The House of Faberge made enamel flower studies for the tsarina to receive or give away, and, like the Flower Study of a Wild Rose, they capture a moment of appreciation for a single perfect bloom.
Poetry + fiction + photos + other thoughts
Month: April 2025
The Open Road is a COVID-era poem, from the earlier days when we were still trying to decide if it was safer indoors or out.
‘Popagano’ is a variety of daylily. And it is a deer magnet. Something about this daylily draws deer like candy.
Have you ever seen a picture of owls and been mesmerized by their big eyes? They remind me of photons, traveling every farther away from each other.
Today’s poem, Touring the Gates of Hell with Steve Jobs, touches on the Rodin sculpture of the gates, inspired by Dante’s Inferno.