MJS, I don't mean to embarrass you, so any such embarrassment that arises from what I'm about to write please consider as unintentional collateral damage...you are a born writer...and your ability to see in many and mysterious ways informs your photographs.

evidence of neo-natal writing talent: "time passed: the old man died, the pale blue light of television his last sweet kiss..."

I also love the notion of a cat's life being a career said cat could be in the "mid" of..."international cat of mystery is damn good too...

Chubby Portlander is a wonderful name...

The entire post and the pictures give texture to why we pay attention to what Bush & company is doing to degrade all life on this planet...

So I prefer to take your title in the spirit of Lisa English's wonderful blog of some years ago, with one of the best names for a blog I've ever seen, "Ruminate This!"

Does anyone know how Lisa is doing? Family illness caused her to stop blogging, I must say I still miss her.

I have no idea why my comment is italicized; it wasn't in preview; I checked MJS'S post, he appears to have closed the at the end of his...?

Lambert? Anyone?

The ol' quirk that you have to close every tag that's open when you put in the break.

No authoritarians were tortured in the writing of this post.