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Here's an illustration for a book cover I did for class, the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes naturally. Scene not taken from a story, just...made up. Hey the teacher wanted dramatic!




My Indians have all but clinched the AL Central title! Go go guys, rah rah beat em up. The addition of Asdrubal Cabrera was awesome, and Verlander better not get the Cy Young ahead of Sabathia! Considering ...

shhhhh ...

Do you hear the voices
of the children dancing 'mid the nets

Can you see the muskrat hides on the line
drying to be marketed

Can you smell the sand and stones
of a lake in the backyard

Can you taste a memory
of fresh bread cooling on the table

Can you touch those wires

...

emptying the bottle
he drank the drink
running down his chin
erasing memories
too heavy to hold

a collection of frames
his past lost life
looking back
he trembles and cries

his family sitting in
the second row pew
listening to stirring songs
filled with the spirit
cleansing his soul
...

Nothing exciting has happened today. It's often the way that life is filled with ups and downs and bit long flat bits in between. I like the ups and downs, they're the bits that make life worth living.

Not having much to do has made me think about the blog, why am I doing this, and what am I expecting to get out of it? Debate on Lit-net, and a very interesting first blog entry from Lote further peaked my interest in this subject - just why am I here? This leads me very neatly to the ...

Here I am
Alone
Lonely
Locked down
Till time to
Start over
Then I will be
Alone
Lonely
Locked down
Till time to
Start over
Then I will be
Alone
Lonely
Locked down
Till time to
Start over…….