BurningbirdRecovered from the Wayback Machine. Invaders from the south and west seize the great cities on the Tigris and Euphrates. A despot’s capital falls to sudden assault. A warlord from Tikrit vows to rally the Muslim world. This week’s news? No: 2000 B.C., 539 B.C and 1187 From Bowling Green Kentucky Daily News Confirmation in the news that […]
Enough with my bad self. If I keep writing posts in the heat of the night, folks will think this weblog is about me or something. However, I do have somewhat of an excuse for a po’me posting – I’m buried in paperwork for various reasons, and that’s enough to dim any sane person’s lust […]
Too hot tonight. My bedroom’s under the attic and once the heat soaks in, it wants to linger awhile. However, as warm as it is, it’s way too early for the air conditioner. I obliquely (there’s that word again) mentioned a job interview and contract offer this last week. I haven’t said yay or nay […]
About the two entries earlier, In a Dark Time and Someone to Watch Over Me: Today I spent part of the day at the Route 66 State Park, a park dedicated to the heritage and history of the famous coast-to-coast Route 66 highway. I met my first deer of the season, and was able to get relatively close […]
In a dark time, the eye begins to see, I meet my shadow in the deepening shade; I hear my echo in the echoing wood– A lord of nature weeping to a tree, I live between the heron and the wren, Beasts of the hill and serpents of the den. What’s madness but nobility of […]