Art and photo by Jane Hart
Young Buck with Ear Tags Just South of Clermont
Photo by Harry Bloomfeld
Utah Canyonlands Artist Book by Sheila Benedis
Art and photo by Sheila Benedis
In Case You Ever Feel Frustrated with a Digital Device…
Photo by Arthur Brady
Thanks, Arthur.
If You Like Puns
Peony Portraits
Photos by Harry Bloomfeld
Roar of Energy Tunnel Book by Sheila Benedis
Art and photo by Sheila Benedis
Green Pastures
Photo by Edward Kasinec
Newly mowed pasture meadow below Rockwood Hall foundation, looking north.
Community Garden Being Planted by Residents
Photo by Joe Bruno
Art by Hart: Just back from vacation, Cecelia hoped her colleagues had missed her as she had missed them.
Art and photo by Jane Hart
Working with Words
1. My first job was working in an Orange Juice factory, but I got canned. Couldn't concentrate.
2. Then I worked in the woods as a Lumberjack, but just couldn't
hack it, so they gave me the axe.
3. After that, I tried being a Tailor, but wasn't suited for it --mainly because it was a sew-sew job, and people liked to hem and haw about the price.
4. Next, I tried working in a Muffler Factory, but that was too exhausting.
5. Then, tried being a Chef - figured it would add a little spice to my life, but just didn't have the thyme.
6. Next, I attempted being a Deli Worker, But any way I sliced it.... I couldn't cut the mustard.
7. My best job was a Musician, but eventually found I wasn't noteworthy.
Thanks to Barbara Bruno for sending these.
KoH Trip to Wave Hill May 18, 2022, Photos by Harry Bloomfeld
Art by Hart: Woofy didn't know how he was going to get all his stuff home from college
Art and photo by Jane Hart
Peonies in Rockefeller State Park Preserve 2022
Photos by Cynthia Ferguson
Back When Insults Had Class
Glorious insults from an era before the English language got boiled down to 4-letter words ...
A member of Parliament to Disraeli: "Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease."
"That depends, Sir, " said Disraeli, "whether I embrace your policies or your mistress."
“He had delusions of adequacy ."
Walter Kerr
"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire."
Winston Churchill
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure."
Clarence Darrow
"He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary."
William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway)
"Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it."
Moses Hadas
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it."
Mark Twain
"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends."
Oscar Wilde
"I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend, if you have one. "
George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill
"Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second... if there is one."
Winston Churchill, in response
"I feel so miserable without you; it's almost like having you here."
Stephen Bishop
"He is a self-made man and worships his creator."
John Bright
"I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial."
Irvin S. Cobb
"He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in others."
Samuel Johnson
"He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up."
Paul Keating
"In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily."
Charles, Count Talleyrand
"He loves nature in spite of what it did to him."
Forrest Tucker
"Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?"
Mark Twain
"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork."
Mae West
"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go."
Oscar Wilde
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination. "
Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
"He has Van Gogh's ear for music."
Billy Wilder
"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But I'm afraid this wasn't it."
Groucho Marx
Thanks to Sally Kellock for sending them.
Awed in Wonder Artist Book by Sheila Benedis
Art and photo by Sheila Benedis
Upun my word
Thanks to Barbara Bruno for sending these.
Azaleas in Tarrytown
Photo by Ursula Hahn
Spring Greening Out at Kendal
Photo by Caroline Persell
"Beckoning Petals"
Photo by Edward Kasinec