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Political

Beautiful protest for naught

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. There is so much to be concerned about with Iraq now. The people, and their continued survival. People being fed, given water, feeling secure. The end to fighting so that re-building can occur. Unfortunately, when the re-building occurs, it will be too late to save one aspect or Iraqi culture […]

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Writing

Obliquely yours

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I was tempted into intruding in a discussion I read about at Steve Himmer’s, about Weblog as Literature. Or should I say weblogging as small “l” literature. This is a topic of particular interest to me lately, especially after pulling Paths: The Book of Colors. However, it’s also too rich for […]

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Political

Language of conquest, vocabulary of occupation

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. In CNN, from the report on the 25,000 rally for the US troops at “Ground Zero” in New York: “Some of you may have seen yesterday in Baghdad a picture of a statue of that evil dictator being toppled and dragged through the streets by Iraqis,” Pataki said to the cheering […]

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Photography

Something different

Tonight, something different. Two postings, with a photo in each. Both photos of the same bridge, taken at the same time, but from slightly different perspectives. One is black & white, the other in color. Each photograph is paired with a poem with completely different subjects: one is about catching a fish, the other traveling the open road. However, […]

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Writing

Song of the open road

(1) Afoot and light-hearted, I take to the open road, Healthy, free, the world before me, The long brown path before me, leading wherever I choose. Henceforth I ask not good-fortune I myself am good fortune; Henceforth I whimper no more, postpone no more, need nothing, Strong and content, I travel the open road. The […]