: Walk with the Ol' Possum So good.
: RER Eight years since my dad died. It’s so great when he’s in one of my dreams.
: Oak Leaf Hydrangea More sweet life.
: Friday Morning What a delightful breakfast spot!
: Verne Lundquist I'm not a golfer, nor am I particularly a golf fan, but I grew up with Verne on the …
: Total Solar Eclipse, Dallas, Texas, USA 08 Apr 2024 - 1:42 pm 08 Apr 2024 - 1:43 pm Clouds dispersed …
: Maggie As an adult, my family has had three dogs. Sweet, sweet Maggie (officially, Margaret Rose) …
: Morning, Archie (Morning Archie)
: The Beginnings of Lunch From the garden:
: Willie's the One To no one's surprise, Willie Nelson wins Texas Monthly's "Celebrity Texans" …
: Richard Diebenkorn, c. Nineteen fifty-seven Happy Easter!
: Good Friday 2024 Jesus, my brother, Jesus, my maker, Today, you paid my bills. What can I do, but …
: CER My favorite Brooklynite.
: Ruth Orkin From a wonderfully illustrated review of a book of photographs by Ruth Orkin (1921-1985)
: My Highest and Best Use Archie. My leg.
: save family photos My dad, cousin, and sister, circa 1990. (I’m guessing). I love this pic. …
: The Honest Broker I’m sure many of you already follow Ted Gioia. But for those who …
: A Good Yarn I’m really enjoying this audiobook of The Odyssey read by the actor, Anton Lesser. …
: Right Now | Kenneth Fields It’s nineteen years today since he last held A drink in his hand or …
: Things I Really Like: an Ongoing List Birdsong Tottenham Hotspur Football Club Archie Tamales …
: the moon and stars ... just talkin'
: My Morning Guide for Many Years RIP, Bob Edwards, host of NPR’s Morning Edition for almost 25 …
: Superb Owl Sunday from The Atlantic
: Fascinating to learn during the Super Bowl halftime ads that the NFL is working to bring traumatic …
: Willie: Evidence that God Loves Us
: After an illness, walking the dog | Jane Kenyon Wet things smell stronger, and I suppose his main …
: Orange You Grateful for Orange(s)?
: Ancient DNA maps migration in the Roman Empire Interesting.
: Here goes 🌱 One of the benefits of gardening in the South. January 27: tomatoes are sprouting and …
: For savory breakfast types Eureka! I finally discovered a good use for whey left over from …
: Fellowship - Christian Wiman Tragedy and Christianity are incommensurable, he declared, which we’d …
: Hope Springs... You Know Started tomato plants by seed today in the garage. Will use grow lights …
: Lovely Breakfast Companion 📷
: from The Great Good Place by ray oldenburg ... the third place tavern combines drinking with …
: My Turf Club / Tuxedo No. 2 .75 oz Old Tom Gin .75 oz London Dry Gin (Tanq or Beefeater) 1.5 oz dry …
: Not a bad mission statement “We aim to humanize those who have been objectified.” …
: London's East End in the Last Century From the wonderful Spitalfields Life: "In the seventies, while …
: Because You Asked about the Line Between Prose and Poetry - Howard Nemerov Sparrows were feeding in …
: whatever happens this year I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the …
: Third Places American suburbs provide an excess of privacy, but deny proximity to those places upon …
: For 2024 Ten days in, my theme for 2024 is: “Be attentive”: Pay attention to what I pay …
: from Symmetries & Asymmetries - W.H. Auden Could any tiger Drink martinis, smoke cigars, And last …
: Loo Art Lee Harvey's, Dallas. Tx
: Well, yeah, I am. Thanks, mate. Ange Postecoglou: “I’ve loved my first six months as …
: Reynolds Stone, Wood Engraver from The Other Side of the Alde
: Year-end lists Without a doubt, my 2023 personal Word of the Year is "Ange Postecoglou". (Two words, …
: Pitiable, foolish, and cruel, all at once Louis Menand: “[Sontag] forbade her son to look out …
: not so funny anymore Mike Godwin: ... has the sheer absurdity of so many hyperbolic Nazi comparisons …
: The Bloody Mary - Susan Donnelly Sunday in late December calls for one, with a celery stalk and …
: My Lord Has Come O morning stars together Proclaim the holy birth And praises sing to God the King …
: Christmas Movietime: The Shop Around the Corner Mr. Matuschek and Rudy are headed to Christmas Eve …
: Chores - Maxine Kumin All day he’s shoveled green pine sawdust out of the trailer truck into the …
: Come on you Spurs The thing about an ugly win is that it's ... worth 3 points.⚽
: Jingle All the Way - Béla Fleck and the Flecktones 🎶
: Christmas Mail - Ted Kooser Cards in each mailbox, angel, manger, star and lamb, as the rural …
: We Three Kings - The Roches 1990 🎶
: A thought Generally, the world says, "Work first, and benefits come after." (E.g., exercise, then …
: analog days A 2011 photo of the Library of Congress' card catalog (now digitized). Source: Dr. Amy …
: I love John Prine The moon and stars / hang out in bars / just talkin' -- "Summer's End"
: Brooke Smith is so tender in this scene
: ewr (1923-2022) Today, this little girl would have been 100 years old.
: Public Servant RIP, Sandra Day O'Connor
: You are what you eat David French: We’re misinformed not because the government is systematically …
: My town in the Golden Hour Downtown Dallas, Texas USA
: Hot Club by Marion Elliot Delightful Django (presumably) and friends by artist Marion Elliot, via …
: Coaxing the last tomatoes from the vine 📷 🌱 They taste better than they look. No surprise there, …
: Welcome, Morning - Anne Sexton There is joy in all: in the hair I brush each morning, in the Cannon …
: A difficult question Jonah Goldberg: "If Hitler’s bunker was in a hospital in 1945, you can be sure …
: If I were to open a pub, perhaps it would be "The Lamb & Puppy." 🐶
: All In or All Out There is little excuse for pretending eloquence about the meaning of the …
: Writers Who've Stuck with Me (or With Whom I've Stuck) an ongoing list P.G. Wodehouse • G.K. …
: Public Art "Tree Sleeves" on Kneeling Bois d'arc, Tietze Park, Dallas, Texas, USA
: Sorolla Really lovely paintings. “Spanish Light: Sorolla in American Collections” …
: TV Rec Megan and I are loving "This Farming Life," on Britbox. City folk have no idea what it's like …
: Happy, happy Spurs days! (A feeling Spurs fans are not overly familiar with.) UPDATE: 3 straight …
: Ghosts - Jen Rose Yokel Quick now, come now to where the veil grows thin, where the border between …
: Rare The terse explanation she'd given for her depression was a "bad breakup." Sam felt it had to be …
: Two by David Brooks Over the Trump years, we’ve learned how easy it is to anesthetize one’s moral …
: Supermoon setting. 30 Sept 2023
: A New Thing Given that I’d never, ever, heard the words (or name) “Ange …
: FOTB A few days late, but having happy Father-of-the-Bride memories from 1-year-plus-a-few-days ago. …
: Leaves “Artistic Leaf-Raking” by land artist Nikola Faller, via Kottke
: Archie & Red Mike This day begins with a 2-dog walk. 07:15, 09.23.2023, Dallas, TX, USA 📷
: South Fork The road goes on forever and the party never ends. – Robert Earl Keen, Jr.
: More Ryder's Cove Edges of tropical storm at sunset. (No filters.)
: Mike and Pete walk into a bar ...
: Not the same state This goes a long way to explain why it’s so much harder to live in Texas …
: Precious My true love and our first-born (at Bemelmans Bar in the Carlyle, NYC – also precious …
: one year My mom died a year ago today, three months short of her 99th birthday. She was a …
: fun fact "Texas natives are more likely to stick around their home state than people born in any …
: maybe Is this how judgment day will be? "... something that would have been terror, but for the joy, …
: so far, so fun Two Three games isn't much to go on. But, at least for those games, Spurs look like a …
: Lower Greenville, Saturday morning
: So Good Of all the websites in all the internets, the Dust to Digital Instagram account may bring me …
: Lora Webb Nichols, Photographer "Wilbur Scafe's Pack Trip: Ruth, 1932" by Lora Webb Nichols. From an …
: Carne "The way to battle abstraction in our time is to embrace the material, the incarnation of our …
: Manly "As I get older, I find that I care more and more about being a good man and less and less …
: depends"so much depends upon a green chair beside the brick wall ... " WCW kind of morning. 📷
: 0.5 oz gin (Tanqueray) 1.0 mezcal (Del Maguey Vida) 0.5 dry vermouth (Dolin) 0.5 (or less) Cocchi …
: Less is more; Not. Per my true love (via Robt. Venturi), "Less is a bore." Archie (and I) like it! 🐶 …
: June Wildflowers - San Juan Mountains, Colorado 📷
: Concrete ... the presentation of our bodies is our spiritual act of worship. It is a significant …
: Felix culpa God can make good use of all that happens. But the loss is real. [C.S. Lewis …
: Football can be fun. Who knew? Spurs v. Hammers: Lots of fun in the West Ham box (plus, great game …
: Rufus, John, and Peggy Enjoying Rufus Wainwright's Folkocracy -- especially, Peggy Seeger's "Heading …
: Of blessed memory Jon Flaming (Am. 1962-), Peggy Sue BBQ, Dallas
: Teachout on Stoppard Two-and-half years after his death, I miss reading new essays (and reviews and …
: Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner David French on where to look for threats …
: Two(+/-) for Three SCOTUS last week: (1) Affirmative action - yep. (2) Student loans - yep. (3) …
: from "East Coker" | T.S. Eliot And what there is to conquer By strength and submission, has already …
: Panhandle scenes at 75 mph. XIT
: One of my favorite pieces at the Met
: Happy Birthday to this (T)ACLLEH!
: june seventh Happy Birthday to this one: Firstborn. Happy Anniversary to these two: Miss them.
: Laura's Garden | Bush Library, SMU, Dallas
: Winter After the Stillbirth | Renee Emerson My husband dreads the winter. Born himself on the …
: More High Windows Elsworth Kelly, Austin
: like capistrano The Beach Balls have completed their winter migration!
: Never Did. Nope. As Isaak Walton said (almost): "Surely, God could have made a better cocktail. …
: Here we are! I must admit, sometimes I find the daily lectionary to be a chore. Not today. This, …
: Daily Tostada. “Dad, now that you’re officially old, do you have any bits of wisdom to …
: Memorable Movies 🍿 Not always good, but at least memorable. (#s are just for counting, not ranking) …
: Gun Sick Another mass shooting. This one close to home. A fetishistic fascination with guns, power, …
: in the alley from the coffee shop
: California Hills in August | Dana Gioia I can imagine someone who found these fields unbearable, …
: Dust | Dorianne Laux Someone spoke to me last night, told me the truth. Just a few words, but I …
: stem the flood, americans Russian propagandists do not need to wait to check facts or verify claims; …
: Chairman Archie presiding 🐶 “The meeting will come to order.”
: Always Marry an April Girl | Ogden Nash | 🎂 Praise the spells and bless the charms, I found April in …
: Good Friday, 2023 Cabora Drive Trail, Playa Vista, Los Angeles, CA🥾
: Watch out for that dino-dragon, Archie!
: take the wheel Jill Filipovic via ayjay Just about everything researchers understand about …
: A mediating device for difference Stanford Law School Dean Jenny Martinez: ... Some students might …
: The Lake Isle | Ezra Pound O God, O Venus, O Mercury, patron of thieves, Give me in due time, I …
: www.orangejeep.org Here's my "other" page, which is all poems and images I like to share: …
: manic Saw 2023 Best Picture winner, "Everything Everywhere All at Once," today. It had its moments, …