Six O’Clock Vintage

Seek those images that constitute the wild, the lion and the virgin, the harlot and the child. Find in middle air an eagle on the wing, recognize the five that make the Muses sing. | W.B Yeats, Those Images

Engagement

I would I could adopt your will,See with your eyes, and set my heartBeating by yours, and drink my fillAt your soul's springs, - your part my partIn life, for good or ill. |Browning; from Two in the Campagna |Timothy P. and Brittany E. Engaged Thanksgiving DayNovember 25,2004.

Scale

A few things... Last night I had a couple of guys over for dinner and a jam session; we're trying to bring together some sort of band for the Grove. I’m moderately excited. Both guys are extremely cool, and I look forward to getting to know them better—as friends, and as ...

A String of Blood

My heart is racingAround itself in aCircle;Far from the warm wings' shadow.A stone, some feathers,Perhaps a vague memoryOf the rough-hewn archeWill guide my heartWith a string of bloodOut of the cycle, andBackTo the warm wings' shadow.del.icio.us : Poetry

K.

For most of us there are certain truth-communicators who somehow seem to have the key to our heart; it is as if those deep intangible ideas of our soul are somehow better accessed and recognized in the profound expression of these heroes. One philosopher who I find myself connecting with in ...

light

I like taking photographs. There's something satisfying about capturing a particular essence of mood that results from comprehension of the basic components of visual sensation such as light and symmetry. If you've never looked at some of my black and white work, you can view it here (click on "light"). ...

MSS

Something hot to sip on, a comfortable chair—perhaps by the fire—and word covered pages; this is the alchemaic formula for a splendid gateway to worlds without limit. Two pages in and thousands of miles away, a different time, a different place (or perhaps all the same, but through different ...

mycophobia

The rubbery deathly texture and consistency of mushrooms terrifies me. This dreadful fungus inspires horror and aversion with its look and feel; and if you think about it, it gets worse. They look like rubberized mud formed in the germ-ridden bowels of the earth. Many of them are ...

vox

Another song is finally here. Swab out the layers of wax that have accumulated in your inner ear, grab some headphones and listen (gracefully).Looked Away (4.2 mb) del.icio.us : Music

grappling a rainbow leviathan

One of the "hot" topics of late has been the issue of homosexual marriage. Everyone has a view on this, and different groups of people have made arguments in both directions for a variety of different reasons. I've engaged in spirited interactions regarding this with a number of ...

September 17th 2008
Tags: Literature, Poetry

Phantastes - a brief review

After reading George MacDonald’s "Phantastes" it is clear to me why CS Lewis chose MacDonald to be his Virgil in "The Great Divorce."  "Phantastes" is truly one of the most remarkable works I have ever read.  Overflowing with rich imagery and lyrical finely measured prose (along with some superb longer ...
August 27th 2008
Tags: Photography, Politic
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Live at the DNC

Since Monday I've been hanging out downtown Denver and covering the DNC.  I've met some really cool people; in addition to bloggers and writers from Momocrats, JackandJill, Green Mountain Daily, Huffington Post and other places, I've had a chance to meet and talk briefly with Katie Couric, Senator Ken Salazar, ...
August 13th 2008
Tags: Asides

“You’re a Phony, a Big Fat Phony! Hey Everybody, He’s a Phony!”

I know that China is the home of iPhone rip-offs and lead-filled Colgate, but it appears that their duplicity and fakery  don't end with electronics and domestic household products. China admitted faking the opening fireworks of the Olympic Opening Ceremony as well as faking the voice of the cute little singer ...
August 6th 2008
Tags: Asides

Mountain Lion Drags Dog out of Owner’s Bedroom

Crazy story, this is a small front range town just southwest of the Denver area.  I go mountain biking in this area all the time. A mountain lion slunk into the master bedroom of an Idledale home early Monday, snatched a yellow Labrador retriever and vanished. Officers are hunting the mountain lion ...
July 14th 2008
Tags: Tech

iPhone Apps

I spent the weekend at a cabin in the mountains and so didn't get a chance to download the the latest iPhone software update until late Sunday evening.  After a frustrating flurrey of "restore, verify, restore" proceedings I finally was forced to delete by back up and do a full ...