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Bird brain

The good news about being old and decrepit is that you are eligible for a second Covid booster shot.

The bad news…

• Art, Culture
• March 25, 2022
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Strange Birds, and some familiar ones.

Time for a walk, along the edges of the ponds. Intensely blue sky yesterday, hints of greenery emerging, some swans still hesitating…

• Bird Photography
• March 23, 2022
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Exquisite Gorge II – Pattern Masters and Master Patterns

Mightily wove they the web of fate, While Bralund’s towns were trembling all; And there the golden threads they wove, And in…

• Art
• March 21, 2022
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For The Mothers

Mercy, come

Милосердя, прийди

Милосердие, приди

Courage, come

Сміливість, приходь

Мужайся, приходи

Hope, come

Надія, приходь

Надежда, приезжай

Love, come

Люби, прийди

Любовь, приди

Justice, come

справедливість, прийди

справедливость, приди

Peace, come.

мир, прийди

мир, приди

Really, for all. Music…

• Justice, Politics
• March 18, 2022
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The Central Park Five – Art as a Tool for Justice

“Most of us, no matter what we say, are walking in the dark, whistling in the dark. Nobody knows what is going…

• Art, Justice, Music, Politics
• March 16, 2022
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Windows to Worlds

There are good days. Last week one of those saw two of my interests – art and literature – aligned, when…

• Art, Literature
• March 14, 2022
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The truth, wouldn’t you know it.

We were walking along the promenade, kids visiting from L.A., a rare treat. The sky and the light changed rapidly, threatening showers,…

• Climate Change, Poetry, Politics
• March 11, 2022
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Oh, evolution, you botched this!

Don the down-coat. Pack the parka. Meet the early morning mist.

If you are lucky – and I was early Monday morning…

• Biology, Bird Photography, Poetry
• March 9, 2022
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Art on The Road: (Un)Predictability

Predictability – noun

The quality something has when it is possible for you to know in advance that it will happen or what…

• Art, History, Psychology
• March 7, 2022
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Second try for 3/4

Looks like today’s YDP ended up in the Spam folder for many – claiming it contained suspicious links. Well, it had a…

• Nature
• March 4, 2022
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