My immensely talented friend Dennis Villelmi once again gives us pause with a deftly crafted poem. Check out “My Last Letter To A Living Ghost” over at Anti-Heroin Chic.
Intersection of Williamson Road and Salem Avenue SE, Roanoke, VA
September 2021.
The second photo that you see is the Taubman Museum of Art. The very last photo shows (from right to left), shows the H&C Coffee Company sign, the Dr. Pepper sign, and the Mill Mountain Star in the distance.







“Defiance,” Ogedengbe “MCCXLV” Oladimeji, 2018
“Of what use is the light when you can’t see what’s on the other side.”

“Man starts over again everyday, in spite of all he knows, against all he knows.”
“Man starts over again everyday, in spite of all he knows, against all he knows.”
— Emil Cioran, A Short History of Decay, 1949

Campbell Avenue SW, near the intersection with 4th Street, Roanoke, VA
Looking north toward Salem Avenue. October 2021.

“Frage an die Sterne,” Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach, 1901
“Asking the Stars.” The artist completed several versions of this painting.

Alley off Campbell Avenue SW, Roanoke, VA
Looking toward Salem Avenue SW and Norfolk Avenue SW. October 2021.

“Wild Duck Pond, Sandringham — Mallards Coming In” Archibald Thorburn, 1911
Illustration from King Edward VII as a Sportsman, by Alfred E. T. Watson. Longmans, Green and Co., London.

Lestat dinner.

Some videos of me training.
No pain, no trains. Or something. [bites cheeseburger Ericly]
Gainsboro Road Overpass. Roanoke, VA.