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Author Archives: Brian D. Butler
What happens to a dream deferred
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore- And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over- like a syrupy sweet? Maybe … Continue reading
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A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue Anon [Francis Grose] London Printed for S Hooper 1785 First Edition Francis Grose’s ‘Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue’ was first published in 1785, and is a dictionary of slang words. Grose was … Continue reading
Good Companions
Frank Morgan Good Companions
When Matter Meets Anti-Matter
Poem with No Children In It Claire Wahmanholm Instead, the poem is full of competent trees, sturdy and slow-growing. The trees live on a wide clean lawn full of adults. All night, the adults grow older without somersaulting or spinning. … Continue reading
When In Rome
Whenever I travel to Rome or Athens, I always visit ancient ruins and archeological sites. But it can be a bit of a stretch to try and picture what the buildings original looked like and how they were used. New … Continue reading
Meditate on This
My saving grace during this pandemic has been my long time meditation practice. Along with my personal practice, I have been able to engage in daily online group meditation with like minded folks around the world. Don’t worry, I’m not … Continue reading
Posted in apps, Books, ebooks, USA, Writing
Tagged Dan Harris, Jon Kabat-Zinn, mindfulness, Mindfulness Meditation, Thich Nhat Hanh
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Parked at Home
Here in the United States some of our most popular National Parks are starting to re-open. Yellowstone National Park re-opened last week, so did Grand Teton and Grand Canyon National Parks, along with a dozen or so others. The National … Continue reading
Vienna is like…
I don’t know anything about the short film below titled Vienna is like… except that it was directed by the award winning Argentine filmmaker Fernando Livschitz. But if love Wien half as much as I do, you will adore this very clever, … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Europe, Freedom of Speech, Tourism
Tagged Austria, Film, Vienna, Wien
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Excursions into humor + despair
The Detroit-based publisher Rotland Press advertises itself as “a fine publisher of excursions into humor + despair.” It is also the perfect vehicle for a literary and arts journal to help us cope with the overwhelming nature of the Covid-19 … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Photography, Uncategorized, USA, Writing
Tagged essays, Literary journals, Poetry, small press
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