Berniegourley

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• Early Spring Haiku

  

  stalwart Beech tree still gathering sunlight on last year’s leaf dandelion arrives to party first eager flower a bud breaks open its tiny leaf waves hello... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Drones Over Des Moines: Or, UAV’s in the Heartland

  

  Source: Wikipedia; User: Dammit National Geographic has an interesting and well-timed article in this month’s issue called The Drones Come Home. Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Wat Phrathat, Doi Suthep

  

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  Posted on 21 March 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Salkantay: Or, Sea-level Gringo

  

  The pass begins Boulders lay strewn like the dice of God, moss-covered, on a close-cropped blanket of green. The Pass educated me, I’d never known I could see... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Red Diamorpha

  

  Taken March 16, 2013 near Arabia Mountain Tags: Diamorpha, nature, outdoors, photographs, photos, pictures, Red Diamorpha, travelBy B Gourley in... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: They Spiked My Punch

  

  They spiked my punch. I had no lunch. I got so drunk, so very drunk. Drunker than I thunk that a man could ever be, and I don’t know if I can trust what my... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Stone Wall Breach in Black and White

  

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  Posted on 19 March 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• TODAY’S RANT: Crossing False Alarm

  

  Source: roadtrafficsigns.com If you’re like me, when you see the above sign, you say to yourself, “That is all well and good, but what if I get a... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2013 RANTS N' RAVES, SELF EXPRESSION, SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Monastery at Valladolid, Mexico

  

  Courtyard of the Monastery of Saint Bernardino of Siena Tags: pictures, travel, photos, tourism, photographs, Monastery, Saint Bernardino of... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: In an Ancient Village

  Seven years down the road with dirty feet and no abode I’d wander to and fro along the narrow streets of an ancient village And when the monster came for me I... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Do They Really Sleep?

  Are these sleepy little villages and hamlets really tucked into bed by eleven? When my train rolls by and there is nothing on display to my bleary eye except... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Mossy Green Spring

  

  Taken March 16, 2013 at Arabia Mountain, GA Tags: arabia mountain, green, nature, outdoors, photographs, photos, pictures, Spring, St. Paddy's Day,... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• A St. Paddy’s Day Note

  

  My website will be sporting green through St. Patrick’s Day. That is all. The Irish have invaded every country in the world, this one being Thailand. Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Perception of Self

  That cat thinks she’s quite a mouser but, truth be told, she’s just a houser. At stalking and lurking she’s a master. But catching? Well… they get past her. Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: The Street Sleeps

  Litter skitters down the street, stopping beseechingly at my feet. No one likes the morning chill. So this raucous street is now still. Still but for the will t... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: This Indescribable Feeling

  I lack the words to dignify this feeling. Imagine a coarse hemp rope knotted around one’s heart It’s cinched tighter and tighter, tugged at both ends The rope... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Daylight Bat-signal in Tallinn, Estonia

  

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  Posted on 16 March 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Deceit Days

  What an apple! –spoiled and rotten The weave of lies is soon forgotten. Cast and reel, no hook is set. Which lie is true? He soon forgets. He says, Just let me... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Overcast Day

  Clouds tugged themselves over the city like a thick quilt adding to the gritty gray inner-city nightmare. I rode through this monochrome madness without seeing ... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• MASTER WORKS: Apology by Plato

  

  Apology by Plato My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon page Apology is Plato’s account of the trial of Socrates. This brief work presents Socrates’ defense of himself... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL