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• DAILY PHOTO: Company House, Msheireb Museums

  

  The Msheireb Museums consist of four heritage houses that each have a different theme. The Company House (a.k.a. House 2) shows visitors what life was life for... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Budapesti Alexandriai Szent Katalin Templom

  This entry was posted in Hungary, photographs, Photos, pictures, Tourism, travel and tagged Budapest, Budapesti Alexandriai Szent Katalin templom, church,... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Wisdom of the Leaf

  

  The mind is architect of a slum town of grief. Silent words, yet ceaseless calling. I envy the simple way of a falling leaf. No grasping, nor fear of falling. I... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Shaken Vows

  

  A cold wind blew through the vestibule, tussling the tongues of flame on the candles powering parishioners' prayers. Would one ill-timed entrant extinguish all... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: The Art of the Novel by Milan Kundera

  Amazon page This is a collection of essays by the renowned Czech novelist about the literary novel, and particularly the European literary novel. That said,... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: The Science of Storytelling by Will Storr

  The Science of Storytelling by Will Storr My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon page Many books have been published on the science of story since the realization that... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: The Documentary Filmmaking Master Class by Betsy Chasse

  The Documentary Filmmaking Master Class: Tell Your Story from Concept to Distribution by Betsy Chasse My rating: 4 of 5 stars Amazon page This book focuses... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Permanent Weeper

  

  In the graveyard kneel so many mourning, wailing widows and widowers - weak-kneed and hanging off tombstones. Carved of marble or cast of bronze, and meant to... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Escape from a Perfect World by Sándor Szélesi

  Menekülés egy tökéletes világból by Sándor Szélesi My rating: 4 of 5 stars Available here. This short sci-fi novel revolves around the mystery of a ma... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Sound Medicine by Kulreet Chaudhary

  Sound Medicine: How to Harness the Power of Sound to Heal the Mind and Body by Kulreet Chaudhary My rating: 4 of 5 stars Amazon page The Longfellow poem "There... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• My Year of Discovering How Weird the Mind Gets, Part XII [Narrative...

  

  This is the belated final posted of my 2019 project on altered states of consciousness. I was traveling during the latter half of December and, hence, my... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare

  Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon page This play combines a piece of the story of "The Iliad" with a love story that... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: The Valiant (#1-4) by Jeff Lemire, Et. Al.

  Amazon page This book gathers four comic books into a full story arc. It tells a simple story of good versus evil involving a team of superheroes versus an... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Dare Eat That by Divya Anand

  Dare Eat That: A Guide to Bizarre Foods from Around the World by Divya Anand My rating: 4 of 5 stars Amazon page This book takes one on a journey, sampling... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Dancing Through the Graveyard

  

  What's the age at which dancing on a grave switches from an adorable bubbling over of life to a deplorable act of petty vindictiveness? I saw a boy - clearly... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Danube

  

  High enough to glimpse the tail of the serpentine river that snakes through town. I thought about the marriage of possibilities created by that ceaseless flow.... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Green Winter Haiku

  

  a crow caws standing on a stout post black eye watching a child wonders, beyond this rainy valley, is it white? nothing scurries but mushrooms sprout wet... Read more

  Posted on 25 December 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Unbridled Exuberance

  

  At the sight of I know not what, something - or, maybe, someone -pointed out by his grinning granny, I saw a boy run in place, overcome by enthusiasm from the... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Geometry of Gunfire

  geometry of gunfire ricochet went that way the spray of spall tells all some silent medium will gauge the victim's run with visions of a smoking gun ... and... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Cold Haiku

  

  bitter winds slice down from the north so bone cold damp air sinks hangs as a cloak of cold a straitjacket starry skies viewed through tent flap crescent... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL