Revolving door, mobius rotating:
Which is the more apropos?
When dropping out running for president,
Two more years of laying low:

You never would work as a lobbyist;
Pointless so don't even try.
The moguls called; paying how much you say?
Constitution, say goodbye.

Due process, hell, let 'em… Read full post »

Dr. King once delivered a sermon called "The Drum Major Instinct" which is ripe with parallels to our day.

The politics of destruction, the chutzpah (however you choose to pronounce it) of reality-show presidential candidates, the culture war, imperialism, flattery carrots and fear sticks, the big l… Read full post »

 

If the eyes are the "window to the soul," then this is "the view from my window" for which our editor has put out the open call.  

 

I've heard that everything is upside down.

Touch football in Fargo while the best ski conditions in the west… Read full post »

 

Best use of the imagination which prevents shooting out the TV ... crane falls on "Free Credit Report" band.

Best exposition of a parallel universe voting block ... Joshua Holland, describing your neighbors, whether you know them or not.

Best cattiness ... Tina Brown's choice for cover shot of… Read full post »

 

Welcome to Oso Remote Studios

 

Martha Youdin - Designs in Glass

This is a three-part piece: 2 circular dishes and a sphere (marble). The designs you see are varied inclusions. 

You sandwich odds and bods between two layers of glass, mindful of both additive… Read full post »

 

BEFORE MOVING ON TO KANSAS

 

You may have heard our interstates were closed, they got 14" snow in town, travellers were stranded east and north of Albuquerque and it was one big mess.

The snow quit here overnight. My groggy self put up the coffee, opened a… Read full post »

THE PUDDY HOODY

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"Oh man come on" as Howlin' Wolf once said
You can't be even close to being real
"Compared to what?" will not put this to bed
Nor will your precious standing in the field
As Bachmann spoke of vaccinations' harm
Cain's voltage turned toward neighbors to the south
Newt's Freddie Mac funds, pocketed, still wa
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What twirls in my head is this Matisse called "Open Window Collioure."In… Read full post »

It happens. You pass by a coming-attractions box on U Street and are drawn to the serendipity of countless past posters, respecting their adhesives.

Constellations have been named with less than this. Dig around in there and you'll find faces and incomplete hyperbole among all the torn edge… Read full post »

 

Google had made my life unbearable, but thank goodness there was a workaround.

 

The world is full of enough Catch-22's to make the nomenclature feel both appropriate and ancient.

Like when the post office demands you give them a physical address for your PO Box. You comply, but… Read full post »

 

I spent almost a week in one of the busiest places in the country. If you're so inclined, you may go back to my "welcome page" and enjoy the six part series.

I promise you the intent was making photographs, not forced slideshow.

You salonistas were with me… Read full post »

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The story so far: we arrived a… Read full post »

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In our neck of the woods, the Chacoan archite… Read full post »

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If you have ever been to… Read full post »

They absorb a grand lie, then pass it on.

Their marriage of convenience to old money stems from the need for empiricism in the myth of the American Dream. They get their shot and then comes the proverbial devil's bargain.

They must learn to lord their riches over the… Read full post »