Category Archives: Musings

Fire on Fire Island

Posted on September 6, 2010 by Malcolm Farley

Late summer equivalent of the TV Yule Log.  Download or share and enjoy.

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At The Zoo: Birds & Other Celebrities

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Malcolm Farley

At The Zoo: Birds & Other Celebrities “Have you ever held a duck before?  Do you know how?” asked Tony B., the Animal Supervisor at the Central Park Zoo, early one Saturday morning.   As I shook my head “no,” Tony … Continue reading →

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Accidental Poetry on Purpose

Posted on May 4, 2010 by Malcolm Farley

Found, in a “push page” email advertising performances at Joe’s Pub: “chilly Teutonic electronica.”   And, on a cast-iron, waffle-top water main cover just off Flatbush Avenue and St. Marks: “Catskill Water Gate.”

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Father Sol, Up Close & Personal

Posted on April 27, 2010 by Malcolm Farley

Father Sol, Up Close & Personal Just after Earth Day, it’s useful to remember that Gaia has a partner infinitely more powerful and mysterious than she is.  Check out the Solar Dynamics Observatory’s just released video of the sun flaring up, … Continue reading →

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Englishing de la Rochefoucauld (Laziness)

Posted on March 17, 2010 by Malcolm Farley

Maxim 54. Of all our passions, laziness is the most unacknowledged.  It is both the most eager and the most malignant motive of all, though its violence cannot be felt and the damage it causes is profoundly hidden.  If we … Continue reading →

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