Words and pictures

6 May 2011

“A hierarchy of “acceptable” creators had emerged. Reading Batman was still declassé, but Art Spiegelman’s holocaust memoir Maus was required reading. There’s no better sign of a new form’s acceptance into the rarified atmosphere of Art than the emergence of taste-makers to divide work into the divergent ghettos of literature and entertainment.”

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Calliope’s Wake

15 April 2011

A poetic consideration of the abandonment of poetry.

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Waiting Room

11 April 2011

“That isn’t an option. This is very serious. Without treatment you will die.”

I was perfectly calm. I may have even smiled. “I am uninsured and unemployed. I will not saddle myself with debt. I do not accept this treatment.”

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Bricks and mortar

31 March 2011

Some thoughts on the future of Hidden City, as sparked by a Twitter discussion.

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Ordinary beauty

14 March 2011

Look at the beautiful flowers.

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Sub-tropical life

6 March 2011

An overview of the Subtropical Cities 2011 conference in Fort Lauderdale, March 8-11, 2011, and my (possibly ill-advised) plans to attend.

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Love, or something like it

14 February 2011

“Ah, Saint Valentine’s Day! Do you suppose that Hallmark sends a card to the Basilica of Santa Maria in Cosmedin, where the skull of this venerable Catholic matryr rests in a golden television set? Well, one of the several Saints Valentine, anyway, as it seems it was a common name when years only had three digits.”

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Something old for something new

2 January 2011

Watching the first sunrise of 2011.

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Same sand, different dawn

29 December 2010

An invitation to a sunrise.

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Holiday Spirit

24 December 2010

In which your host does a little seasonal detective work, and has an interesting conversation with a man in a bar.

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