along grant's trail a few doves on the power lines while the peacocks are silent

expulsion of roma the french government upset over the semantics of ethnic cleansing

the stage set for polar bears in the dimming of the northern lights

cold front the jet stream dividing the country in half

with berries held tight as a fist the sudden redness of dogwood leaves

late september the pond slows down to a heron's watch

bend in the missouri river how many pollutants can one body of water be expected to carry

Trax: Save the Confluence

proposed casino at the confluence we can't afford to cash in our wetlands for poker chips

carnahan vs blunt the fall equinox pays no attention to the rising temperatures

wrapped in its spacesuit an albino woolly worm in the moonlight

http://www.allaboutworms.com/white-woolly-worm-weather-predictions-and-other-insect-tales

more damage than gray mice the footsteps of rain that run through the house

the onset of fall crossing the pond in a boatful of leaves

Trax: Congo, Commentary (Article links had to be removed)

how we stay connected only adding to the rape of the congo






Joseph Conrad quotes:

"Being a woman is a terribly difficult trade since it consists principally of dealings with men."


"The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness."


"The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much."


"The way of even the most jusitifiable revolution is prepared by personal impulses disguised into creeds."


And an excerpt from the article: Congo's Tin Soldiers by Jonathan Miller:


"One hundred years ago, the novelist Joseph Conrad described the colonial plunder of Congo as 'the vilest scramble for loot that ever disfigured the human conscience.'"

Trax: The Pope, The Mr. Magoo Show w/links

oblivious to the uproar that surrounds him the pope as calm as mr. magoo

gravesite mix-ups so this is how we honor our fallen soldiers


*As many as 6,000 graves may be mismarked at the Arlington National Cemetery. 

Trax Extra:

thousands of fish killed on a mississippi that even mark twain wouldn't recognize

mid-september blues how many more soldiers with a tortured conscience will commit suicide


In memory of Spc. Alyssa R. Peterson February 29, 1976 – September 15, 2003

no refills for me a mineral taste to the water a wedge of lemon can't hide

birthday party for once the guest of honor is on time

news we rarely hear about the 52 journalists killed in the line of duty

around the last edges of summer the flight path of a moth lost in a yellowed cornfield

flat tire I feel as drained as the clouds at the end of a rainy afternoon

tea ceremony I am reminded of the steps during a catholic mass

unrelenting rain a guatemalan family huddled in the doorway of a house where the roof has collapsed

99 lashes Ms. Ashtiani's new sentence unveiling the curtain of injustice against women

nothing but blue skies for the labor day parade another 24 hours of being unemployed

guided by the bamboo there is only one way here and one way back

always in season the scent of pines toward evening

oil rig fire* the gulf of mexico on course to become the next dead sea

*originally I had explosion but the media has since downgraded this to fire.  There's been so many conflicting reports about this incident I'm not sure what to believe.  Maybe keeping us confused is a good way to divert attention from the oil sheen spotted earlier which has mysteriously disappeared.

uncertain times the steam from mt. sinabung rising like a question mark

as though they worked for our government this morning covered by clouds