Published under Fair Use Our Land by Langston Hughes We should have a land of sun, Of gorgeous sun, And a land of fragrant water Where the twilight is a soft bandanna handkerchief Of rose and gold, And not this land Where life is cold. We should have a land of trees, Of tall thick trees, Bowed down with chattering... Read more →
Reprinted with gracious permission of the author and the photographer. Poem from poets.org. Photograph 061221 dry by Bruno Chalifour. Church for the Disliked Sy Hoahwah On the turnpike, the smell of a heaven made out of old barn wood from Okmulgee. Handles and rungs cut from a fat farmer’s leather belt. In the eastern counties, coffins raced uphill, moving on... Read more →
Biking Around Morrison, Colorado: A Photo Essay by Everett McEwan Note: Everett McEwan, a snowboard racer at the international level in NorAm, Europe Cup and FIS slalom and giant slalom events, is also a professional photographer, videographer and video producer. Read more →
Observations on the Complexity of Raphael, Who Died April 6 Five Hundred Years Ago by Marc A. Cirigliano Monday April 6 this week in 2020 is the 500th anniversary of Raphael Sanzio’s death. Raphael (1483-1520) was one of the triumvirate of great Italian High Renaissance painters, the other two being Leonardo (1452-1519) and Michelangelo (1475-1564). Contemporary sobriquets were “the marvelous”... Read more →
Inside the Adirondack Blue Line by Lesia Vincent There once was a time early in our marriage when the responsibilities of child-rearing and house stewardship was not even on the horizon. The cloud of trouble lightly touched our family with my ectopic pregnancy and father-in-law’s cancer prognosis hanging in the air. Death would not visit our clan for another few... Read more →
Lake Ontario Sunset from the Irondequoit Shore by Nora Renee Nora Renee Photography Facebook Nora Renee Instagram Read more →
"TRAIL 01" by Bruno Chalifour As Bruno Chalifour explains, "Well, now is the time to share images and to make an effort commenting them for everyone's sake... and for a start: Brickyard Trail AKA Sandra Frankel Park (Brighton NY), March 18, 2020 modified March 22." Bruno's Flickr Page Bruno's Webpage Read more →
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Social Distancing at the Lake, taken today, March 19, a wonderful trilogy of photographs of Canandaigua Lake by Blanche Warner. Yes, there is beauty to be found out there, even in these times of great stress. Read more →
Reprinted with permission from Ugo Bardi and Cassandra's Legacy, whose motto is: Always plan for the worst case hypothesis. Wednesday, March 18, 2020 The doom that came to Florence by Ugo Bardi Where once had risen walls of 300 cubits and towers yet higher, now stretched only the marshy shore, and where once had dwelt fifty millions of men now... Read more →