John Randall 4/2/24 John Randall 4/2/24

A Tidbit on Pipits

I am watching pipits as they sip from the exposed terminal end of a thin black plastic tube carrying water along an irrigation network serving the plants of a backyard desert landscape…

John Randall 3/17/24 John Randall 3/17/24

Gray Heron

My wife would see the bird by itself, that bird always by itself. And she’d say, “Look, a gray heron.” I’d see the bird she was talking about. Maybe we’d be driving down the long driveway that leads to my parents’ house, which sits on a lake, and the bird would be standing watch on the point, looking out at the flatness of the water, keeping a vigil unto itself….

James Moog 8/9/23 James Moog 8/9/23

The Joys of Korean Pottery.

“I have not found any defects in Korean jars. They are all very rounded in shape, but they are not identical. They are all white, but the whiteness differs.”

-Kim Whanki

James Moog 8/2/23 James Moog 8/2/23

Chairs

“I don't believe in a Platonic chair; a single stool upon which one might perch perfectly. I own a book called 1,000 Chairs which I peruse for fun from time to time. Given that I really don't even have room for any more chairs, why would I still look?”