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Spokane Scene no. 21

A lone fly fisherman negotiates the Spokane River just upstream of Bowl & Pitcher at Riverside State Park. For those not + more

“Bloody thou art, bloody will be thy end.”

The missus and I caught a performance of Richard III by Montana Shakespeare in the Parks last Friday evening at Riverfront + more

Poetry Break

CRANE David Yezzi Paper creased is with a touch made less by half, reduced as much again by a second + more

Workday Diversion

Fascinating New York Times Magazine article: “The untold story of the fight over the legacy of ‘H.M.’—the patient who revolutionized + more

Miscellany

“Scorpions to help us fight cancer? It isn’t as crazy as it sounds.” The Wall Street Journal‘s Christie Wilcox on the healing + more

Spokane Scene no. 20

What’s this? Just Marza Wilkes, Zuill Bailey, Ida Alnajem, and Kristina Ignatjeva performing an arrangement of Haydn’s Cello Concerto in C + more

Quote of the Day

“I get satisfaction of three kinds. One is creating something, one is being paid for it, and one is the + more

What’s New?

I am! I began working here about six weeks ago now and I have a confession to make: I drive a + more

At the Grave of Philip K. Dick

In  February 1974, three-eyed extraterrestrial time travelers entered Philip K. Dick’s bedroom through a portal of pink light. “Trying to make sense + more

Miscellany

What can science tell us about morality? Not much, it turns out. Speaking of philosophy, Roger Scruton weighs in on the + more

Poetry Break

THE BEACH IN AUGUST Weldon Kees The day the fat woman In the bright blue bathing suit Walked into the + more

God Bless America

Spent Independence Day—or ‘Murica Day to you insufferable millennials—at an undisclosed location in the Idaho Panhandle, enjoying a suitably proportionate combination + more

Ode to C8H10N4O2

I had my first cup of coffee when I was around eight years old. I use the term “coffee” somewhat loosely, + more

Jim Boyd, RIP

I got the terrible news this morning that Jim Boyd died Tuesday. I met Jim back in 2002 when I + more

Miscellany

Surprise! Selfies are little more than “a new manifestation of a time-honored tendency: the penchant for people to overvalue their positive + more

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