Community. Somewhere there are people to whom we can speak with passion without having the words catch in our throats. Somewhere a circle of hands will open to receive us, eyes will light up as we enter, voices will celebrate…
Too Cheap to Smoke
curiousmay9 and I were recently discussing how much certain habits, like smoking or heavy drinking, cost. Both of us have family histories of families that won’t pay for things like college for their kids, but one of the parents is…
Retouching Photographs
Ganked from theferrett: Retouched photos and the originals curiousmay9’s sister is a model, and even she has trouble picking the sister out of all the other lookalikes in a magazine. A lot of that is due to the retouching that’s…
Poetry: The First Green of Spring
The First Green of Spring –David Budbill From Moment to Moment: Poems of a Mountain Recluse Out walking in the swamp picking cowslip, marsh marigold, this sweet first green of spring. Now sautéed in a pan melting to a deeper…