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My friend Grateful Bear is celebrating the birthday of Pulizer-prize-winning Zen eco-poet Gary Snyder, and I’m joining the birthday party!
Happy Birthday Gary Snyder!
The Modern Poetry site (Dept. of English, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) has an interesting subsite on him that includes the following:
“Conservatism has some very valid meanings,” he says. “Of course, most of [...]

Pink’s new song “Dear Mr. President” features backup vocals from Indigo Girls. We need more and more songs like this.
Dear Mr. President
Come take a walk with me
Let’s pretend we’re just two people and
You’re not better than me
I’d like to ask you some questions if we can speak honestly
What do you feel when you see all [...]

Joseph Nechvatal, my friend and intellectual compadre in viral realms, has his latest exhibition in Ohio. “Contaminations” has been extended to run through June 25th at the Butler Institute of American Art’s Beecher Center. The show includes a selection of computer-robotic assisted paintings starting in the mid-1980’s and concludes with a recent electronic viral installation.
Go [...]

The Roving Ellipsis hosts the Progressive Faith Blog carnival this week. Great job weaving the various strands together!
Are you a progressive faith blogger? Join here.
The Carnival will be hosted next week by Velveteen Rabbi.

It’s a matter of aesthetics. I simply find certain kinds of mouths repulsive. For me, it all has to do with the teeth.
The worst mouth? The one where you have to wonder whether or not there are any teeth at all. The person hardly ever lets you see them. I dislike the bulldog expression - [...]

Place of Peace
My main place of peace was, is, and probably always will be the woods. I am a bit fae/fey.

However, in a tie for second place - mountain vistas, and walking along railroad tracks:

Thought it was about time to lighten up the blog’s appearance. The dark reds were kind of depressing, and I’m really looking forward to spring. This is a little more basic in appearance. I may add more in the way of graphics, but this will do for now. I feel more cheerful already.