perfect cup of tea in this perfect porcelain mug

Mourning Doves in a Morning Squabble - all settled. 7:36 am. 40° F. March 22, 2026. Cove Island Park Wildlife Sanctuary. Stamford, CT (@dkct25)

evening walk and nighttime chamomile tea

Journaled in this corner

got this magazine table off fb marketplace… the smoking / incense table setup has rlly come together !

Fishbone lichen enjoying a bit of a breeze.

temporary binder reminder, thank you yumi sakugawa

full of butter

tuesday :0

Hans Prinzhorn, Artistry of the Mentally Ill

Will you stop for a while, stop trying to pull yourself together for some clear "meaning" -- some momentary summary? no one can have poetry or dances, prayers or climaxes all day; the ordinary blankness of little dramatic consciousness is good for the health sometimes, only Dostoevsky can be Dostoevskian at such long long tumultuous stretches; look what that intensity did to poor great Van Gogh!; linger, lunge, scrounge and be stupid, that doesn't take much centering of one's forces; as wise Whitman said "lounge and invite the soul." Get enough sleep; and not only because (as Cocteau said) "poetry is the literature of sleep"; be a dumb bell for a few minutes at least; we don't want Sunday church bells ringing constantly.

enending by allan gardner, 2024, ink & oil on canvas, 120 x 90 centimeters