Michigan interior
The most painful thing, for me, is an empty room. It only happens occasionally: a room stays unoccupied for one or two days, never more. …
Other Artifacts
on death again
“…and what will bethe last sound the one dying hears, the last color seen,the first movement of the one left behind, the first words, the …
under the lights of the Hermitage garden
“…I put on the June leaves of the boulevardsI stepped out of my thoughts of death…” — Nazim Hikmet | “I stepped out of my …
bread letters
“…whoamong us can imagine ourselvesunimagined? who among us can speak with so fragiletongue and remain proud?” — Lucille Clifton | “here yet be dragons” | …
But most of the cities’ population were not elite
“…Here, too, Deputy Soviet Premier Anastas Mikoyan took a break from the Cold War by stopping to break bread with an ordinary Uptown family, while …
seated figure, in red shoes
“…We are foreign seeming persons. Hats flopped so the suncan’t scald our beards; odd shoes, bags of books & chicken.We have come a long way, …
pink interior
“When I hear that palliative care is the unit where people go before they die, instead of getting huffy, instead of explaining more or less …
Illinois, exterior
“It’s too nice a day to read a novel set in England.” — David Berman | “The Charm of 5:30” | Actual Air | p. …
gutter cock
“…You who write poems are useless. No man should be allowed to wallowin his own darkness, for it is the mark of the traitor.” — …
Buffett, interior
“…Why, you could amount to something. You could be sitting on the Western Slope Water Board right now if you’d only go over and ask …
Johnny Ferret
“…an animal of only instinct, Johnny Ferret, has in his actions drama, but no theater; theater requires that you draw a circle around the action …
No mas huevos
“…And now, each night I count the stars,And each night I get the same number,And when they will not come to be counted,I count the …
Oh, so pleasant
“…my mother used to say to me, ‘In this world, Elwood’—she always called me Elwood—she’d say, ‘…in this world, Elwood, you must be oh, so smart or …
self-portrait in a courtesy sign
“…What book will you be reading when you die?If it’s a good one, you won’t finish it.If it’s a bad one, what a shame.” — …
Outcomes of the Civil War
“…To this extent, the outcome of the Civil War was a validation, as Lincoln hoped it would be. Except for one thing, which is that …