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the st francis river april 11 what is it to me that river...

the st francis river april 11 what is it to me that rivers run whole ages

Happy Birthday Christopher Smart born April 11 288 Years Ago

On this day 1722 Christopher Smart was born into a little body. A premature baby, he suffered from a delicate health all his life. Most famous for his religious poetry, in particular his "A Song to David," Smart wrote one of the strangest (I think) books in the language, the Jubilate Agno. "Jubilate" is the plural imperative "rejoice," and "agno" the ablative of "lamb."
Anyway, he was apparently

Astoria Scum River BridgeReminds me of artist B D Collie...

Astoria Scum River Bridge
Reminds me of artist B D Collier's reclamation of city spaces
as "re-natural environments" where he posts w/out city permission SRNE signs
declaring mowing and weeding impermissible

When my husband died, because he was so famous and known ...

When my husband died, because he was so famous and known for not being a believer, many people would come up to me—it still sometimes happens—and ask me if Carl changed at the end and converted to a belief in an afterlife. They also frequently ask me if I think I will see him again. Carl faced his death with unflagging courage and never sought refuge in illusions. The tragedy

coldness in the happy

Grateful for a few studies that suggest we need to take care when either working toward happiness or in living an ethical life, that we not do so without also carefully cultivating an affiliative, generous attitude and a kind affect. The studies indicate that both striving toward happiness and working to be ethically upright can easily lead to selfishness and self-righteousness.


One recent

Grateful for a few studies that suggest we need to take c...

Grateful for a few studies that suggest we need to take care when either working toward happiness or in living an ethical life, that we not do so without also carefully cultivating an affiliative, generous attitude and a kind affect. These studies seem to indicate that both striving toward happiness and working to be ethically upright can easily lead to selfishness and self-righteousness.


One

world water day & plastic bottles

March 22 is World Water Day

radio interview about teaching in prisons

Danny Hajek, producer at WGLT and radio journalist, conducts an interview about my years teaching creative writing in prisons.

radio interview about my teaching in prisons

Danny Hajek, producer at WGLT and broadcast journalist, interviews me about my years teaching creative writing in prisons.

otter w/ hoovesw/ paddlelontraold english oter, ol...

otter w/ hooves



w/ paddle

lontra
old english oter, old high german ottar, ancient greek ὕδρα, cognate w/ water