Colossal has an great write up on the amazing Beth Cavener. Just sublime work.
This is one of those things that is so simple and obvious that the revelation of its coined term is almost painful in its beauty.
Like so many times, he gets it just right.
Freedom For All - L.E. Modesitt, jr
The guiding principle of the Founding Fathers was to maximize freedom within a framework of ordered secular laws and to keep religion out of the Constitution except to allow people to believe as they wished within that framework of secular laws.
romantic proclamations of affirmation
these are things
i say to you
or try to
on a regular basis
i hear they are important
and i was raised to
pay attention
to everything as if
it were important
lest i get a smack
about the head
frustration
is easy to
come by
like pennies on
a dresser
ever present and
unsurprising
less common
is cool air coming
in the windows
as we glide along
the small town road
listening to chet
or coleman
or duke
or ella
the point is
the radio sings
the evening is before us
and my heart is full
and my head is working
working out all the wonderful
things you are and ways
you affect me
i consider myself a dab hand
at turning a phrase
but
the volkswagen keeps
us close and
the closeness is driving
me crazy
i cannot think in a line
down the straight street
i am jumping and
swerving to the music
of the radio and our
love
i want to pour it
out of me
cover you in my
happiness
with clever phrases
playfully joined
hinting at things
hidden to most
all i manage is to say
is
“romantic proclamations of affirmation!”
in a voice wholly too loud
and oddly enthusiastic
you respond by saying
“don’t yell at me”
but
you don’t smack me
about the head
Like an animal:
My trusty Gaggia Brera has decided to be temperamental. This involved a lot of me trying to be patient as I took it apart and diagnosed a faulty water sensor. The replacement part is only $27 thankfully, but takes 3 weeks to arrive. As a result I am back to the trusty 20 year old burr grinder and french press I keep on hand, “just in case”. Here’s hoping it will help me be more mindful of my coffee breaks during the work week.
Today’s tune is helping me focus and groove all at once.
You Got me - A Place to Bury Strangers
#nowplaying #music
Out of My Head - Skeggs
Another ace tune from the dreamy southern continent, home to the future of breakdancing.
HeyNote or how i learned to love Joplin too
Listening to the wonderful Linux Matters I found out about a fun little app HeyNote which is a crazy useful scratchpad for writing script snippets or just notes. However it made me remember that you can do this in Joplin as well. By simply doing three backticks and the language of the ‘fenced’ text
This is way more enjoyable than it has a right to be. The amount of work is astonishing Behance
One of those absolutely wonderful songs that lost something with production. The demo is easily my favorite
6:12 am
the light sits
golden on
the green
edges
of the trees
pasted onto
a pale
blue sky
laying quiet
next to you
hearing
the blackbirds
roaming as
they
call and cry
the town is
rousing to
the morning
evidenced with
the sounds
listening like
a lawyer
i count
the number
rising
of cars
going by
Your soft snore
A distraction
Countered by
The contoured comfort
Of your warm skin
Where my fingers
Trace Patterns
Following your form
Living lifetimes
In these moments
Before the day
Begins
The Lost Days = Tony Molina and Sarah Rose Janko teaming up for a lovely album of pop lament gems.
Really enjoying the new Guidon Bear album