marginalia
is the Latin word for 'things in the margin', and refers to writing or decoration in the margins of a manuscript. I am exploring the edges and margins of our world through photographs and writing....from May 18, 2011...
I was too busy writing elsewhere to write here this time last year. So many words, so little time...
Roughly translated...
English • Afrikaans • العربية • Беларуская • Български • Català • Česky • Cymraeg • Dansk • Deutsch • Eesti • Ελληνικά • Español • فارسی • Français • Gaeilge • Galego • हिन्दी • Hrvatski • Bahasa Indonesia • Íslenska • Italiano • עברית • Latviešu • Lietuvių • 한국어 • Magyar • Македонски • മലയാളം • Malti • Nederlands • 日本語 • Norsk (Bokmål) • Polski • Português • Română • Русский • Slovenčina • Slovenščina • Shqip • Srpski • Suomi • Svenska • Kiswahili • ไทย • Tagalog • Türkçe • Українська • Tiếng Việt • ייִדיש. • 中文 / 漢語
Monthly Archives: June 2006
random poetry
I’m interested in the use of digital devices to produce random aesthetic constructions. In my office through the day I get to enjoy music that might well have been composed by John Cage. There’s a fine selection of weird beeps, … Continue reading
Posted in concrete poetry, reflective practice
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sneak preview, mount pleasant retreat…
By way of a sneak preview, the Mount Pleasant Retreat is about to become available for sale as a private sale. This is just one of the views you could enjoy. Is there more? Sure! Next morning, there’s the sunrise. … Continue reading
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exploring begins
My Dear Wife, We’re all a-buzz with the news that we will be departing down to the surface in the next few hours – the weeks of planning, working, training and endless discussions about the various protocols are finally reaching … Continue reading
Posted in myco diary
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weather patterns
My Dear Wife, I’m missing you terribly – more as life is settling down into a steady routine now. My strength is improving and my sense of balance has returned – I can move very confidently again – thankfully. Myco … Continue reading
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planet fall – land ho!
My Dear Wife, I can’t believe how, after having been asleep for three years, I feel so tired. Our ship has gone into a stable orbit around the planet and plans are well underway for the first landing. It’s not … Continue reading
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concrete poetry – a world view
It’s sometimes difficult to find good information on the net. Lot’s of information, yes, good information is rather more difficult to uncover. And all the more reason for joy when it is found. Mary Ellen Solt has published her 1968 … Continue reading
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if you teach a man to fish…
I hate fishing. I like catching fish. I’m not that interested in fishing gear. I’m bored with the web. I’m less interested in the net, more interested in the info-trout that live in the silv’ry data streams. It’s increasingly hard … Continue reading
Posted in authentic self
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the new medium is the new message
Then he turned to me and asked me what the story behind the corkscrew was. I was embarrassed to admit that I was drawing a blank and would need his help. Credo began to run through the list of … Continue reading
Posted in book pile
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15 minutes from …
I’ve become interested in 43 Things – What do you want to do with your life? I was scrolling aorund there the other day and I read that somebody’s 80 year old father had observed that if he’d practiced the … Continue reading
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Flash, I love you! But…
…we’ve only got 14 hours to save the earth! And to think some people find the classic lines in this 1980 film to be shallow. I picked this essential viewing up over the weekend in a ‘biff-out bin’. It intrigues … Continue reading
Posted in silver screen
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