I just added a new poem to AnnaSadhorse , my poetry blog. It's called History Lesson. It was recently published in a bi-lingual (French...

Besides publishing a current list of literary magazines accepting reprints , the blog Published to Death includes a link to poetry publish...

Pause when agitated Barcelona:  Museums visited to date: Museu d'Història de Barcelona (City History Museum):  Rome came a...

I'm back to testing free image hosting sites because Blogger is so anal about what they will link to. Plus they promised unlimited stora...

Spaceman and me. Went to the National Archives today. I have never been in a building with so many brass doors. Even the bathroom doors...

An Infinite Number Of Monkeys After all the Shakespeare, the book of poems they type is the saddest in history. But before the...

The SpokenWordParis open poetry mic at Au Chat Noir last Monday was really excellent. I'm always an outsider at these things but I rea...

First there was Roy the Redeemer , then this .  It's your week, Roy . SubTropolis, Kansas City I didn't know your hometown ha...

Atlantic City, circa 1900. Swimsuits were either flannel, serge or Alpaca, went from head to toe, included vest and collar plus skirts for t...

We went to Fort Lauderdale last week to visit M. Lee's cousins and explore the area a bit. His cousins are nice fellows and basically ...

Professor William Strunk Jr. Some time ago I got tired of living under the tyranny of Strunk & White's Elements of Style and s...

In the course of dying from a rare affliction which will first rob him of language, art critic and artist Tom Lubbock recently published...

Here are a few photos from the Spoken Views event in Reno the other night. I read just fine. I know how to deliver a line. I don't s...

Awhile ago I did a post slagging Trader Joe's for wimping out and turning their Joe's Os breakfast cereal into a mealy nothing, like...

M. Lee left this afternoon for China. It's been a helluva week. Murphy's Law was in full force. When he left he still wasn't ...

Treat yourself to this stunning peek at the ruins of Motor City by Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre.

Chief Tonganoxie When Kockatowha died as Chief of the Turkey Band in 1861, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs refused to recognize Tonganoxi...

I've been rummaging around over at the wayback machine this morning. Great place. Anyway, they cached this page from my website years...

Looking for a little inspiration? Wisdom? Want to be amazed, fascinated, inspired, dazzled by beauty or looking for a laugh? Check out th...

M. Lee and I had our first foot massages today (Kathy's treat) and are we hooked! Being our resident expert researcher, M. Lee picked ...