In Death Do We Part (Poetry)
If they’re to call our love a sin Then how can any one of us win? If our union is doomed to fail Let’s throw love to the wind and sail In death do we part just the same As angry mobs have us now do Life’s oft a bitter lonely game Unless one and […]
Speed Limit Ten (Photo)
What Makes Me Come Alive (Poetry)
“What Makes Me Come Alive?” is a poem about always pursuing what makes you happy and fulfilled, no matter what it takes. What will make me come alive?How will I burn ever bright?With this constant overdriveBathing in Creation’s light From nights of innocent blissBlood, sweat, tears, passionate criesThe throes that follow’d tendernessProducts of love’s sweetest […]
Scenes from the Littleton Fire Truck Show (June 2015)
Photos taken by Amelia Phoenix Desertsong in June 2015 at the Annual Fire Truck Parade & Muster held at Red Rocks Community College in Littleton, Colorado. They were shot with my Samsung S4 smartphone camera. Edited by Thomas Slatin. Check out Tom’s fire truck photos:
The Mindless Things
Too many nights I lay awake thinking of mindless pursuits. I’ve many times lamented about the trivial pursuits which have captivated my undivided attention for far too long and often. Sure, who among us isn’t guilty of having diversions that bring us a bit too far from where we’d like to be intellectually at this […]
Into the Backwoods of Maine (Photo)
Photo taken in August 2020.
Honesty in Writing
“If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it.” – Tennessee Williams What makes honest writing? Even when I try to be as honest as possible with my writing, I find myself asking, when is it wrong or even dangerous to be too honest? There’s letting things off your […]
The Good Vibes of Bon Iver
Despite not really being a music critic, and feeling more than a bit under-qualified to provide fair and unbiased analysis of what I happen to be spinning today, I’m going to record my impressions. As frustratingly incomplete as they may seem and certainly feel to me, writing them gives me a sort of practice and […]
Across the River to Canada (Photo)
“Across the River to Canada” is one of my favorite photos that I took as a young adult on one of our final vacations to Coastal Maine. The property we used to stay at was sold a few years ago, and we never found another place nearby that was quite the same. I have quite […]
Vermont Vinyl (Ad)Ventures
In April 2021, Thomas and I happened to be going to Burlington, Vermont on an errand. Since we were there anyway, I figured we’d stop at a local record store. There were several music shops in the area, but only one was open: Pure Pop Records on South Winooski Avenue. It happened to be a […]