A “Naiad,” John William Waterhouse, 1894

Oil on canvas.  Its alternate title is “Hylas with a Nymph.”

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“Echo and Narcissus,” John William Waterhouse, 1903

Oil on canvas.

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An excerpt from W. H. Auden’s “Hunting Season”

Down in the startled valley

Two lovers break apart:

He hears the roaring oven

Of a witch’s heart;

Behind his murmur of her name

She sees a marksman taking aim.

 

(1952)

 

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“Sleep and His Half-Brother, Death,” John William Waterhouse, 1874

Oil on canvas.

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Just a reminder …

R.J. Davey’s “Panthalassa” is only 99 cents over at Amazon.  It’s a wonderful small collection of poetry that I cheerfully recommend.

You can find it here:  “Panthalassa” at Amazon.com.

 

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One snail, one jackrabbit, three deer and three baby groundhogs.

That sounds like a hand for a children’s card game.

I encountered all of these during just a six-minute walk outside my friend’s house yesterday.  The jackrabbit, the deer and one of the baby groundhogs were all too fast for me to get a shot of.

The baby groundhogs were adorable – they’re just nervous little balls of brown fur.  The trick is sneaking up behind them.  (Watch your six, groundhogs.)

 

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Cover to “Adventure,” October, 1911

“The Woman with the Wolves, A Novelette of Mystery.”  The illustrator’s surname is “Bracker(?)”  His or her first name is illegible.

 

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So I’m starting a new trend — the Spicer Selfie Challenge.

Let’s take this viral.

Just take a selfie hiding in the bushes.

And try to look reeeeeeeeaally pissed — as though your boss had the mind of a five-year-old, and it was your job to present his “positions” to the world on television.

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Nurse Your Favorite Heresies in Whispers