Month: September 2020

  • About Men-watching Women and Women-Watching Men and Everything In Between

    People watch people. There’s nothing new in this, but the trend may have intensified over the last few decades. May I add that I’ve chosen the terms ‘woman’ and ‘man’, ‘hero’ and ‘heroine’ for clarity? With the gender diversification that is an important part of our world, it would be difficult to give everybody his…

  • Waterford Crystal

    Prism of molten crystal Red-hot miracle of light, heat, and skill Fiery inferno throwing sparks and glittering shards As the cutters scream through to the core or graze the surface Crafting fabulous shapes and abysmal compositions. Shapes of distinction meet frozen eagles Or strange blossoms budding among stars and spangles Secret visions create chandeliers that…

  • Mask, ‘Sun and Moon’

    It took a long time and one fiasco to finish this mask project. My first attempt at the sun didn’t work at all. I hated it but put it in my bookcase facing my desk so that it would confront me every time I sat down to work. For a long time, it just sat…

  • Reading at speed — New Reviews

    JT Atkinson, Beneath an Indigo Moon Thought Provoking and Bold It is difficult to write about this book, but it must be done. Honestly, it wasn’t an easy read, because of the challenging subject. Still, it is an important book if one wants to understand the hardship, people of another sexual observation suffered and still…