Untitled 30 Oct 2010 | 07:14 am

The Lake Isle of Innisfree I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree, And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made: Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honeybee, And live a...

How I Learned to Stop Worrying... 5 Oct 2010 | 07:45 am

I got a call from a friend last night, and the conversation devolved into his fears and anxieties about the frightening decline of civilization. He began to yaw and bend toward how dangerous our times...

Come to Me, Little Fishies 29 Sep 2010 | 07:22 am

The Good Ship Concreteblock 21 Sep 2010 | 03:17 am

The home overlooking the small private lake was built with identical block and terracotta materials.

Dairy Deluxe 17 Sep 2010 | 09:36 am

A large sculpture of the ideal Holstein-Friesian dairy cow by the Japanese-American artist Gozo Kawamura, 1923.

Toolbox 15 Sep 2010 | 02:30 am

Melonious 3 Jul 2010 | 01:43 am

Down in Tennessee I used to sit upon the fence A-wonderin' about the lack of people's common sense What I didn't then couldn't keep concealed Was one great big fat watermelon layin' in the field See...

When Nature Comes Calling 30 Jun 2010 | 06:29 am

Our cat Jackie on the windowsill, transfixed, this morning. The object of his attention, sitting on the corner of the deck. My friend Alex, a genius of birds, says he's probably a juvenile red-shoul...

Whose World? 29 Jun 2010 | 07:18 am

Probably you've wondered, given all the chaos and discord, whose world is this? Who is in charge of this mess? Conspiracy theorists assert variously it's the Illuminati, or the Freemasons, or the Bild...

The Help 25 Jun 2010 | 08:02 am

I probably should save this one for Labor Day, but I'm ready to show it now. This is a maid's uniform worn by an employee of the historic Henry Grady Hotel, which was a popular place for travelers to ...