Category Archives: conversations

Aranansi #4: Miranda and the bull

Posted on August 23, 2010 by randomyriad

January 12, 2010, 18:24 A tan bull with large curved horns on a head the size of the front of a VW bug greeted me as I entered through the back gate. I had to move quickly to avoid an … Continue reading →

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Random Thoughts from an Unemployed Mind

Posted on August 15, 2010 by randomyriad

Late in the spring, one of my students set up this scene depicting his interpretation of Lummi Island. I appreciated it because I used to live there.  As I was going through the photos on my camera I found this … Continue reading →

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Hamlet, The Hatter, and Wiley Cayote: My Cartoon Life Part II

Posted on July 12, 2010 by randomyriad

The Mad Hatter‘s Riddle: “Why is a raven like a writing desk?” Hamlet‘s Cloud: Act III Scene II Hamlet: Do you see yonder cloud, That’s almost in the shape of a camel. Polonius: By the mass, and ’tis like a … Continue reading →

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Back to Work Blahs

Posted on April 11, 2010 by randomyriad

I am just finishing my spring break week off, and I feel very ambivalent about what I have spent my time doing and going back to my routine of having the middle of my day absorbed by work. I like … Continue reading →

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Pay No Attention to The Screaming Chickens

Posted on April 6, 2010 by randomyriad

Change always brings with it fear and loathing for many, for example the weird behavior around health care reform. We are heading into some dangerous times because of peoples rigid ideas about the world need to loosen up, and that … Continue reading →

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