One Poem, One Tune, Three Photos and Several Turtles
Are we headed 'Hellward' or do watermelon-loving turtles show a better way. Plus, my new band plays one of the saddest songs ever written.
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From good guys in bad wars, to birds on a wire, butterflies, bees & baby band tunes
Looking back on 'When Earl Went to War,' plus glimpses of some birds, butterflies, bees, and an old song by a new band
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MONASTERY NIGHTS: Again I lay me down to sleep in the hoot-owl monastery woods
Standing near a fallen oak tree in the middle dark — is it 1, 2 or 3 a.m.? — all I hear besides myself is wind whooshing through millions of leaves, an intermittent chorus of whistling tree frogs, and the eternal hoot of a night owl on the hunt. I am very much in need of a night of woodland…
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Saying goodbye to Earl one last time
Earl Goodall, my neighbor, friend, and an amiable human being, passed on at age 93 on July 5, 2024. Earl was the subject of my 2021 16-minute documentary, "When Earl Went to War", about his Korean War service, while also portraying the man's sweet, down-home character. Here's a look back at the kind of guy who never gets lifted up…
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Fireworks imagined as iPhone artworks, instead
While the country careens towards an election that will determine everything, your webguy takes a mental health break to look at Fourth of July fireworks as an art form.
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Five Photogenic Thoughts (While Trekking Here to There)
The road goes ever, ever on, even as / we trek, head downward before the dusk, / following the tips of our black shoes. / Wondering who did this to us or that / to us. And how did I get here?!? / And where, O where, will I wash up next …
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POST-ECLIPSED: Some final notations on a cosmic experience
Post-eclipse, thrilling with fellow humans at what we had just witnessed, it was a stark reminder of how few and precious are the sweet collective experiences we now share in an America riven by engineered dispute. And how utterly important it is to be reminded of the significance of shared wonder.
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Luminous skies, mucky alleys & chiaroscuro evenings
10 photographs from around the neighborhood, allied with quotations and excerpts that may or may not align, but it's all good.
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WEST VIRGINIA ROUNDUP: 6 Photographs and 2 Videos
From glimpses of cellular life to the Kirkin' o' the Tartans, from rectilinear concrete to the healing vibe of marshlands, plus a diner at the end of the world, here's a multimedia tour of travels around the shire of West Virginia.
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Saying Goodbye to Bill | In 3 Parts
Bill Hart, a dear traveling companion through this vale and holler of light and darkness, passed from this mysterious world on Friday evening, on Feb. 9, 2024. Here are some thoughts and images about a notable human being, artist, and world-class craftsman. And, to be sure, a genuinely offbeat, unconventional, and bohemian soul.
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Don’t talk about it
I toil mostly in obscurity. But which writer does not? / Except for those few who are feted, adored, and / lifted so high. Until they pass from favor & are knocked / back to the second-rank, never to return to / the heights from which they sipped / the better champagnes ...
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Four Variations on a Sunset Tree
If you make sure to buy your pants with cellphone pockets, you can more easily capture the moment when the Sour Gum tree beside your house catches fire.
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Glimpses from way out there in West Virginia
There is much to rue about living in West Virginia, run, as it is, by empty suits and chuckleheads. But every time I think of leaving for a bluer state, this one floors me with the views from being way the heck out in the Mountain State.
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ORCHESTRATIONS: The symphony considered as a series of still lifes and war-time similes
There are many days it seems to me music is helpless against the daily worldwide onslaught of human beings acting like cruel demons. Yet the promise of coming together to experience the communion of shared and transporting musicality is certainly not nothing.
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BLACK-AND-WHITE NOTEBOOK: september2023
Here are some snapshots, hipshots and night shots, from wandering the highways, byways, and lifeways of the world through which my iPhone moves, in the small towns, small cities and hills of West Virginia.
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