Today I will list ten things/experiences/people/places for which I give thanks. Today, I give thanks for: 1. The way the light shines on my cat’s black fur, creating spots of silvery brightness and browner spots that contrast with the deep black of her coat. 2. Cooking hoppin john from scratch. I soaked the black eyed [...]
So here at the Bishop Family Compound, we’ve been outputting like crazy- writing, shooting video for ourselves and for others, performing in a variety of personae, more writing, editing of words (we’ve been procrastinating on the editing of video footage) meeting about art projects, planning for art projects as well as working day jobs and [...]
I have been diligent about doing my Vermons lately, but I have been less diligent about embedding them here. So here’s this week’s Vermon.
Yesterday was one of those days. Today is one of those days. Despite attempts to avoid it, I find that I must wade in the the edges of my swamplands. I am not in the deepest, widest part; I am not being sucked down by my mood disorder. But my mood is somewhat disordered, like [...]
This dose of the Good (and Not So Good) Words is going to take a while because I plan to fold together Ash Wednesday, Valentine’s Day, Vday, violence against women, generational violence, cranes (live and paper) and art. I do not have a pattern, so I am not sure what we will end up with. [...]
Months ago, I mapped a bit of the Land of Cockaigne (The Big Rock Candy of Cockaigne) and explored a section of the Big Rock Candy Mountain (Drowning in a a Lake of Stew). I wandered and wondered through lands where the hungry are served pancake tables and over the oceans of booze bloating vacationers [...]
Due to my irregular publishing schedule, it may be difficult for my faithful and faithless followers to remember that Thursday is the day that I put together a dose of the Good (and Not So Good) Words on the theme of service. I have been meditating on the theme all day. Ruminating perhaps would be [...]
Yesterday morning I walked about a mile with my spouse. We walked for about 15 minutes. It was lovely. Cool in the shade, warm in the sun. We walked fast enough to get things flowing, but slow enough to avoid heavy sweating. We chatted as we walked and kept a look out for feral cats [...]
[Note, I wrote this on Sunday but am posting it on Monday]. New Years fall on many different days, in many different seasons. The upcoming New Year in our calendar is just one of many. Yet despite the somewhat arbitrary turning of the year, it is potent and portent. It is a time of ritual, [...]