Programming note

Here on out, I will be posting a new music video every morning at 9:00.

Link rot

Just a note: sometimes links expire.

Back on the blog roll

Thanks to Mark Wood, who runs Wood S Lot, for updating his blog roll and giving me a place on it. I've been on his blogroll for many years in many guises. To celebrate, I'll repost a poem of mine that he so kindly linked to sometime ago...

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THE STAIN OF THE WORLD


We who live in this miserable time
          know
     that our present is written
         out of past sorrows.
The black ink of our history —
   of avarice, war,
     and a poverty of compassion —
seeps into our newspapers, magazines, and teleprompters.
Yet, despite the continued repetition of the past
         our politicians manage to expect
          a different future.
Mistakes beget mistakes. Sorrows beget sorrows.

If only I could convince
    this ink
              to unform words
              to make bare the pages,
     or better yet,
       to emphasize solace over sorrow,
                 compassion over power and greed.
What future will I give my children,
   I ask this ink.
What future is there for me?

Happy blogiversary...

or something like that: Atrios's first blog post, 5 years ago to the day.

Back to Pure Land Mountain

THE CURSE OF SANTAYANA

Now that I've lived this long, I can say one thing for certain: those who do not learn from history are doomed to hear that damned Santayana quote for the rest of their lives.

Rediscovering Pure Land Mountain, a blog I used to read regularly.

On my to-do list...

• create a blog roll... really an xml roll.
• add an 'about me' snippet on the side bar.

The purpose of this blog...

...is to keep track of my literary progress and to share what I have written.