How will you remember me? — We all know how short life is in real terms. Sure, it can feel like living to eighty-five is a very long time. A life lasting that long seems like a lot of life lived. …

Exploring abandoned spaces — The theme of my previous post was a bit heavy. So to lighten the reading, I want to share two of my favorite activities with you — exploring rural abandoned spaces and creating photographic Art (with a capital “A”). I find myself drawn to abandoned spaces. I’m particularly drawn to…

I have long said that hatred is a mental illness and needs substantive and qualified psychiatric treatment. — So many men in our society are broken… broken by the very system which made them. This is why we keep working to break down the binary patriarchal hierarchy that is as damaging to men in uncounted ways, just as it is to women. A caveat: We must always remember…

Muchill-in-Mar Castle — Below is a pencil drawing of an image from a photograph of the courtyard and gate side of Castle Fraser in Scotland. …

Fine Art Creation — Below is an original pen and ink drawing of my signature flower, daisies, with chrysanthemums. Once upon a time, in the misty depths from my youth, I was in a starving artists group. Many of my art creations incorporated daisies in some way — so much so that I became…

An onomatopoeic poem — With the arrival of June bugs, gone are the cool, crisp mornings. These are the days when you step out your door and are instantly damp… days of muggy, sticky near-maximum humidity. There’s the constant smell of other people’s body sweat… of crushing heat and air too thick and heavy…

I hate big trucks and I cannot lie — I live in a rural farming community bordering the capital city of Raleigh, North Carolina in Wake County. It is a very blue city in a very blue county. This is a county of hybrids and Teslas, of colleges and universities. It is also part of the Research Triangle Park…

WE PAW Bloggers Ezine — Issue 28 May 2023 — The poetry writing prompt of May 2023 asks members to share a poem about something mundane. They were to choose any common utilitarian item and craft a word picture about it. Neither the title nor the poem could use the term for the mundane topic. …

A silly little rhyming game or a dire warning? — Have you ever pondered the meanings behind those old nursery rhymes? I have. I’ve actually researched them. More than once, I’ve used that research as inspiration for my own twist on those old nursery rhymes. I categorize my take on these rhymes as “twisted nursery rhymes.” That old muffin man…