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Cicada Rhythm

Posted on Jun 1st, 2008 by kcidybom

Thundering herds of cicadas came out this week.  Millions.  Well yeah, right, they don't thunder, but they do make a sound like a flying saucer landing on the White House lawn.  Or maybe on the... More »

Why I Love You, My Friends of Virtual Community

Posted on May 11th, 2008 by kcidybom

Inside Me

Posted on May 10th, 2008 by kcidybom

This is what is inside me, through and through.  I think this is inside you too. A little salt and pepper on the side is an incidental thing.  

Three

Posted on May 2nd, 2008 by kcidybom

I was tagged by B.B. ...;-) Three jobs I have had in my life.  The most fun were: Short order cook in a restaurant called the Hexagon House when I was eighteen.  The fact that... More »

Tribal Rites

Posted on Apr 20th, 2008 by kcidybom

A primal thing sometimes happens in the middle of the city in the middle of the night and a tribe is formed, if only for a wishful while, if only in a wishful place.  Sometimes,... More »

World Stew

Posted on Apr 9th, 2008 by kcidybom

This little something is cool, way cool, über cool, whatever, just look at it.  Pretty please? See, this little globe is doing more than just rotating around to show you who posts what from where,... More »

Sleepy Thoughts on Patty the Dog and Other Things

Posted on Apr 5th, 2008 by kcidybom

I'm in the woods, almost sleeping, in my portable woods-womb, a mummy (ha!) sleeping bag of prodigious insulating capability.  Trees creak in the middling wind, icy puffs of air blow across my face, but my... More »

Decisions, Decisions....

Posted on Mar 30th, 2008 by kcidybom

I like my work as a field instructor at a therapeutic wilderness boarding school.  Actually, I love it, and for reasons that escape me it turns out that I'm good at it.  I'm the guy... More »

Character Quotient

Posted on Feb 10th, 2008 by kcidybom

A few minutes ago I was on my back porch doing back porch stuff and overheard the woman next door:  "Get out of the way!  God damn it, MOVE!"  A few grunts and scraping sounds... More »

Living Sculpture

Posted on Feb 8th, 2008 by kcidybom

This is amazing.  I'm going to go get a giant erector set and build one of these.  Maybe a whole heard.  Jansen captures something that forces my attention.  I don't know what it is. Just... More »