Category Archives: Art

The Chameleon in the Mirror

Posted on June 18, 2016 by wordcloud9

National Geographic Weird Animal Question of the Week: What Happens When a Chameleon Looks in a Mirror? Chameleon colors aren’t just camouflage, says Eli Greenbaum, an evolutionary geneticist at the University of Texas at El Paso—they also change due to temperature shifts or emotions.  And males get emotional when they see other … Continue reading →

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As For Poets

Posted on June 18, 2016 by wordcloud9

As For Poets by Gary Snyder As for poets The Earth Poets Who write small poems, Need help from no man. The Air Poets Play out the swiftest gales And sometimes loll in the eddies. Poem after poem, Curling back … Continue reading →

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Notes in Emily Dickinson’s pocket – “When night is almost done” (Life, 17)

Posted on June 18, 2016 by Joy of Fishes

‌ ‌ ‌ “Tell all the Truth but tell it slant.” ~ Emily Dickinson ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ____________________________________ When night is almost done, And sunrise grows so near That we can touch the spaces, It ’s time to smooth … Continue reading →

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What Country Are You In?

Posted on June 17, 2016 by wordcloud9

So you’re on vacation, cruising down the highway at 70 mph, and this sign flashes past your eyes: Quick, can you do the conversion from kilometers to miles in your head? This sign is on a road in Arizona that does go … Continue reading →

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Notes in Emily Dickinson’s pocket – “To fight aloud is very brave” (Life, 16)

Posted on June 17, 2016 by Joy of Fishes

‌ ‌ ‌ “Tell all the Truth but tell it slant.” ~ Emily Dickinson ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ____________________________________ ‌To fight aloud is very brave, But gallanter, I know, Who charge within the bosom, The cavalry of woe. Who win, … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: SHADOWLIGHT

Posted on June 17, 2016 by wordcloud9

by Nona Blyth Cloud Etel Adnan (1925 — ), poet, novelist, essayist, playwright, and painter, was born in Beirut, Lebanon, the daughter of  a Greek Christian mother and a Syrian Muslim father. Her languages are  Greek, French, English and Arabic. Much of … Continue reading →

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Walking with Walt Whitman – Leaves of Grass – Inscriptions – “To a Certain Cantatrice”

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Joy of Fishes

Walking with Walt Whitman A daily installment from Leaves of Grass ‌Inscriptions ‌‌ ‌ ‌ “To a Certain Cantatrice” Here, take this gift, I was reserving it for some hero, speaker, or general, One who should serve the good old … Continue reading →

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Buddy: O Happy Day!

Posted on June 16, 2016 by wordcloud9

Buddy the Rescue Dog LOVES his ball launcher! As Ralph Waldo Emerson said: “It is a happy talent to know how to play.”

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Notes in Emily Dickinson’s pocket – “I know some lonely houses off the road” (Life, 15)

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Joy of Fishes

‌ ‌ ‌ “Tell all the Truth but tell it slant.” ~ Emily Dickinson ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ____________________________________ I know some lonely houses off the road A robber ’d like the look of,— Wooden barred, And windows hanging low, … Continue reading →

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The Coffee Shop – One Step at a Time: The First Elephant Prosthetics (video)

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Joy of Fishes

The Coffee Shop is an open thread-style discussion forum for human interest news of the day. From Great Big Story: When Mosha, an elephant, was two years old, she lost her leg in a landmine injury along the Thai-Burmese border. Luckily, … Continue reading →

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