This was the towel creature from day one of the cruise. I don't know which animal it is supposed to be but it looks like the full interior and exterior anatomy of the human clitoris to me.

I shall not bend the knee to a souless false king.

6 world classics from 2024 reads

Independent People by Haldór Laxness

Jootha Sach (This is Not That Dawn) by Yashpal

Collected Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges

The Water Margin by Shi Nai’an

Shahnameh (The Persian Book of Kings) by Abolqasem Ferdowsi

Noli Me Tángere (Touch Me Not) by José Rizal

Happy Holidays to everyone!

"[...] This is the force of faith. Nobody gets
what they want. Never again are you the same. The longing
is to be pure. What you get is to be changed. [...]”

- Jorie Graham

A few years ago, I translated a poem by Chinese modernist poet Fei Ming called "the nineteenth night of december." You can read it on my website🕯️

"in the late night, the lantern
is like the songs of lofty mountains and flowing waters,
a sea beyond the physical self."

yilinwang.com/translation-...

What is going have pass for “cold” this December in the Houston area is coming at the end of the week. So chicken chili will be on the menu.

Currently reading:
Jhutha Sach (This Is Not That Dawn by Yashpal. It is a translation of the great Hindi novel about the partition. So far I finding it to be well written and engaging. Not a surprise since is rates 4.49 on Goodreads.

A bit more of who I am.

I am an avid(obsessive) reader with vision issues. So my reading is:
1) Audiobooks with higher reading speeds (varies by book and narrator…some writings needs to be savored)
2) Kindle books with iPad voiceover (moderately fast speed)
3) Kindle books with large fonts.

Last pepper harvest of the year plus more that we had frozen resulted in a lot of hot sauce