“Frage an die Sterne,” Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach, 1901

“Asking the Stars.”  The artist completed several versions of this painting.

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Alley off Campbell Avenue SW, Roanoke, VA

Looking toward Salem Avenue SW and Norfolk Avenue SW.  October 2021.

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“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.

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Lestat dinner.

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Some videos of me training.

No pain, no trains.  Or something.  [bites cheeseburger Ericly]

Gainsboro Road Overpass.  Roanoke, VA.

Cover to “Kingdom Come, The 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition,” Alex Ross, 2016

DC Comics.

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“One does not inhabit a country; one inhabits a language.”

“One does not inhabit a country; one inhabits a language.  That is our country, our fatherland – and no other.”

— Emil Cioran, Anathemas and Admirations, 1987




Haven’t you heard? The bird is the word.

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‘Tis the (Halloween) Season!

A friend of mine decorated her house for Halloween, and I thought this one shelf looked so cool that it would be an awesome picture with which to start October.  She let me share it here.  (This is the same person who who made me my super-cool Halloween decorations a while back.)

I told her that those bird people reminded me of the Taheen, a unsettling race of beings in Stephen King’s The Dark Tower multiverse.  She couldn’t really appreciate the reference, as she is not a King fan the way I am.  And, if you think about it, the Taheen are kinda hard to explain to the uninitiated.



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“Witches’ Sabbath,” Hans Baldung Grien, 1510

Woodcut.

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