Austria Day 6: Salzburg
Day 2 in Salzburg was another gentle day of strolling through town, visiting the castle on top of the hill, and the Red Bull Hangar.
Austria Day 5: Salzburg
Day 1 in Salzburg is actually the day after our return from just across the border from the creepy elevator and the magical lake. This was a restful day of strolling through town, with ease.
Purchase History
Everything we say and do these days is etched forever in some hard drive on some server in a remote area of the connected world we live in. The Internet Never Forgets. So here's my Purchase History, before they can tell you about it. Beating them to it!
Uncommon Pie Reviews
The header says “Uncommon Pie Reviews”. Now, you might be wondering what this is going to be. A collection of reviews? A review of the reviews? A review of that book called “Uncommon Pie”, or more correctly “Uncommon Pie & Other Stories”, subtitled “The SloWord Collection Vol 1.” I decided on this poll, hoping it makes things easier for people.
Should I, or Should I Not?
I’m asking for your help. Do you feel this is something of interest? Is there value in this? Am I wasting time I could spend elsewhere, such as eating okra, hating cats, buying socks, traveling to distant lands, writing my own stuff and staring at the walls of my office? You tell me. Please! Check out the poll and send me your comments!
ISBF25: Untitled by Sonakshi Angras
A poem from Sonakshi Angras, a first time participant in The Irregular SloWord BirthMonth Festival. Sonakshi is not a professional writer, but someone who enjoys capturing fleeting emotions in words.
ISBF25: You, My Lord by Indrani Ganguli
An poem from Indrani Ganguli, a prolific participant in The Irregular SloWord BirthMonth Festival. ****** You have no notion do you? Dear love, dear lord. The light of my life The fruit of my flower
ISBF25: The Good Husband by Balesh Jindal
A true story from Dr Jindal's clinic. ***** Ramesh walked in alone, into my clinic. He had bought an auto rickshaw recently and drove it around Delhi streets from 6 am to 11 pm at night. He barely made enough money to pay the mortgage for the auto, rent for his one room home, just enough rations to keep his family of four children, his wife and himself, alive.
ISBF25: Music in the Afternoon by Peter Philipps
A very personal account from Peter Philipps. Mr Philipps is a previous participant in The Irregular SloWord BirthMonth Festival. ***** That Sunday, for some long-forgotten reason, we took the streetcar to Villa Brandt rather than walk, as we’d always done in the past. That got us there half an hour before the first garden concert of the season was to begin. As my father and I opened the gate and let ourselves in, Dr. and Mrs. Brandt and their three daughters were getting into position around their ornamental water fountain for a formal photograph. Against a backdrop of apple trees beginning to bloom, it made for a captivating tableau. A passerby might have concluded that God was in his heaven and all was right with the world.
ISBF25: A Joint Agreement with My Cat by Darlene Campos
A very personal and touching account from author Darlene Campos. Darlene is a previous participant in The Irregular SloWord BirthMonth Festival. ***** During the height of COVID, Jake, a rabbit I adopted after finishing graduate school, died of a genetic disorder. I knew at the time I adopted him that he did not have long to live, but I still wanted to give him the best life possible. Although he lived a year longer than expected, I was completely heartbroken when he died.