For about two weeks I have listened to nothing else than “Red Lamb” by The Monolators. I simply will not let this song escape from my head. In an interesting side note, up-and-coming British blog, The Devil Has the Best Tuna, recently proclaimed their song “Red Lamb” as the best song of […]
“happy dance!”
The kind folks at 14×14 accepted the sonnet The Bluest of Lips for publication for their “Love and Lust” February issue. O Happy Days!
“capful of wind” ZJC (2008)
In the poem The Golden Legend, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow talks about the maritime belief concerning a capful of wind:
Only a little hour ago
I was whistling to Saint Antonio
For a capful of wind to fill our sail,
And instead of a breeze he has sent a gale.
Literally the term means a sudden light […]
“another world” ZJC (2008)
Earlier this morning I was thinking about the problem with writing a haiku. The easy part is figuring out the form (three lines; the first and third line have five beats and the middle has seven beats to it). What I find difficult is the idea of having to have […]
by Diane T. Sands (2008)
My friend, Diane T. Sands, is a “a naturalist, cartoonist, librarian, and free-lance scientific illustrator, who also uses the sketchbook as a medium for recording the natural movements of the world around her.” She is also the California president of Guild of Natural Science Illustrators.
I woke up this groggy […]