Tuesday Voice: Recent paintings by Shirley Deane/Midyett

Detail of painting at bottom

In the spirit

By Vic Midyett

The two of my wife's nature paintings are from photographs I took in the last couple of weeks of May. And the two paintings of a cat were commissioned by a lady who wanted one for herself and one for her son. Shirley is glad for me to share them, but painting is an incredibly private affair for Shirley.

Third Monday with Bob Boldt

Mickey the Momo,
Or Dream of a zoot-suited dalliance

By Bob Boldt

Second Saturday's Sonnet

Munchkin

By Eric Meub

[Originally published on March 8, 2014]
 

 
 
 



 
 
That smile’s not just for anyone. You know
your falling houses, gingham dresses, To-
to too, with flowerbed discernments keen
enough to tell the good witch from the green.

Fish for Friday

Edited by 
Morris Dean

[Anonymous selections from recent correspondence]

The story ["So residieren Merkel und Obama"] may be in German, but the pictures of the Alpine area where the G7 are meeting in Bavaria's Schloss Elmau are in a language you can enjoy.

Thor’s Day: End time acoming

Alex Grey's "Gaia" (1989, oil on linen, 96"x144")
[See statement from Mr. Grey at bottom.]

The Destruction of Ilê Aiyê—the World Tree

By Bob Boldt

Since its sprout days,
its twig days,
it has rooted itself here,
on the edge of the abyss,
above the wide river,
shining like a tiny silver vein
in the deep chasm far below.
Miles across, its gnarled trunk is sinewed
and strong as the neck of a crone.

Ask Wednesday: How many times has your heart beaten?

By Morris Dean

Over the past couple of months, I have noticed a significant increase in the odd chest "flutterings" that I reported in last September's "Characters" column. At that time, a two-week monitoring showed that I occasionally had a "premature ventricular contraction" (PVC), which prompted a skipped beat, and there were a few runs of rapid heart beats.

Second Tuesday on Franklin Hill Farm

Detail from bottom photo

Ducks

By
Bettina Sperry

Several months ago I purchased five Pekin ducks and two mallards. I raised them in the kitchen for a short few weeks and then took them outside to finish their rearing. They were handled daily as they matured. As the Pekins turned from yellow to white, and the mallards gained their colors, they graced the creek in the pasture next to the house. Over time, as they grew, they wandered up and down the creek, swimming in the larger holes where they could.

Second Monday Music: Bulgaria intensive

Source

AISU students travel abroad for music and other arts

Edited by Morris Dean

[Editor’s Note: In the March 9 edition of this column, Christa Saeger introduced us to two-week intensive programs for students at the American International School of Utah. The school’s latest performing-arts intensive involved a trip to Bulgaria. With permission, we’ve taken some excerpts from the blog “AISUBULGARIAINTENSIVE,” where participants recorded their impressions. Bloggers are identified by their initials.]

Sunday Review: Doubt

In persona sororitas

By Bob Boldt

[Submitted to Bishop Emil Frank on November 13, in the year of our Lord 2013 by His obedient servant Sister James, Principal of The Sisters of Charity School of New York (Retired)]

Many years ago, an incident occurred that has weighed upon me ever since. I feel that I must reveal to you the personal conclusions I have arrived at, now that I am about to meet The Blessed Bridegroom.

Thirst Satyrday for Eros: When a ma-an loves a wo-o-man

And vice versa

By Morris Dean

[The jokes I reworked for today's column were sent me by a correspondent as a comment on my 49th wedding anniversary interview.]

Fish for Friday

Edited by Morris Dean

[Anonymous selections from recent correspondence]

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Thor’s Day: The need for Christian apologies

Jonathan 3:16

By Morris Dean

In a comment on May 21's column ("What's nihilistic about nihilism?"), I used the English word "apology" for the Latin "apologia" – a formal defense of one’s opinion – meaning it as a joke. It appears that my muse may have had something else in mind that I wasn't picking up on at the time.

Ask Wednesday: Ask Susan

About ladies and aging and looks

By Susan C. Price

[Questions are followed by answers and then, inevitably by ADVICE...you DID expect that...didn’t you?]

I’m a man of 66 and my girlfriend is 67 and looks a lot younger than she is. She is so beautiful, and I’m madly in love with her. We first met 38 years ago, but lost touch, then she tracked me down on Facebook a few years ago and we have been seeing each other for the past six months.

Tuesday Voice: Ghostly sunset on the Australind estuary

Detail from photo at bottom

It's the rain

By Vic Midyett

So many of my sunset photos on the estuary have looked more or the less the same, but the view when it was raining about ten days ago gave me a chance to change all that.

First Monday with Characters: Tribute to Sgt. Pepper

Released 48 years ago today…

[Editor’s Note: In a departure from our usual “First Monday” column, today some of our characters express their personal tribute to the Beatles album that Time magazine declared “a historic departure in the progress of music’.” –Wikipedia]