“The role of the artist is exactly the same as the role of the lover.”

“The role of the artist is exactly the same as the role of the lover. If I love you, I have to make you conscious of the things you don’t see.”


― James Baldwin



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Photo credit: R. L. Oliver, Los Angeles Times, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0&gt;, via Wikimedia Commons

Veterans Day, 2023

Thank you to all who served.

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A sentinel from the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) walks the mat at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Nov. 11, 2022. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Alexander Kubitza)

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Hungarian chess set, circa 1885

Wood and leather.  Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Word of the Day — “Pluviophile”

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Source: Live & Learn

Cover for Slowdive’s self-titled album, 2017

Dead Oceans.

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Photo of memento mori epitaph in Germany, 2022

Nebel, Amrum.

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Photo credit: Mitumial, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0&gt;, via Wikimedia Commons

“Do your worst,” they told me.

My online friends dared me to make memes about them.  I think these are pretty inspired for the speedy turnaround time …

Oh, HOW might I go about monetizing my brilliance?



My college buddy Charlene:

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My friend Joan:

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Awesome horror author Wednesday Lee Friday:

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My college buddy Frank:

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“Apple Picking,” Winslow Homer, 1878

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