From the Narrow Desert

I checked the Duckstack today and read the latest, " Comb Tomb ." One bit is about crime: Most nonviolent crime is a crime of oppo...

Following up on the idea that the pecked are no longer alone in their bodies , reader Ben Pratt has brought to my attention these remarks by...

But Men shall remember Atlantis's name Come hell or high water! Sith both of them came, It rests unforgotten, and what we now tell Skill...

I've been dreaming about books again . I remember the blurb on the back cover said, "One of the most horrifying books of the d...

Google is being weird again. Update:  I published this post at 10:59 a.m. Exactly 47 minutes later, at 11:46, I photographed this logo, whic...

As I was waking up, a rapid-fire series of voices said things like "Kill John Wayne!" "John Wayne shot!" "Shoot Joh...

I saw this today on Peter Grant's latest meme post : It shows a person in a hooded green robe, a lantern, an owl, runes, and a green oct...

I had had a meeting scheduled for this afternoon, but the client called to ask if we could reschedule it to 7/22. Minutes later, I was readi...

I dreamt the following lines, sung to the tune of "John Brown's Body" or "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." Unfortun...

Mark your calendars, and in the meantime find something else to read. Note added:  For those who have asked, nothing is wrong, and my decisi...