Write Up The Road’s Blog Posts
Just wandering around a farm and the house, buildings, back 40 – you know the routine. And finding ‘what’s this’ items in the process, man. Apparently this wild and crazy ‘thing’ was the veneer from a metal bracket or post at one point – you can see the indentation of a square top in the
Exciting time in the ol’ Write Up The Road office tonight – the cats were all getting ready to go to bed, when Pete ambled over to get a drink of water. And stopped in his tracks. And I’m very glad he did – there was a gigantic red wasp, floating and struggling in the
And here we are – at 250 years, in a country even older than I, Madame Zombra, and yet still in its building years. That’s a good thing, in my estimation. Because your favorite astrologer has taken umbrage at many of the changes instituted by an inept, divisive and chaotic ‘administration’ while purporting to improve
Another birthday already? Read More »
“Ye stars which are the poetry of Heaven! If, in your bright leaves we read the fate Of men and empires—’tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o’erleap this mortal state And claim a kindred with you; for ye are A beauty and a mystery and create In us
The price of bulk coffee beans at the market went up 25 percent overnight. I realize coffee is not a necessity, but still, come on. However, to change beverages, I also think this is a reckoning and a harbinger, I think the champagne in the lifestyle flute many in the USA been tippin’ is going
Tariffs, and other adjustments Read More »
… what turned out to be advice, man, which I never (hardly) ever give – to go and see what was lurking in the corners of your studio and maybe scrape off old paint or whatever to make use of what you had started. This piece began over a year ago and disappeared into a
Remember when I said… Read More »
Ever stop to think about what a complicated language English really is? I mean, like, American English has a lot of slang, but at least on this side of the pond, we generally understand each other. We groove on it, bro. For example, take the word ‘brushes’ – you give someone the brush-off have a
“The soul of the newly born baby is marked for life by the pattern of the stars at the moment it comes into the world, unconsciously remembers it, and remains sensitive to the return of configurations of a similar kind.” – Johannes Kepler A quote well worth studying, from someone who set some of the
Hoomans. Always got to name things an never see more than one use for the stuff they gots. Obvisly dis is ‘nap tabel’ not just work tabel. Nap first, work later, says me.
Ought to be a ‘nap’ table Read More »
“We are born at a given moment, in a given place and, like vintage years of wine, we have the qualities of the year and of the season of which we are born. Astrology does not lay claim to anything more.” – Carl Jung Qualities of the season, hmmm? Let’s roll the dice and see