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The Kindness of Every Split-Second
[Image: display window of "mini-prints" taken with the Fujifilm Instax camera (originally from the Photojojo store). See note at bottom of post for more.] From whiskey river: You know what I believe? I remember in college I was taking this math class, this really great math class taught by this tiny old woman. She was [...]
Seasonal Prospects
[Image found accompanying the "Christmas Snow" (December 25, 2010) post at John Bedell's bensozia blog] From whiskey river: Snow Walking through a field with my little brother Seth I pointed to a place where kids had made angels in the snow. For some reason, I told him that a troop of angels had been shot [...]
“What If You Get a Question Wrong?”
[Image: detail from The Garden of Earthly Delights, by Hieronymus Bosch (click image for a much larger view of the whole triptych)] From whiskey river: You Learn You learn. After a while you learn the subtle difference between holding a hand and chaining a soul, and you learn that love doesn’t mean leaning and company [...]
Surprises in Store
From whiskey river: For My Young Friends Who Are Afraid There is a country to cross you will find in the corner of your eye, in the quick slip of your foot — air far down, a snap that might have caught. And maybe for you, for me, a high, passing voice that finds its [...]
Art Forms
[Above, the trailer for the short film Lost and Found, an adaptation of the children's book of the same name by Oliver Jeffers. For stills from the movie, visit the Cartoon Brew link above, and STUDIO aka.] From whiskey river: Recipe for an Ocean in the Absence of the Sea You have the ingredients on [...]
These Things Must Be Done Delicately
From the originating page: “Osmanthus [JES: a/k/a cinnamon flower] is a unique Asian flower, with a smooth and rich scent of green tea, apricot and suede leather. It is used to scent green tea as well as special confections and Chinese baked goods. The peak of the osmanthus flowers season is… end of September until [...]
