scribblings from historic downtown McKinney, Texas: altered art, local color, flora, fauna, cemeteries, irrational commentary, improbable-and-unlikely diy home projects
hold your hand to the stars
catch a firefly (but let it go)
cup your hand round your ear
and listen to moon light
wings of owls
not so distant dog bark
mockingbird sonata in the maple tree
touch the night to light your soul
When you set out for Ithaka
ask that your way be long,
full of adventure, full of instruction.
—- Constantine P Cavafy, 1911
One of my daily rituals at work is to listen to Garrison Keillor’s podcast, The Writer’s Almanac. I enjoy the historical and biographical trivia about artists, many whom I’d never heard of before listening.
Each day the […]
I’ve lately become enamored of Dale Pendell, chemist, ethnobotanist, and poet, author of the PHARMAKO trilogy. Pharmako/Poeia is the first volume of the series and I can’t seem to keep my nose out of it. It’s a poetic masterpiece, dedicated to the Power Plants, the herbs and flowers who are both Allies and Poisons. […]
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