by Mary E. Lowd
Just out of reach
Cast into a breach of time
The hours rhyme
Each filled with longing Continue reading “10 Day Purgatory While Being Observed for Extremely Unlikely Signs of Rabies”
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Pleasantville
Pleasantville (1998) does such a beautiful, insightful job of depicting how people and societies struggle with change, and most especially how the only real path forward comes from truly caring about the people whose lives are made better by the forward progress.
Brigadoon (Starring Gene Wilder???)
Me: mentions Gene Kelly in Brigadoon because I’ve been writing a story called “Treegadoon”
Friend: misreads Gene Kelly as Gene Wilder
Other Friend: mentions they haven’t seen Brigadoon
Me: writes whole essay on Brigadoon with a focus on replacing Gene Kelly with Gene Wilder Continue reading “Brigadoon (Starring Gene Wilder???)”
Men in Black 1-3
The Men in Black trilogy starring Will Smith is truly excellent. The first is a complete classic with iconic moments all the way through; the third is surprisingly tight and lands a complicated time-travel story beautifully.
And the second… it has a talking pug dog sing along with the barks in “Who Let the Dogs Out.” Continue reading “Men in Black 1-3”
You Paint the World with Your Love
by Mary E. Lowd
It’s hard to see the world
Through the rainbows in my eyes
Everywhere I look Continue reading “You Paint the World with Your Love”
World on a Vine
by Mary E. Lowd
Tiny worlds
Growing on a vine
Ripe as berries
Truly divine
Places to live Continue reading “World on a Vine”
The Morning Glory through the Wire
by Mary E. Lowd
From a framework
Of limitations
Constrictions
Walls and barriers Continue reading “The Morning Glory through the Wire”
Shell Beach
by Mary E. Lowd
A crescent of sea in the sky
A glittering span of sand
Towers reach
Into the breach Continue reading “Shell Beach”
Magic Do As You Will
To be a craftsman, you must be able to create high quality work reliably.
To be an artist, you must have something that you feel compelled to communicate. Continue reading “Magic Do As You Will”
When You Can’t Quite Remember the Word…
It’s small, but I really love how good AI is at things like this…
Me: Can you think of a word somewhere between “crashed into each other,” “crossed paths,” and “collapsed”?
And instantly, ChatGPT provides “collided” which is exactly the word that had been eluding me.