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Unreliable narrators … INFJ
Unreliable narrators … INFJ
One afternoon. 5:15-ish.
Fog line appears to rise.
A clear, sharp boundary.
It happened quickly.
Fog line appears to rise.
A clear, sharp boundary.
It happened quickly.
December 19, 2025 at 1:34 PM
One afternoon. 5:15-ish.
Fog line appears to rise.
A clear, sharp boundary.
It happened quickly.
Fog line appears to rise.
A clear, sharp boundary.
It happened quickly.
tiny spider webs
hundreds of them
sparkled with dew
hundreds of them
sparkled with dew
October 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM
tiny spider webs
hundreds of them
sparkled with dew
hundreds of them
sparkled with dew
Magnolia grandiflora.
Seems unlikely,
doesn’t it?
Seems unlikely,
doesn’t it?
October 1, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Magnolia grandiflora.
Seems unlikely,
doesn’t it?
Seems unlikely,
doesn’t it?
it was sunset on thursday.
what looks like a far mountain
is a big horizon-hugger cloud.
then i saw them all directions,
walls of rain clouds falling into
the horizon but blue sky above.
it was like standing in a bowl.
i squinted my eyes at them
but they don’t say nothing.
what looks like a far mountain
is a big horizon-hugger cloud.
then i saw them all directions,
walls of rain clouds falling into
the horizon but blue sky above.
it was like standing in a bowl.
i squinted my eyes at them
but they don’t say nothing.
September 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM
it was sunset on thursday.
what looks like a far mountain
is a big horizon-hugger cloud.
then i saw them all directions,
walls of rain clouds falling into
the horizon but blue sky above.
it was like standing in a bowl.
i squinted my eyes at them
but they don’t say nothing.
what looks like a far mountain
is a big horizon-hugger cloud.
then i saw them all directions,
walls of rain clouds falling into
the horizon but blue sky above.
it was like standing in a bowl.
i squinted my eyes at them
but they don’t say nothing.
This is what happens next.
Just before it gets crazy.
Just before it gets crazy.
September 6, 2025 at 10:08 PM
This is what happens next.
Just before it gets crazy.
Just before it gets crazy.
I’m re-reading this. May not have been old enough the first time.
June 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I’m re-reading this. May not have been old enough the first time.
Lower limbs of a mature magnolia will arc to the ground, making a woody cave around the trunk. Blossoms show off in the leaf litter with velvet petals that aren’t petals, but tepals, a mark of the tree’s long evolutionary history. My inner nerd likes knowing things like that, easily pleased she is …
June 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Lower limbs of a mature magnolia will arc to the ground, making a woody cave around the trunk. Blossoms show off in the leaf litter with velvet petals that aren’t petals, but tepals, a mark of the tree’s long evolutionary history. My inner nerd likes knowing things like that, easily pleased she is …
It’s a mag in spring
Until you see it yourself
You don’t really know
Until you see it yourself
You don’t really know
May 26, 2025 at 1:54 PM
It’s a mag in spring
Until you see it yourself
You don’t really know
Until you see it yourself
You don’t really know
A mag I know is blooming.
May 16, 2025 at 10:16 AM
A mag I know is blooming.
if you begin to capture flitting thoughts
and observations, write them down,
you will find a deep, still pool
of half-heard interior dialogue,
air misty with subvocalization
and observations, write them down,
you will find a deep, still pool
of half-heard interior dialogue,
air misty with subvocalization
May 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM
if you begin to capture flitting thoughts
and observations, write them down,
you will find a deep, still pool
of half-heard interior dialogue,
air misty with subvocalization
and observations, write them down,
you will find a deep, still pool
of half-heard interior dialogue,
air misty with subvocalization
I made this years ago after I hurt my back. Got bored with afternoon TV and didn’t have enough concentration for books. Hobbled around, found my hooks and random yarn. Had a book with alternate granny square patterns. I like it.
May 9, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I made this years ago after I hurt my back. Got bored with afternoon TV and didn’t have enough concentration for books. Hobbled around, found my hooks and random yarn. Had a book with alternate granny square patterns. I like it.
capture the flashes
it stops them from receding
in blurs of sameness
it stops them from receding
in blurs of sameness
March 13, 2025 at 4:08 AM
capture the flashes
it stops them from receding
in blurs of sameness
it stops them from receding
in blurs of sameness
low-probability events
happen to me all the time
interesting head space
happen to me all the time
interesting head space
February 26, 2025 at 1:58 AM
low-probability events
happen to me all the time
interesting head space
happen to me all the time
interesting head space
New dawn finds a place
Could be a mailbox on Mars
Fog like sulfur haze
Could be a mailbox on Mars
Fog like sulfur haze
February 3, 2025 at 3:47 AM
New dawn finds a place
Could be a mailbox on Mars
Fog like sulfur haze
Could be a mailbox on Mars
Fog like sulfur haze
“Heating pads are also wonderful,” said T.C., the big southern tomcat purring his way through a cold snap.
January 23, 2025 at 4:28 AM
“Heating pads are also wonderful,” said T.C., the big southern tomcat purring his way through a cold snap.
it’s starting to snow
little pond icing over
on a cold morning
little pond icing over
on a cold morning
January 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM
it’s starting to snow
little pond icing over
on a cold morning
little pond icing over
on a cold morning
I did not pull over
four miles later and
take another photo.
It was an act of will.
four miles later and
take another photo.
It was an act of will.
January 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I did not pull over
four miles later and
take another photo.
It was an act of will.
four miles later and
take another photo.
It was an act of will.
I can’t fly in dreams
But I can bounce really high
Really, really high
But I can bounce really high
Really, really high
January 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I can’t fly in dreams
But I can bounce really high
Really, really high
But I can bounce really high
Really, really high
On the wings of angels, Jimmy Carter …
“Maranatha Baptist Church will be a little quieter on Sundays, but President Carter will never be far away — buried alongside Rosalynn next to a willow tree down the road, his memory calling all of us to heed our better angels.”
— Barack Obama
“Maranatha Baptist Church will be a little quieter on Sundays, but President Carter will never be far away — buried alongside Rosalynn next to a willow tree down the road, his memory calling all of us to heed our better angels.”
— Barack Obama
December 30, 2024 at 3:48 PM
On the wings of angels, Jimmy Carter …
“Maranatha Baptist Church will be a little quieter on Sundays, but President Carter will never be far away — buried alongside Rosalynn next to a willow tree down the road, his memory calling all of us to heed our better angels.”
— Barack Obama
“Maranatha Baptist Church will be a little quieter on Sundays, but President Carter will never be far away — buried alongside Rosalynn next to a willow tree down the road, his memory calling all of us to heed our better angels.”
— Barack Obama
At just the right time
You can watch leaves fall like snow
As a small wind blows
You can watch leaves fall like snow
As a small wind blows
December 27, 2024 at 4:11 PM
At just the right time
You can watch leaves fall like snow
As a small wind blows
You can watch leaves fall like snow
As a small wind blows
Awake or asleep, I’m drawn to maps, aerials, floor plans. The view from a distance, perhaps.
December 26, 2024 at 5:13 PM
Awake or asleep, I’m drawn to maps, aerials, floor plans. The view from a distance, perhaps.
Cold here, too. Waiting for the early sun to warm things up a bit before I turn off the drips in all the faucets. But .. a lovely, frosty morning.
December 22, 2024 at 1:35 PM
Cold here, too. Waiting for the early sun to warm things up a bit before I turn off the drips in all the faucets. But .. a lovely, frosty morning.
#20Books follow-up: I’m re-reading “the brick.” My copy’s in a box somewhere, so I ordered another on eBay. This one’s a trade paperback, so not as brick-like as the original — but at 800 pages, easier to hold. Been 20 years, probably, since I first read it. Had forgotten its effect …
December 21, 2024 at 1:54 PM
#20Books follow-up: I’m re-reading “the brick.” My copy’s in a box somewhere, so I ordered another on eBay. This one’s a trade paperback, so not as brick-like as the original — but at 800 pages, easier to hold. Been 20 years, probably, since I first read it. Had forgotten its effect …
#20Books: I’ve paused for several days between No. 19 + No. 20. Breaking the no-comment rule. An encyclopedia is a book in 30-ish volumes. Love them. At our house, we had a series of age-appropriate sets. I pored over them. Still read them at random for fun and buy “yearbooks” at garage sales.
December 21, 2024 at 1:28 PM
#20Books: I’ve paused for several days between No. 19 + No. 20. Breaking the no-comment rule. An encyclopedia is a book in 30-ish volumes. Love them. At our house, we had a series of age-appropriate sets. I pored over them. Still read them at random for fun and buy “yearbooks” at garage sales.
