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Cover to “Creepy” #23, Tom Sutton, 1968

Warren Publishing.

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Cover to The New York Times, May 24, 2020

Because The New York Times listed only 1,000 names on its front page yesterday, it represented only about 1 percent of the American lives lost to the virus.

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The Piker Press features “Ode”

I’m so happy today to see that The Piker Press has featured my very short love poem, “Ode,” in its May 25 issue.  You can find it right here.

As always, thanks to Editor Sand Pilarski for including me in The Piker Press community!

 

 

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Postage stamp commemorating the Battle of Iwo Jima, United States Postal Service, 1945

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Remember the fallen.

Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.  Photo by Carol M. Highsmith.

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“Mrrf- Rrff- RRFF- Grrble.”

Today begins my efforts to establish a National Talk-Like-Bane Day.

(We already have Talk-Like-a-Pirate Day; why not this?) And it will persuade people to wear their masks.

 

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Filtered Salem.

So I’m getting better at editing photos — I’d like to think that these old shots of Salem, VA turned out pretty neat.

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“Spring in the Woods,” Isaac Ilyich Levitan, 1882

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Just some more fun with filters — trees in Salem, VA.

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