FLATFOOT \FLAT-foot\ noun 1.a condition in which the arch of the instep is flattened so that the entire sole rests upon the ground 2. slang police officer; especially : a patrolman walking a regular b...
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Words In a world of text and Twitter shorthand, so many have been hijacked, urbanized (gurl!) or abbreviated into such a dehydrated condition that seeing them in their proper, full-on Webster’s glor...
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Not coincidentally, this R-rated post (you’ve been warned) is for Friday the 13th. David Thorne, an Australian humorist and satirist, is a writer who makes me cry laughing. His hysterically funny c...
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Not A Building In Sight Place: Hyde Park, London Believe it or not, this is smack in the middle of Central London. Teeming with wildlife and all sorts of plants, flowers and trees, this idyllic spot i...
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On Saturday, July 17, a small group met up to participate in a bee walk around the herbaceous borders of The Regent’s Park. It was “bee heaven.” Organized by The Bumblebee Conservation Society a...
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Watching television in the native language of a foreign country can be daunting if not completely pointless when you don’t understand anything beyond basic tourist niceties. Such is the case of ...
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Gardener’s Humor Place: The Regent’s Park, London This “worker” greets guests as they enter one of the gates of the park. The picture does not do justice to the size ~ the work...
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The theme of the Royal Parks of London is “London’s Personal Space.” It’s striking how much actual parkland there is within the cities of Westminster and London. My normal London routine inclu...
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While walking around Warsaw’s Old Town Square on a brutally hot day, we came across a gorgeous restaurant called Fukier, which my friend Anna said was owned by, you guessed it, Magda Gessler. To W...
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At The Corner of Lloyd & Baker This is a real street corner in Los Angeles. It also happens to be my dad’s name. This picture was given to me as a gift. Having it makes me feel special. My d...
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Graduation season is upon us. I love this poem by Apollinaire Such a short poem, yet it always intrigues me… Who are “they” ? Is “he” coaxing patiently or fed up with their lack of cou...
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I like words and I like collecting quotes. From bumper stickers to the Bible, from Churchill to Sting, Shakespeare to Gandhi…a singular thought perfectly phrased is indeed a thing of beauty. (Th...
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I heard this poem on NPR’s : The Writer’s Almanac Garrison Keillor hosts a daily radio program on NPR (National Public Radio) that offers random historical highlights of each day, tells us who...
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I love a road trip. Driving out to a friend’s house in Enumclaw, Washington from Seattle last fall. Enumclaw is the “Gateway to Mt. Rainier National Park” and this day definitely put the ...
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HONEYBEE CIRCLE 2 Medium: Monotype Reprinted with kind permission from the artist http://www.louisebird.co.uk/ Louise Bird is simply one of the best bee artists I’ve ever seen. Not only is her det...
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Not bloody likely Apparently they are giving it a go in Malton, a village in North Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Picture (Elizabeth Baker, December 20, 2009)...
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It is Memorial Day. A day among many days when I think of my dad who died while on active duty in London in August, 1968. This poem by Laurence Binyon is most famous for the fourth stanza. It is, I su...
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