How do you know when you love a book? I know when I resist finishing it. It’s a habit I picked up for Lord of the Rings. Today, I did finish reading the Bird Business, by Rohan Chakravarty: the illustrated peek into the daily… Continue Reading “Happy Anniversary: Bird BUsiness”
Category: Books, Entertainment, Environment, Evolution, I think.., Philosophy, Science, tropical birds, World CultureTags: Art book, Bird behavior, Bird Business, bird courtship, bird dance, birding, BNHS, Book on Indian Birds, Book review, bushchat, cartoonist, courtship, dancing, Ecology, flamingoes, flashmob, florican, greater racquet-tailed drongo, Green Humour, Green humour cartoonist, Illustrated book, indian roller, Jacana, Mating, murmuration, sarus cranes, shimmy, shimmying, starlings, Wildlife art, wildlife illustrations
On my trip to Whitehorse, Yukon territory, I found my likely spirit animal: the raven.. Actually ravens are hard to miss there, no wonder the first nations have them in many tales, they are symbolic of creativity and tricks. Bald eagles are symbolic of… Continue Reading “Raven and the sun”
Category: Books, Entertainment, I think.., Philosophy, Phlog, Photography, Poetry, Travelogue, tropical birds, World CultureTags: Bald eagle, canada, canadian, Chrestomanci, creator, Diana Wynne Jone, Diana Wynne Jones, First nation stories, friendship, inspiration, mythology, peace, poem, poet, Poetry, Raven, spirit animal, trickster, Whitehorse, Yukon territory
While I didn’t participate in the #MeToo movement on social media, for personal reasons, I am privileged to live in the time where it happened. I lament about all things going wrong in our time, but one must witness some things that will be… Continue Reading “Confidence and self esteem: learn’ings’ from TV”
Category: Books, Cinema, Entertainment, I think.., Philosophy, Politics, UncategorizedTags: #MeToo, Activism, British TV shows, Corfu, female lawyer, feminism, feminist movements, Habeas corpus, Indian TV, Indian women, inspiration, Keeley Hawes, love, Martha Costello, Maxine Peake, Melania Trump, midlife crisis, old love, QC, romance, Silk, The Durrells in Corfu, TV shows, universal suffrage, Women's issues
Posted on September 16, 2017
by neuroticphilosopher
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Did you know.. There are parts of me that love you There were parts that fell in love There are parts of me forgotten And parts that float above. There are parts of me for others Those parts for smores and mothers. For every… Continue Reading “Did you know- a poem”
Posted on September 9, 2015
by neuroticphilosopher
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A little dark, but not without wonder.. add on some sussuration. When the hoodoos ululate, I cannot hear cacophony in cachhination. As for the faeries… they left. In my castle, there are lucents taken from all else, so it shines after the grey. These fragile things, took eons to… Continue Reading “A little voodoo on the hoodoos and some gossamer on grottos”
Category: Books, Photography, PoetryTags: Anansi, Art, author, Bryce Canyon, colors, creative writing, Dark, Digital art, Dread, Faerie, Fantasy, Fragile things, GIMP, Goblins, Half-light, hoodoos, Landscape photography, light, Magic, nature, Nature photography, Neil Gaiman, Photo-editing, Photography, shadows, spiders, Star wars, Sussuration, Tales, Ululate, Utah, Weekly photo challenge, WPC, writing
