An e-zine about spaceships, aliens, science, memory, motherhood, magic, and cats.
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”
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”
by Mary E. Lowd
Tiny worlds
Growing on a vine
Ripe as berries
Truly divine
Places to live Continue reading “World on a Vine”
by Mary E. Lowd
From a framework
Of limitations
Constrictions
Walls and barriers Continue reading “The Morning Glory through the Wire”
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”
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”
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.
by Mary E. Lowd
The fabric of her spacesuit
Has to be
So very fine, so very thin Continue reading “Beyond Blue Ceilings”
We watched the movies “21 Jump Street” and “22 Jump Street” this weekend. They’re kind of dumb, but also fairly fun. I remember watching reruns of the original show back in the 90s. My little sister really liked it. I remembered approximately three specific things from the show: Continue reading “21 Jump Street”
by Mary E. Lowd
She’ll live forever
Just to spite
The pretenders
To her throne Continue reading “The Ancient Cat Queen”