Month: December 2022
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Painting over the Landlord Special: Fireplace Edition
On undoing the aesthetic damage wrought by landlords’ overzealous painters.
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The Catalina Mountains: Babad Do’ag I and II (with audio)
The Santa Catalina mountains, on the northern edge of Tucson, are one of the great loves of my life, and have helped to make me what I am now.
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Greek Pottery: Double-Headed Cantharos, Satyr + Mature African Male
A janiform cantharus with a satyr on one side and a mature African male on the other from Athens, c. 465.
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Carcinogenic Optimism
A poetic reflection on the stubborn optimism of many (but not all) Boomers, despite the now unavoidable reality we all face.
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Greek Pottery: Milesian Heron-Shaped Perfume Bottle
A perfume bottle shaped like a heron from Miletus, c580!
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Sports and Religion, in Iran and in General: comments on comments made in a recent BBC show on the Protests in Iran
Two thought-provoking comments from an episode of BBC’s “Heart and Soul” on the protests in Iran: girls’ sports and religion from a historian’s perspective.
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Said the Stork to the Snake (Or, Thoughts are silenced by snapping beaks)
The Stork has power over the Snake. Stork and Snake both know it. Yet somehow Stork still manages to persuade Snake to serve himself up for a her meal. Peitho, Persuasion, is a delicate yet powerful skill.
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The Tawny Goddess sat, wings at ease
From a scrap color-test notecard to an owl, to a meditation on existence, (self-)acceptance, (self-)kindness and community.
Another Neurodivergent Queer Writes A Blog! 