Category: Blog

I hate snow. Sigh… Today I woke up to see the neighborhood blanketed in white. Again. And no visit from either of the local Snow Removal Fairies, of which I have spotted two: one is a dude with a small plow on the front of his ATV who will...

What A Plant Knows: A Field Guide to the Senses by Daniel Chamovitz Nationalism in Ireland by George Boyce The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Steven Covey The Teacup & the Skullcup: Chogyam Trungpa on Zen and Tantra by Chogyam Trungpa 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote...

I was gonna title this as “Marilyn Manson band autographs” but that would lead one to think I got Manson’s signature as well as a couple of his backing musicians. Here’s the story: Manson had been on the Phil Donahue show but this was before Antichrist Superstar came out,...

glaring snow stymies birds and squirrels the forbidden color —in Cali, anyway— blinding leading the blind revealed paths secret journeys concealing where beauty lies dormant waiting its own turn to pounce...

New year, same old shit. Mostly. I’m just glad I wasn’t greeted with any new snow this morning. What is new is that I decided to relaunch my old college radio show, The Vampire’s Ball, as a Mixcloud podcast. I’ll post it on Saturday evenings and this week’s episode...

I think I said I’d do a year in review type post. I’ll skip some stuff that’s been going on (eg, personal and family stuff), and won’t do a full blow-by-blow since I’ve had the weekly blog posts on Saturdays to cover more detail, but here’s some of the...

I’ve been going down internet/YouTube rabbit holes about riparian restoration, especially in deserts but other places too. Here’s an interesting little piece on the reintroduction of beavers and how that benefits local ecosystems both in terms of biodiversity and flood mitigation. It’s a bit surface-level, but still:...

Ogam: Weaving Word Wisdom by Erynn Rowan Laurie Konx om Pax by Aleister Crowley In Defense of the Princess: How Plastic Tiaras and Fairytale Dreams Can Inspire Smart, Strong Women by Jerramy Fine What A Plant Knows: A Field Guide to the Senses by Daniel Chamovitz The Philosopher and...

And the last of this year’s Lemax posts is this one: “Jolly Toys”: Nice little animated piece here. I picked it up last year. Here’s a video from Lemax showing the animations:...

distant echoes, voices of ancestors? or new-found whims call me to ancient paths obscured by the cobwebs centuries scrolls and tablets as yet unread Ogham, runes, or cuneiform? Nay, take all and lead me through today’s fog clearing tomorrow’s forgotten future of olden ways...