Rorschach Reverberation

Flibbertigibbet
Otiose peregrinations
Socratic addict

Sick Day Rant

(Ode to Theraflu)
the comforter has become one
with the sagging sofa
sickbed couch patient
I hack and sneeze and blow
til disequiliberated
I doze to the bloviators
Navy hatted candidate
‘War is the ONLY way to Peace’
Another dose of over-the-counter
meds should do the trick

Boy Bites Dog

What was it they taught us back in J-school? If a dog bites a man, it’s not a story. If a man bites a dog, that’s a story. Well, if it bleeds, it leads. Life imitates art once again, this time in Brazil. Here it is in black and white and red all over:
Thu Jul [...]

Back Home Again In Indiana

Back Home Again In Indiana, originally uploaded by DRheins.

Bluegrass band performs at historic venue in Bean Blossom, Indiana. This photograph was taken a couple of summers back. Hard times have hit the country concert facility. The venue is now closed and looking for an angel investor.
Photograph by David Rheins

God Works in Mysterious Ways (Money from Heaven)

Great news! I just learned that I’ve inherited $2.5 million from a sick English woman whom I’ve never even met. It turns out that the ill old gal inherited the money from her recently passed spouse, and has been instructed to leave me all this dough because of my good works.
I’ve been scratching my head [...]

Kerouac Alley

Kerouac Alley, originally uploaded by DRheins.

“The air was soft, the stars so fine, the promise of every cobbled alley so great that I thought I was in a dream.”
JK Quote, Kerouac Alley, San Francisco
Photograph by David Rheins

Car Koan

Father/Son road trip
Seven hundred miles each way
Tom and Huck redux

Easy

It is hard to find people
With whom it is easy to be
It is easy to abandon
The here and now
For the promise of
What might be achieved
Chasing the illusion of
Lovers not quite long past
Giving up daily pleasures for
One more regretful repast
It is hard to find people
With whom it is easy to be

Reflections

The big difference
between windows and mirrors:
only one looks out

Flower Power

flowerpowerweb, originally uploaded by DRheins.

seeds launch green tendrils
stems stretch into leaf and bud
color pedal burst

Barack Rocks to Maggie’s Farm

Not only does Barack rock, he’s a Dylan freak — just like you and me! Rolling Stone’s Jann Wenner shares this and much more in his just-published conversation with Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama. The RS Editor/Publisher/Founder asks the candiate about receiving an endorsement from Bob Dylan:
“I’ve got to say, having both Dylan and Bruce [...]

Midlife Reflections Midday on a June Road 6/28

It is midpoint between day and night
In the still quietude of June afternoon
Two seasons have passed
Two seasons to go
And so, while the cicadas pulse in the cornfields surrounding me,
I pause to take stock. Tie my shoes. Pull up my socks.
Dust off my shoulders and slap my hat.
I’ll not tarry too long before I hit the [...]

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY

Peace Flag, originally uploaded by DRheins.

JC July 4th
Short summer work week
porch bbq with grilled meat
flag and beer waving