1. Love in the form of Diego Rivera
(LIFE/Joie de Vivre)

Here is Diego waiting for someone to come home. 

2. Poem for today
(ART/BOOKS/Poetry)

...nbsp; Black raindrops flame on glass. Light from across the back gardens, one lone yellow oblong, someone up early on a winter morning. I think of my parents putting radiators in their hom...

3. The first rule of "Dinner at Itsy's" is we don't talk about "Dinner at Itsy's."
(EAT/DRINK/Today's Menu)

...ike ravioli's this weekend and that of course means inviting the fabulous G over for dinner, well, because someone needs to make the dough. I also had her roast her own coffee to show her how easy it ...

4. Love is like oxygen (or chocolate covered orange sticks).
(LIFE/Love)

... with this day until I read her recent post which has me yearning for deviled eggs, marriage, dancing with someone you love, and a red couch (in no particular order). All this talk of love-love-...

5. Among the Multitudes
(ART/BOOKS/Poetry)

...reds.   I didn't get a choice either, but I can't complain. I could have been someone much less separate. someone from an anthill, shoal, or buzzing swarm, ...

6. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
(LIFE/Esprit d\'escalier)

... In The Quiet Land (By Daw Aung San Suu Kyi) In the Quiet Land, no one can tell if there's someone who's listening for secrets they can sell. The informers are paid in the blood of...

7. Solo For Saturday Night Guitar
(ART/BOOKS/Poetry)

...is the shimmering of stardust Nor is the flow of new blossoms Nor the drag of a heavy hungering for someone Love is a white horse you ride or wheels and hammers leaving you lonely or a...