Wuthering Depths @Zerofactorial@noc.social

My mother died yesterday evening in her sleep. I had a chance to be with her and speak a few words with her beforehand, but that helps only a little bit

The graceful ghola of Isadora Duncan Idaho

Today's mail brought my contributor's copies of Star*Line magazine. I have a book review and a poem "the not-a-dog" in this issue.

Two poems of mine, one mythic and one cosmic, appear in the latest issue of Dreams and Nightmares magazine https://dreamsandnightmaresmagazine.blogspot.com/2021/09/091621.html

Car shopping is done and not a day too soon

My wife and I are stuck with an undriveable vehicle someone rear ended, waiting for the tow truck to arrive. No one hurt, but we are at loose ends

I would watch a rodeo where the bulls are happy to be ridden

The water here is shut off for our building all day for sewer work they're doing. We do have pots and bottles of water to get us through it though

I received my copies of Star*Line which has a crown cinquain poem of mine in it https://sfpoetry.com/starline.html

I received my hardcopy version of Otoliths with two of my poems inside

People often talk about something being a recipe for disaster, but I prefer to find inspiration from my ingredients so as to stay on the moment

"A million victims that each paid $45 million would be a profit of $45 billion" - no, in the US the word is TRILLION https://news.yahoo.com/hackers-behind-holiday-crime-spree-135957286.html

I am happy that another #poem of mine has been accepted- I'll post a link to it once it is online

On my screen today

Pitchforks as a service

This is sad for me because I renember seeing flocks of these in the Presidio in the 1970s https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/SF-official-bird-is-locally-extinct-quail-15827302.php?utm_campaign=CMS%20Sharing%20Tools%20(Mobile)&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral

We went out for Korean fried chicken and sweet potato fries because today is my birthday!