A few of my favorites that I've taken in the last year, to establish some photographs for this site.
Day: November 21, 2020
Christopher Knight & The Solitude of Alexander Selkirk
William Cowper (1731 - 1800) Inspired by the true experience of the titular Scottish sailor, who was marooned on an uninhabited island for four years. I am monarch of all I survey;My right there is none to dispute;From the center all round to the seaI am lord of the fowl and the bruteO Solitude! where … Continue reading Christopher Knight & The Solitude of Alexander Selkirk
Eulogy for an Alder
A humble sapling, spry and meekAt the crest of the hill had sproutedAgainst the wall of our crumbling barnWhere my father’s instructions were flouted.Barely waist high in my fourteenth yearThat little tree could measureAnd in mercy I left it to grow as it wouldAnd to watch me whack weeds at its leisureSeasons would pass since … Continue reading Eulogy for an Alder
Quarantine in Newark
"Pnin walked slowly under the solemn pines. The sky was dying. He did not believe in an autocratic God. He did believe, dimly, in a democracy of ghosts. The souls of the dead, perhaps, formed committees, and these, in continuous session, attended to the destinies of the quick."Vladimir Nabokov, "Pnin" (1957) Why is it that … Continue reading Quarantine in Newark
Hermit Thrush 