Wirefish

How do I know? The ground bees are BACK, and more numerous than ever. The NNW-most quarter of the back yard looks just like this. Ground bees are very docile. I spent hours once taking pictured of them at the old house. They’re only around for a month or so, then the grass takes over.

“Bossy” per se is not the problem: the problem is that we still see power and authority as male prerogatives, and women who aspire to them as unwomanly, unlikeable, and bad. If “bossy” could actually vanish off the face of the earth, a wealth of similar expressions would fill the gap: ambitious, pushy, shrill, strident, […]

All this talk about poems has made me think. Child me loved verse. You’d not guess that, in light of how I spend words. Still, it’s true, as true as fleas bite dogs. I’ve learned to take care with words at work. They sell me out. “Who wrote their job was ‘bleak’? Must be that […]

While the posting is on hiatus, I wanted to toss out an update, should anyone be checking on me. After considerable poking and prodding and scalp-scrubbing, the following has been accomplished: Cantata is now officially a two part work. I’ll update titles accordingly once posting resumes. Overall, this affects little, and if I’d had half […]