Amillia Publishing Company Sun, November 22, 2009

The Left Column Mysticism The inscense burns for you Ted tonight on the mantle over the fireplace that lays unlit. the midnight moon is new so it does not light this late time hour. When morning with the sun you have passed beyond how many keys of Bardo? I never read the Tibet book but had a copy of the Eygptian one. that generation of Catholics were burried in Forest Hills. Some folks built big statues that are still in those spooky fields. If icons built are then removed to make a better future does it disrespect the artist to take his work away? If I hate the work I can love the artist. If you don't get Picasso then please don't tell me he sucks. Ted you were Picasso in what you do in this life here. And now you pass to where the sky meets our fantasies of you. You didn't just pose and talk but effected posative outcome for all involved. Negotiate a better deal and share what is fair. So how will history see you? It matters not to me because I know you have a heart that is true.

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Where the Pavement Ends The Beach Begins

naturally sculpted arraingment of sand and pavement crumblings.

Ah . . . Summertime. Seems like a long time ago in November. Ah. But do we need to live on a beach to love a beach? If I were there now it would be too cold. They would have locked the gate. The State Police would investigate why my car was parked. They wouldn't hassle me if I show them that I'm doing photography. In Summer the gate is open till 8 PM. The light of the early evening sparkles. Those end of the day beach photos give a wonderful display of sand and stone, wave and sky, clouds and birds. As the weather is cold and the sky is dark ("and the moon . . . is the only . . . light I see" - Ben E King) Here are some photos from last summer. I would have put them up then but . . . Instead I put up other ones. Nov 18, 2006 naturally sculpted stone in the late day sun on a beach. Note the tiny bug to the left of the stone

naturally sculpted stone in the late day sun on a beach. Note the tiny bug to the left of the stone

The clouds obscuring the lateday sun give an effect that is often used in movies to represent . . . the Shekinah, hence the quote of a joke about Noah.

" 'Noah. I want you to build an ark'" -Bill Cosby quoting an obvious source in his famous routine.

Bug on a clam on the beach being photographed in the late day.

I don't squash bugs like these. I will squash your software bugs, and with minimal mess!

Soft puffs of clouds above the sea. There are people standing near the shore, obscured, you can't tell who they are. There are only a few. The sun is behind a cloud but the far away ocean is in full sun. An empty lifeguard chair is prominent on the left side of this photo.

At the end of the day the beach is almost empty.

A childs sneaker print in the sand. The word 'MARC' is embossed into the sole of the shoe and promonent in the center of the shoe print.

Marc must have been here but he's not here now.

A woman with a large full lenth mumu walks the beach as a silhouette in the late day. The sparkling effect of the light on the waves creates a visual spectacle. The joy in the picture is that there are many silhouttes walking in the lateday glow of magical light.

When the light is right you just need to know how to set up the camera and be in the right location and pointed in the right direction . . .

Nov 18, 2009

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The Right Column

Season of Wither

Autumn at a pond in Framingham, MA, Oct 2009

I took you along on my walk to my place by the lake. Why did you have to destroy all the stones on the beach looking for fossils? That day, an ancient memory is ossified and tossed aside. On which beach at some future time will they find it as a fossil? Do you even remember that day? Leafless tree grow with a lean over the Conn. River, October, 2009, Rt 12, New Hampshire. (near Vermont)