Landscape Photographs
Landscape Photographs I know I promised a few people I would share an essay on Curiosity and quite a few said they were, uh.. curious about an essay that I would or could write about curiosity. Nobody I polled cared about landscape photographs. There was no interest in landscape photographs,…Continue reading→
Great lines from songs
Background The other day I was experimenting with Kris Kristofferson’s Nobody Wins and I was struck by this one line in the song. It seemed to just stand apart and emit this glow that could not be ignored. As usual, my mind, or whatever is inside my cranial cavity, wandered…Continue reading→
Punjabi Achari Chinese Eggplant
The Short History of Nothing Hello and welcome back! We’re talking about a recipe And a very spicy one it be Don’t know much about cookery I do know about what I cook And you’re left wondering what a wonderful world it would be if I didn’t attempt poetry (My…Continue reading→
Eep
EEP – The Pome This pome is going to be very deep When the border collie herds sheep Its actions are controlled by the beep From the shepherd who does keep The border collie and the sheep When they come, rhymes come in a heap Recall, as you sow, so…Continue reading→
Aloo Gobi
Aloo Gobi This, translated literally, is potato cauliflower, where aloo = potato and Gobi is cauliflower. Now, be careful, because there is gobi and then there is gobi. And, as you know, there is the Gobi, which is a desert. (Not dessert!) This is Fool Gobi, where the Fool is…Continue reading→
The Umbrella
The Umbrella – What is it? We’d all like to think that this is a complex, or at the very least, a complicated question. Why? Well, the world as we know it today is so complex, with so many different versions of meanings for every word, every symbol, every sandwich,…Continue reading→
ISBF2022-Indrani Ganguli
Featured Guest – Indrani Ganguli Indrani Ganguli is an interpreter of languages. She’s as adept at staring down recalcitrant witnesses in court while taking down their depositions as she is compassionate with those who clearly are devastated at being there at all. Her stories are rich in classical allusions even…Continue reading→