Catherine Daly's Blog

 Amy Lowell has far more urban imagism than I had recalled: taxis, critiques of symbolist retreat, all there!!!

A "one horse town" is a place which relies on a single industry as its major source of revenue -- jobs, the commerce jobs bring, and etc. Et cetera being real estate/land, housing with or without municipal services, one physical bank, a number of churches, a post office, and grocery.One horse -- say mining, "the plant", back office for a large corporation, an exit on the interstate -- will do, as

33 Faces

33 Faces

Pokestops are, in general, "street furniture".  While most of these were initially Ingress sites, and many others have been added (notably Starbucks and Sprint stores):

Churches, temples (many faiths), zen centers.  I no longer live near a Sikh house of assembly, nor a mosque, so I don't know about coverage of all faiths.

Clocks.

Fountains.

Architectural details (gargoyles, mosaics, art deco

As with everything else, there is a great deal of confusion about "voter fraud", barriers to voting, and voter registration.

Before the last general election, +Ashby Manson shared that he still receives voter registration update cards for more than one! previous owner of his house.  Disturbing -- did these people sell a home and neglect to re-register?  Are they then not voting?  Yet, the

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Awesome essay!

Although one has to question the idea that Schuyler was a poet of urban environments, since he wrote so much about man-made suburban environments (well, Southampton, NY, is hardly suburban).  He also wrote about preferring smaller towns with more outdoor space.  However, Eileen Myles' set of

I would like to write a bit about James Schuyler, even though I never met him.  



As a fan of his poetry, I am a bit disappointed about the critical discourse surrounding him and his work.  For instance, after he was released from the US Navy after WWII, returning to Manhattan, writing a play made into a short film, he chose to go to Italy and continue his studies.  Was he a “typist” for Auden

I began using "disreputable" to refer to items about 20 years ago (or more).



In context:  "this disreputable sponge" is a kitchen sponge so filthy that all sorts of soap and vinegar will not clean it enough in order to prepare it to clean other things, such as pots and pans or floors.



^ that was the intro:  



recalling reading how-to home maker American Books from the 30's:  flapper to

Three people I knew, or knew of, most closely, died before the Cubs won the World Series.

But I am an opinionated person, as always (go Cubs), and so I want to post a few things:

These are some of the phrases that have travelled with me during my life thus far:

1) your shit doesn't smell sweeter.

(it does not)

2) you think you are so smart.

(yes, you got that; also I am)

3) you're so