R.L. Swihart's Blog, page 126

Ringo & The Band @ The Greek

Kinda a belated b-day present. We usually go to the Bowl, but she's never been to the Greek. I wanted Steve Miller & Peter Frampton, but she missed that date. This was pretty good. Now I can say I've seen a Beatle live. And Gary Dreamweaver Wright stopping in at the finale. All in all, a good night.

As you can see, I took very few pics.

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Ricardo Nirenberg Reviews R L Swihart's "Matman & Testudo"

Well worth the read: the review & the book. Matman & Testudo is still relatively "hot off the press."

Off Course Review:

Morning. Colorado Lagoon. The Ducks Trained Them

Gunter Grass: Final Words & From The Diary Of A Snail

Been reading Gunter for a while now. His Last Goodbye went pretty fast (mostly short poems & sketches), the Snail is going snail slow (my fault as much as his: I'm caught up in school again).

Anyway, two poems (one about some handcrafted caskets, the other the title and final poem) from Of All That Ends.

[[[Excuse Kindle. They are "lined" poems but Kindle doesn't care. You can mentally "lineate" if you like, I'm not doing it.]]]

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Stolen Goods

They’re back again, both boxes, oblong and inviting. Stolen last winter, they stood undamaged in the cellar, covered in blue tarp, one summer day when we returned from a trip to Poland. Only the dahlia bulbs were missing, having bloomed elsewhere, perhaps. What moved the thieves, at no small effort, to return our nearly forgotten boxes— one made of pine, the other of birch— to the place from which they came? No letter or note explained their return, but lying in my box, side by side, cushioned in tissue paper, were two dead mice of delicate beauty: their finely outlined empty skulls, their dainty rib cages. We puzzle over it still.

 Of All That Ends

All finished now. Had enough now. Done and dusted now. Nothing stirring now. Not even a fart now. No more trouble now, and all will soon be well and nothing remain and all be at an end.

My Trip to City Hall (9/10/18)

Homeless problem? Trash problem? Both? Do you suppose the new face of Downtown LB (coming our way) will include a magic wand? Hope so.

Old Car Show under a New Crew (9/9/2018)???

Heard it was a New Crew but I don't know for sure. For shore. If so, it pretty much went off without a hitch. Maybe the cars rolled in a bit later than last year? Maybe more antique firetrucks (the only thing I got a pic of)?

A nice cool walk through gas-guzzling history. A young lady (now old) told us a lot about her old Chevy and an old Woody she and her husband are bringing back to life.

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St. Bart's: They Still Leave the Door (Side) Open, Irish Priests (the Real Deal), and Who Carved the "Icons"

I was just waiting on a friend.

Are the Cameras on and Will I Ever Know?

Oregon: Collage

GIANT FLAMINGO AT THE BEACH