why I and so many others keep heading...

“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which...

IF THERE IS A GOD? A somewhat contentious question, isn't it? What follows is in response to the many positive and negative comments and...

Well before the white-haired boy (that would be me) created his newest piece titled 'The Near-Death Experience of Imagination' (shown...

Environmental Art? Fine Art? What's the difference? As explained to me prior to enrolling in a 3 year Fine Art ~ Environmental Program at...

"Blessed are the weird people - poets, misfits, writers, mystics, heretics, painters and troubadours - for they teach us to see the world...

"Although it is usually", or often "associated with eroticism, the nude can have various interpretations and meanings, from mythology to...

"No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle." (Winston Churchill) Many years ago, early one sunny Sunday morning my 4 year old...

For a time, the much younger me "believed not in God nor Santa Claus, but in Mermaids." "They seemed as logical and possible to me as the...

from the field notes: a late day journal entry: At night "my father always went to the barn and checked the livestock before bed. The...

"Sweater, n.: a garment worn by a child when its mother is feeling chilly." (Ambrose Bierce) As Sam Beam wrote, "There ain't a mother...

the stillness of steamy nights revive harmonious crickets envying people being people with thier stories afloat and my cameras has...

'SORROW at The Night Cafe' (Sorrow à la nuit Café) appearing lower in this post is a personal tribute to Vincent Van Gogh. "She had...