"...Leon Battista Alberti says, Some lights are from stars, some from the sun And moon, and other lights are from fires. The light from the stars makes the shadow equal to the body. ..." From "A Short History of the Shadow" by Charles Wright...

"...fold and turn the paper, guiding the scissors with care..." From "Four and a Half Dancing Men" by Anne Stevenson

The Excuses for No New Pix: 1. The Business Trip -- Two and one-half full days in San Mateo; productive, but not of art. 2. The Plumbing Excitement -- Just before The Business Trip, my bare feet told me our carpeting was wet. Fortunately, the good new...

"...The late afternoon tugs At a gold thread you can hear fraying When you close your eyes..." From "Angels Grieving over the Dead Christ" by Gjertrud Schnackenberg *** Random bits: First, still getting energy back post-surgery, but recovery has...

"...those hitchhikers, burning by the side of the road, burning like the berries of the beautiful mountain ash..." From "The Hitchhikers" by Diane Wakoski