November 2011
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While searching a guidebook to the trees of north American this morning, I discovered that there is a tree called the Caucasian Wingnut.
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The area directly north of where I live, and north of Mobile Bay, is a huge river delta that goes on for many miles inland. It's said to be a beautiful and important piece of semi-aquatic wilderness, though I've never seen much of it. A few years ago the state of Alabama opened a facility…
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Weekend Music I was reminded of this by mention in another thread of an album by The Waterboys of Yeats poems set to music. This is the title song of an album by Laïs which features several Yeats poems, including two settings of "Leda and the Swan," one in English and one in what I take…
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When I was about ten years old, I used to design cities. It was very easy, and I was surprised that everyone before me had made such a hash of it. I could conclude only that the world had hitherto been populated by fools. That's the opening of "Brutal Blueprints," an interesting piece by Theodore…
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This long profile is very well done and illuminating. When I was looking for information the other night I saw a lot of commentaries on the spiritual dimension of Welch's work. I didn't have time to stop and read most of them, but the title of this one, "Blessed With a Dark Turn of Mind,"…
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So the $10 million Kardashian wedding is followed a couple of months later by a divorce. I hope this doesn't mean we are going to have to mourn America's lost innocence yet again. I read a fair amount of journalism, popping in at Google News several times throughout the day to see if there is…
Light On Dark Water 