Ever go to a party / meeting / social event and have a stranger walk up to you and say “Are you related to ? My last name is fairly common, those Scotsmen / Normans etc. being prolific like rabbits, so I hear this on a regular basis. Now, if you know me IRL you…
Books Life
K444 Is Done!
The goal was never to be famous, heck who ever heard of a rich poet? I have always loved writing, just letting the often weird thoughts in my head flow out onto the paper, or now my keyboard. But I did have a goal when I started to build WordsWorth – to finally put down…
Books Poetry
An Ocean of Silence
Remember I was battle-testing Wordsworth? Well… it handled the almost 200 poems I have written over the years, the export to epub was seamless, I added a cover image and one at the end of myself and Frieda. Too easy. Badda bing badda boom… An Ocean of Silence is done! Now should I publish this…
Multimedia Poetry
We Are Eagles
Taste the wind, cast over landscapestorn and scored by the talonsof a vulturerending granite into dustwhile silent screams in jagged shardsflow through the bleakness in your mind. [Chorus]We are eagles soaring skywardthrough the clouds we see below,We are eagles soaring skywardSpread your wings, it’s time to go. Spread your arms, fingers stretchedand cry shrill, like…
Poetry
Perchance to Dream
Perchance to dream in solitude,of raven’s flight and puppy smiles,to sense the light that shines beyond,in endless quiet reverie. I seek the dawn of yesterday,far miles across an endless sea,that winds a path from here to there,and back again to me, and thee. I see the twilight cold and gray,come swiftly ‘fore the endless night,when…
Geekstuff
Update on Mavie
I suppose part of my nature is to never let something be, always looking for ways to improve things. Mavie was decent – an easy to use journal you could export to text or html if you wanted to use it elsewhere. But it seemed like a bit of a pain to have to edit…
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Ocean of Silence Goes Video
As you might have guessed ‘Ocean of Silence’ is the title of my book of poetry, and of the namesake poem. Lately I have been watching Kelly Boesch videos on FB, loving the way she puts them together in her imagination! After listening to her TED talk I realized that she uses AI to generate…
Geekstuff
PyPer At The Gates of WAN
Let me say at the outset this is NOT about GenZ bashing. I work in IT in my other life, all told I am coming up on 50 years since I sat my first computer science class (is anyone using Fortran anymore?). So I have seen a lot, from mainframes to cellphones. Currently I work…