parrotfish waste
Parrotfish, one of the largest and most colorful of the reef fish, can grow up to 40 inches long. They’re easy to spot – their front teeth are fused together, protruding like buck teeth...
Author: Catherine
ch’ik ch’ik ch’ik
Humberto Ak’abal a K’iche’ Maya poet from Momostenango, Guatemala ecopoetics volume 2 Encountering K’iche’ Reading the first poem, I thought “bird noises” because of the repetition. Although I’ve never thought of it this way,...
long shadows
phone photo of Gary Snyder walking in Battery Park City, River Terrace, near Poets House This week at at Poets House NYC – Gary Snyder! who gave a reading both charming and profound, filled...
“unlimited the last delusion”
reading last night at Poets House by Jerome Rothenberg who surprisingly enough has a blog here borrowing my title from a poem of his featured there and in the book Rothenberg read extensively from...
tour de bronx
47 miles – last ride of the year, most likely serious hills toward the end of the ride near Spuyten Duyvil enjoyable weather and great rider camaraderie most memorable moment: giant rider wearing a...
masala chai for non-indians
I absolutely love masala chai. I need to learn to make it at home. I order it when I visit an Indian restaurant. They absolutely resist bringing it with the meal. Today the waiter...
travel, mexico
D H Lawrence, The Plumed Serpent Harriet Doerr, Stones for Ibarra Mary Morris, Nothing to Declare