“June,” Alfons Mucha, 1898

From Les Douze Mois (The 12 Months), published in Cocorico magazine.

Polka-dot beetle!!

Polka-dotus beetlicus.

[Update — it has been brought to my attention that this creature is some iteration of Virginia’s most maligned invasive species, the spotted lantern fly.]



A college buddy took this photo in Baltimore. He said this guy reminded him of me.

Hey, I’ll take it. This dude is living his best life.

Photo by Alfons Mucha

“What are you afraid of losing, when nothing in the world actually belongs to you?”

— Marcus Aurelius



Photo credit: Glyptothek, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Cover to Sierra Eagleson’s “Brush Fire — Live From the Woods” single, 2022

Cover to “Horrific” #3, Don Heck, 1953

Harwell Publications.

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