15 Monday Jun 2020
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the train station & the bus station, in the city, westside & downtown, are within sight of each other, as is the main post office facility. dominant is the train station, regal with its towers & its classical american interiors. Continue reading
15 Friday May 2020
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burgeoning foliage lines the street, outside our factual hotel, in a city of colonial radiance; this is sucre bolivia; and the street, or this street, leads to the bodega where we will have our café y postres de desayuno this soggy morning .. Continue reading
15 Wednesday Apr 2020
15 Sunday Mar 2020
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It was a casual remark, during a recent phone conversation, with a friend from Oklahoma, which suddenly appeared in my mind sometime later.
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15 Saturday Feb 2020
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While the name Cunningham, Merce Cunningham (1918–1992), might sound familiar – as an American contemporary dancer and choreographer – we may wonder why.
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15 Wednesday Jan 2020
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With the 2020 national elections approaching, in the United States, naturally questions about the Electoral College are bound to surface. As we recall, the presidency was won by a candidate who garnered only 46% of the popular vote in 2016. However, our current president did receive a clear majority of the electoral vote count.
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15 Sunday Dec 2019
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Santa Fe (NM)
Near sunset .. six scenes, or seven, in search of a movie.
A state library
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15 Friday Nov 2019
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I sent an e-mail to a friend in Indiana.
“ .. had an exquisite time at the cinema this afternoon.” Continue reading
15 Tuesday Oct 2019
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the inky calligraphic lettering of winter bare trees bare, in silhouette, observed while in automotive motion, in the unfolding hills, and as boosted by or backlit by a certain stream, a tilt, a mesmerizing slant, of brittle sunlight .. Continue reading
15 Sunday Sep 2019
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in oregon, a northwest state known for forests, there are countless tree farms .. we do drive to one, it is a distance .. in the environment of the freshly scrubbed air here, the exchanges within the atmosphere could be favorable .. the tree farm, wooded land, is an area of managed growth .. we do walk thru one, for some distance .. we are the native color of the woods .. rules of responsible forest management are applicable here .. we are the rough-edged visage of the timbers .. fast growing birch & pine, at times, are to be preferred .. in the environment of the newly cleansed air here, the exchanges between us might be meaningful .. Continue reading
