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• BOOK REVIEW: Surfacing by Margaret Atwood

  Amazon page A young woman takes a double-date to her childhood home in rural Canada after her father goes missing. [OK, "double-date" sounds a bit trivial for... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Momentarily Untethered

  

  For a moment - a still moment - belief flat-lined. I don't mean belief in gods, myths, or monsters - that abandoned me long ago. [Or I abandoned it? Either... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Gray Day Haiku

  

  palm trees waving under gray, stormy skies delusion rocked foggy city bridge top corner juts from river's cloud monochrome town fog drained your varied hues,... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Softening a Blow with Poetry

  Nothing, these days, sounds mean or terse, if you put it in metered verse. Rhymes make a "screw you" whimsical, not hostile or inimical. So if you'd like to rid... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Same Dream in a Different Key

  I have a recurring dream. It never plays out the same, never looks the same, the setting differs, and, besides me, the cast differs. But it feels the same, an... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Panchatantra [trans. / Ed. by Arthur W. Ryder]

  Amazon page "Panchatantra" is "Aesop's Fables" meets Machiavelli's "The Prince," but with an Indian flavor. [I realize that the Panchatantra is much older than... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: The Science of The Big Bang Theory by Mark Brake

  The Science of The Big Bang Theory: What America's Favorite Sitcom Can Teach You about Physics, Flags, and the Idiosyncrasies of Scientists by Mark Brake My... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Book of Words by Abay Kunanbayev

  Amazon page Book of Words is a collection of 45 short essays by Abay Kunanbayev (1845 - 1904), one of Kazakhstan's preeminent men of letters. Abay is known... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• My Year of Discovering How Weird the Mind Gets, Pt. VIII [Sleep Deprived]

  

  This month, I skipped two consecutive nights sleep to explore the effect of sleep deprivation on consciousness. Forty-eight hours without sleep may not sound... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• 5 Traits Confused for Introversion

  There are a number of personality traits or temporary states of mind that may be wrongly attributed to introverts. One reason for this is that introverts... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Kyrgyz South Shore

  

  standing on a green mountaintop with snowcaps to my back ahead, angular arid lands crinkled, as marked by wrack beyond, a lake still and turquoise waters... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Kulager by Ilias Jansugurov [Trans. Belinda Cooke]

  

  Kulager by Ilias Jansugurov My rating: 5 of 5 stars This narrative poem was written by Ilias Jansugurov about the life of another poet, a man named Akan who... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Plant-Based Sports Nutrition by D. Enette Larson-Meyer & Matt...

  Plant-Based Sports Nutrition: Expert Fueling Strategies for Training, Recovery, and Performance by D Enette Larson-Meyer My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon page Thi... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Thirteen Steps Towards the Fare of Erika Klaus by Kazat Akmatov

  Thirteen steps towards the fate of Erika Klaus by Kazat Akmatov My rating: 4 of 5 stars Amazon page This book is set in Kyrgyzstan shortly after the breakup of... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• 5 Historical Figures You May Not Realize Were Super-Freaky

  

  5.) Jean-Jacques Rousseau: This French philosopher is probably best known for his ideas about social contract in governance. At least that's what I knew him... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Room

  There's a room in your house; what it's for you do not know. It seems to collect odds and ends - the varied detritus of a life lived. You'd never invite... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: God Heap

  they scream to gods on hidden hills who watch and watch and drink their fill but heavenwise direct their will to higher gods than thou can know their hope... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Dark Passage

  rolling in darkness, the hull rolling against bone, insides rolling toward the outside constant motion without visual reference spurring other sensory... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Under the Frog by Tibor Fischer

  Amazon page This book's strange title derives from an old Hungarian saying of "under a frog's arse [and down a coal mine.]" That's the position the... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: The Art of Reading Minds by Henrik Fexeus

  The Art of Reading Minds: How to Understand and Influence Others Without Them Noticing by Henrik Fexeus My rating: 4 of 5 stars Amazon page Release date: Octobe... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2019 SOCIETY, TRAVEL