I’m feeling very hemmed in by my surroundings today so am posting some random photos I have on my harddrive. We did not do the crazy hike/climb up El Capitan at Yosemite(instead we did a very lame and tame, Lembert Dome–mostly because the place was so jam packed with people–even in September when we were there), Still I think the photo is beautiful.

El Capitan. Allen took this photo and I am in awe of it. It captures the beauty of the rock.

Here’s a wonderful photo Allen took of Bodie–which is a ghost town in the Sierra, right on the border of Nevada–it truly captures the desolation and the beauty.

This is one of my favorite photos. I’m petting the cat which lived in Bodie.

new england church on a hill.I took this photo from the car window when we were traveling to my mother-in-law’s at Easter. It’s in a town fairly close to my home. I have no idea how the colors got all funky but they did as I was posting it and I like it.

This story makes me nauseous–Pa. Eatery Offers New 15-Pound Burger: Dubbed the Beer Barrel Belly Buster, the burger comes with 10.5 pounds of ground beef, 25 slices of cheese, a head of lettuce, three tomatoes, two onions, a cup-and-a-half each of mayonnaise, relish, ketchup, mustard and banana peppers and a bun. How do you cook the thing? And how long does it cook for? … Read More

poem for 5.3.05: Bomb Crater Skyby Lam Thi My Da

I know I should be carving this in a tree instead of putting it here, but please don’t forget (you know who you are!) that this coming Saturday, May 7, 2005, 10:00pm EDT (08 May 2005 02:00:00 UTC)is The Time Traveler Convention.

Just finished Andrea Barrett’s Servants of the Map—a great collection of stories following the lives of scientists, explorers, thinkers and tinkers and all those who love them or are loved by them. As always, Barrett writes as eloquently about two hundred years ago as she does about twenty years ago. The common thread is that her characters share an innate curiosity about life and … Read More

Norman Mailer has reportedly sold his archive to the University of Texas for the tidy sum of $2.5m “despite his fears for the political future of the state”: “I have always had the most intense feelings about Texas, both pro and con,” he said. “In a funny way what I am saying about America that I love it and hate it when it goes … Read More

The Raw Story has posted an exclusive interview with Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA). Here is just part of what it says: Raw Story: Do you really think the president is sheltered from those he’s pitching his plan to? Moran: The only actual news that he reads is the sports section. All the national news, all the opinions that he gets have been filtered, and … Read More

poem for 4.30.05: I’ll Try to Tell You What I KnowMartha Serpas