Well, that might be putting things a bit strongly. But there are now three country songs that I love: James McMurty’s “No More Buffalo,” Lady Antebellum’s “Need You Now,” and now the song below.
It’s Little Big Town’s “Girl Crush,” and it’s damned good. I was out around New London one night when it came on the radio and it immediately grabbed my attention. Karen Fairchild’s vocals are perfect.
If you’re looking for a way to spend a lazy Sunday evening, then stop over at The Bees Are Dead for the best in dystopian poetry, prose, art and photography.
There’s some haunting poetry by Jonathan May and Jon Bennett, as well as some stark, vivid photography of abandoned buildings by Kathryn Nee.
Credit: By ADBGVA (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)%5D, via Wikimedia Commons
The first dog you see here actually does have eyes that are different colors. You can find more of Steve’s work right here: http://www.virtualsilkscreens.com/.
This is my favorite poem of all time — read by my favorite poet of all time.
Once again, this is an excerpt from Auden’s “The Sea and the Mirror: A Commentary on Shakespeare’s The Tempest,” first published in 1944.
Oil on canvas.
The town depicted is Orleans, Massachusetts, but it looks a lot like Salem, Virginia.
Perigree.
Oil on canvas.
February 2018.
20th Century Fox. Composer Ed Harcourt.
Eric Robert Nolan, Author 