BOOKS READ 2016

• Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink by Elvis Costello
• Locke & Key Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft by Joe Hill & Gabriel Rodriguez, 2013
• Locke & Key Vol. 2: Head Games by Hill & Rodriguez, 2013
• Locke & Key Vol. 3: Crown of Shadows by Hill & Rodriguez, 2013
• Brothers Be, Yo Like George, Ain't That Funkin' Kinda Hard On You? By George Clinton, 2014
• Locke & Key Vol. 4: Keys To The Kingdom by Hill & Rodriguez, 2013
• Locke & Key Vol. 5: Clockworks by Hill & Rodriguez, 2012
• Locke & Key Vol. 6: Alpha & Omega by Hill & Rodriguez, 2014
• An Appetite For Wonder: The Making Of A Scientist by Richard Dawkins, 2013
• Rat Queens Vol.1: Sass and Sorcery by Kurtis J. Weibe & Roc Upchurch, 2014
• Rat Queens Vol. 2:The Far Reaching Tentacles Of N'rygoth by Weibe/Upchurch/Sejic, 2015
• Brief Candle In The Dark: My Life In Science by Richard Dawkins, 2015
• Silent Snow: The Slow Poisoning Of The Arctic by Marla Cone, 2005
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 5: The Best Defense by Robert Kirkman, 2006
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 6: This Sorrowful Life by Kirkman, 2007
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 7: The Calm Before by Kirkman, 2007
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 8: Made to Suffer by Kirkman, 2008
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 9: Here We Remain by Kirkman, 2009
• the oblivion seekers by Isabelle Eberhardt, 1920
• Electric Grace edited by Richard Peabody, 2007
• a different beat: writings by women of the beat generation edited by Richard Peabody, 1997
• Women & Madness by Phyllis Chesler, 1972
• Ms. Marvel Vol. 2: Generation Why by G. Willow Wilson w/Alphona & Wyatt, 2015
• Ms. Marvel Vol. 3: Crushed by Wilson w/Miyazawa & Bondoc, 2015
• Women photographs by Annie Leibovitz & essay by Susan Sontag, 1999
• Bitch Planet, Vol. 1:Extraordinary Machine by Kelly Sue Deconnick & Valentine De Landro, 2015
• The Talented Miss Highsmith: The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia Highsmith by Joan Schenkar, 2009
• this census-taker by China Mieville, 2016
• Ariel by Sylvia Plath, 1965
• The Weary Blues by Langston Hughes, 1926
• three moments of an explosion by China Mieville, 2015
• Gratitude by Oliver Sacks, 2015
• Transgender Warriors by Leslie Feinberg, 1996
• Chew Vol. 1: Taster's Choice by John Layman & Rob Guillory, 2009
• The Cleft by Doris Lessing, 2007
• The Grandmothers by Doris Lessing, 2003
• Welcome To Tranquility Vol. 1 by Gail Simone & Neil Googe, 2008
• H Is For Hawk by Helen Macdonald, 2014
• Where The Stress Falls by Susan Sontag, 2001
• Not My Father's Son by Alan Cumming, 2014
• Avenue Of Mysteries by John Irving, 2015
• Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman, 2010
• Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace, 1996
• Trigger Warning by Neil Gaiman, 2015
• The Fifth Child by Doris Lessing, 1988
• If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin, 1974
• The Fire Next Time by James Balswin, 1964
• I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, 1970
• Gather Together In My Name by Maya Angelou, 1974
• The Taqwacores by Michael Muhammad Knight, 2004
• Banksy: You Are An Acceptable Level Of Threat And If You Were Not You Would Know About It by CarpetBombingCulture, 2012
• Look Me In The Eye: My Life With Asperger's by John Elder Robison, 2007
• Switched On: A Memoir Of Brain Change And Emotional Awakening by John Elder Robison, 2016
• Ben, In The World by Doris Lessing, 2000
• Rat Queens Vol. 3: Demons by Kurtis Wiebe & art by Tess Fowler, 2016
• Singin' And Swingin' And Gettin' Merry Like Christmas by Maya Angelou, 1976
• Bitch Planet # 6 by Deconnick & Soma, 2016
• Pretty Deadly #1 by Deconnick & Rios, 2014
• The Tao Of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff, 1982
• The Wicked + The Divine #1 by Kieron Gillen & Jamie McKelvie, 2014
• The Wicked + The Divine #2 by Gillen & McKelvie, 2014
• The Fireman by Joe Hill, 2016
• The Wicked + The Divine Vol.1: The Faust Act by Gillen & McKelvie, 2014
• The Wicked + The Divine Vol.2: Fandemonium by Gillen & McKelvie, 2015
• The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson, 2015
• The Wicked + The Divine Vol.3: Commercial Suicide by Gillen & McKelvie, 2016
• Are You My Mother? By Alison Bechdel, 2012
• Paper Girls Vol.1 by Brian Vaughn & Cliff Chiang, 2016
• The Edna Webster Collection Of Undiscovered Writings by Richard Brautigan, 1995
• Fun Home by Alison Bechdel, 2006
• Body Counts: A Memoir Of Politics, Sex, AIDS, And Survival by Sean Strub. 2014
• Phonogram: Rue Britannia by Kieron Gillen & Jaime McKelvie, 2014
• Saga Vol.1 by Brian Vaughan & Fiona Staples, 2015
• Saga Vol. 2 by Vaughan & Staples, 2014
• Saga Vol.3 by Vaughan & Staples, 2014
• Tough Sh*t: Life Advice From A Fat, lazy Slob Who Did Good by Kevin Smith, 2012
• Saga Vol.4 by Vaughan & Staples, 2015
• Saga Vol.5 by Staples & Vaughan, 2015
• Martha Quest by Doris Lessing, 1952
• LaRose by Louise Erdrich, 2016
• Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor, 2011
• The Lonely City: Adventures In The Art Of Being Alone by Olivia Laing, 2016
• The Narrow Door by Paul Lisicky, 2016
• The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, 2003
• Saga Vol. 6 by Staples & Vaughan, 2016
• Mr. Splitfoot by Samantha Hunt, 2016
• The Trip To Echo Spring: On Writers And Drinking by Olivia Laing, 2013
• End Of Watch by Stephen King, 2016
• The Pier Falls: And Other Stories by Mark Haddon, 2016
• The Red House by Mark Haddon, 2012
• March: Book One by John Lewis, 2013
• March: Book Two by John Lewis, 2015
• The Sandman Volume 1: Preludes & Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman,1988
• Wanderlust: A History Of Walking by Rebecca Solnit, 2000
• The Sandman Volume 2: The Doll's House by Gaiman, 1990
• The Sandman Volume 3: Dream Country by Gaiman, 1990
• The City Of Falling Angels by John Berendt, 2005
• The Sandman Volume 4: Season Of Mists by Gaiman, 1991
• The Sandman Volume 5: A Game Of You by Gaiman, 1992
• Zero K by Don DeLillo, 2016
• Chew Vol. 2: International Flavor by Layman & Guillory, 2010
• Chew Vol. 3: Just Desserts by Layman & Guillory, 2010
• Brief Interviews With Hideous Men by David Foster Wallace, 1999
• March: Book Three by John Lewis, 2016
• Lumberjanes: Beware The Kitten Holy by Noelle Stevenson & Grace Ellis, 2015
• Lumberjanes: Friendship To The Max by Stevenson & Ellis, 2015
• The Sandman Volume 6: Fables & Reflections by Gaiman, 1993
• The Sandman Volume 7: Brief Lives by Gaiman, 1993
• The Sandman Volume 8: World's End by Gaiman, 1993
• The Sandman Volume 9: The Kindly Ones by Gaiman, 1995
• The Sandman Volume 10: The Wake by Gaiman, 1996
• The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: Squirrel Power by Ryan North & Erica Henderson, 2015
• Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet by Ta-Nehisi Coates & Brain Stelfreeze, 2016
• the last days of new paris by China Mieville, 2016
• Chew Vol. 4: Flambe by Layman& Guillory, 2011
• Chew Vol. 5:Major League by Layman & Guillory, 2012
• Chew Vol. 6: Space Cakes by Layman & Guillory, 2012
• Chew Vol. 7: Bad Apples by Layman & Guillory, 2013
• Chew Vol. 8: Family Recipes by Layman & Guillory, 2014
• Chew Vol. 9: Chicken Tenders by Layman & Guillory, 2015
• Chew Vol. 10: Blood Puddin' by Layman & Guillory, 2015
• The Walking Dead Vol. 10: What We Become by Kirkman, 2009
• The Walking Dead Vol.11: Fear The Hunters by Kirkman, 2010
• The Walking Dead Vol.12: Life Among Them by Kirkman, 2010
• The Walking Dead Vol. 13: Too Far Gone by Kirkman, 2010
• The Walking Dead Vol. 14: No Way Out by Kirkman, 2011
• The Walking Dead Vol. 15: We Find Ourselves by Kirkman, 2011
• Descender Vol. 1: Tin Stars by Jeff Lemire & Dustin Nguyen, 2015
• Lumberjanes Vol. 3: A Terrible Plan by Stevenson, Watters & Nowak, 2016
• Pretty Deadly Vol. 1: The Shrike by Kelly Sue DeConnick, 2014
• Pretty Deadly Vol. 2: The Bear by DeConnick, 2016
• The Walking Dead Vol.16: A Larger World by Kirkman, 2012
• The Walking Dead Vol.17: Something To Fear by Kirkman, 2014
• The Walking Dead Vol. 18: What Comes After by Kirkman, 2013
• To The River: A Journey Beneath the Surfaces by Olivia Laing, 2011
• Miss Jane by Brad Watson, 2016
• Chew, Vol. 11: The Last Suppers by Layman, 2016
• Revival, Vol. 1: You're Among Friends by Tim Seeley & Mike Norton, 2012
• Blood Child: and other stories by Octavia E. Butler,1995
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 19: March To War by Kirkman,
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 20: All Out War, Part 1 by Kirkman,
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 21: All Out War, Part 2 by Kirkman,
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 22: A New Beginning by Kirkman, 2014
• Ms. Marvel: No Normal by G. Willow Wilson & Adrian Alphona, 2015
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 23: Whispers Into Screams by Kirkman, 2015
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 24: Life And Death by Kirkman, 2015
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 25: No Turning Back by Kirkman, 2016
• Lumberjanes, Vol. 4: Out Of Time by Stevenson, Watters & Allen, 2016
• Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer by Patrick Suskind, 1985
• Revival, Vol. 2: Live Like You Mean It by Seeley & Norton, 2013
• Revival, Vol. 3: A Faraway Place by Seeley & Norton, 2014
• Fledgling by Octavia Butler, 2005
• Kindred by Octavia Butler, 1979
• Descender, Vol. 2: Machine Moon by Lemire & Nguyen, 2016
• Fray by Joss Whedon, 1999
• B.R.U.H. :Black Renditions Of Universal Heroes by Markus Prime, 2016
• The Twilight Of The Bombs by Richard Rhodes, 2010
• Feminist Theory: From Margin To Center by bell hooks, 2000
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 26: Call To Arms by Kirkman, 2016
• Lilith's Brood by Octavia Butler, 1989 (compilation of Dawn '87, Adulthood Rites '88 and Imago '89)
• Revival, Vol.4: Escape To Wisconsin by Seeley & Norton, 2014
• Shrill: Notes From A Loud Woman by Lindy West, 2016
• The Last Man, Book One: Unmanned & Cycles by Brian Vaughan & Pia Guerra, 2003
• A Field Guide To Getting Lost by Rebecca Solnit, 2005
• Monstress, Vol.1: Awakening by Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda, 2016
• The Last Man, Book Two
• Revival, Vol. 5: Gathering Of Waters
• Revival, Vol. 6: Thy Loyal Sons & Daughters
• Revival, Vol 7: Forward
• Here, There, Elsewhere by William Least Heat-Moon, 2013
• “They Can't Kill Us All” by Wesley Lowery, 2016
• Trees, Vol. 1: In Shadow by Warren Ellis & Jason Howard, 2015
• Trees, Vol. 2: Two Forests by Ellis & Howard, 2016
• Nobody: Casualties Of America's War On The Vulnerable, From Ferguson To Flint by Marc Lamont Hill, 2016
• When We Rise: My Life In The Movement by Cleve Jones, 2016
• Everfair by Nisi Shawl, 2016
• Wet Moon, Vol. 1: Feeble Wanderings by Sophie Campbell, 2016 (new edition w/extras)
• Tranny: Confessions Of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout by Laura Jane Grace, 2016

FILMS VIEWED 2016

• Tangerine (dir: Sean Baker) 2015
• Roxy: The Movie Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention (from 1973)

Craft Beer 2016

• “Beer Camp” tropical IPA – Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Chico CA
• “Tangerine IPA – Variant” - Adroit Theory Brewing Co., Purcellville, VA
• “Fists Of Rage” - Roggenbier (rye spice, carrot cake, vanilla & caramel), Adroit...
• “Ortolan Bunting – Mescal” - American Strong Ale, Adroit...
• “Bloody Roots Bourbon” - Bourbon barrel aged Imperial Brown Ale, Adroit...
• “Crystal Pale Ale” - Samuel Adams, Boston MA
• “Azacca” IPA – Founders Brewing Company, Grand Rapids MI
• “Danzig” Baltic porter – Devil's Backbone Brewing Co., Lexington VA
• Blackboard Series Agave IPA w/ grapefruit– Victory Brewing Co., Downingtown PA
• “Kerry's Cure” Belgian Pale ale – Tin Cannon, Gainesville VA (a brewery collaboration)
• “Honey We're On A Date” Belgian style Wheat – Tin Cannon...
• “Dubbel Tap” Belgian style Dubbel – Tin Cannon...
• Nitro Coffee Stout – Sam Adams...
• “Citradelic” tangerine IPA – New BelgiumBrewing, Fort Collins CO
• “Rebel Grafefruit IPA” - Sam Adams...
• “Revival” red IPA – Starr Hill Brewery, Charlottesville VA
• “Elementary” porter – Brothers Craft Brewing – Harrisonburg VA
• Chocolate Covered Raspberry Stout – Tin Cannon...
• “Abbi's Drool” Northern English style brown ale – Tin Cannon...
• “Howling Gale IPA” - Fair Winds Brewing Co., Lorton VA
• Five Hop Experimental IPA – Sierra Nevada...
• “Cafe Racer 15” DIPA – Bear Republic Brewing Co., Cloverdale CA
• Scottish Brown Ale – Vanish Beers, Lucketts VA
• Porter – Vanish...
• “Twisted Sister” Citron Green Tea (Brew Loco in Leesburg, VA) IPA – Adroit...
• Azacca Hop DIPA – Adroit...
• Pomegranate IPA – Adroit...
• DIPA w/ Blueberries, Pasilla & Habanero Peppers – Adroit...
• DIPA Rye – Vanish...
• Oatmeal Pale Ale – Vanish...
• Abbey Dubbel Ale – Vanish...
• Golden Ale – Vanish...
• Session IPA – Vanish...
• “Fruit Basket” IPA w/orange & grapefruit juices & citrus zest – Champion Brewing Co., Charlottesville VA
• “Stumbld” red IPA – Ocelot Brewing Co., Dulles, VA
• “Space Cadet” IPA – Ocelot...
• “Marbles” IPA – Ocelot...
• “Talking Backwards” Triple IPA – Ocelot...
• “Little Black Milk Stout” - Ocelot...
• “Profits of Pride” IPA – Ocelot...
• “Plasticine” Imperial porter – Ocelot...
• “The Gallows” Imperial red – Ocelot...
• “Big Pun” American Barleywine ale – Tin Cannon...
• “Humble Admiration” strong American ale – Tin Cannon...
• “Heir Apparent” Mexican-spiced Imperial stout – Lickinghole Creek Craft Brewery, Goochland VA
• “Romantic Chemistry” IPA w/mango, apricot & ginger – Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Milton DE
• “Mango Astronaut Ale” - Rogue Ales, Newport OR - collaboration with Voodoo Doughnut
• “Mango Magnifico” ale w/habaneros – Founders...
• “Zombie Date Night” Imperial porter w/raspberries & cocoa nibs – 3 Stars Brewing Co., Washington D.C.
• “Antithesis” honey cream ale – Adroit...
• Rye Stout – Adroit...
• Teff Porter w/cinnamon & pecans – Adroit...
• “Lux” aquavit barrel – Adroit...
• “Death of Chthulhu” - Adroit...
• “Brooke's Currant Obsession” whiskey barrel aged w/currants – Adroit collaboration w/Belly Love Brewery, Purceville VA
• Tangerine “Soul Style” IPA – Green Flash Brewing Co., San Diego CA
• “Couch Surfer” oatmeal stout – Otter Creek Brewing Co., Middlebury VT
• “Frightened” DIPA w/Citra & El Dorado – Ocelot...
• “Songbird” grapefruit sour – Ocelot...
• “Crimson Tears” saison – Ocelot...
• “Lost Angel” IPA w/Comet & Amarillo – Ocelot...
• “Albatross” single hop IPA w/Columbus – Ocelot...
• “Toaster Pastry” India-style red ale - 21^st Amendment Brewery, San Leandro CA
• “Heady Topper” American DIPA – The Alchemist, Waterbury VT
• Coffee Imperial Cream Ale – Adroit...
• White Chocolate & Toasted Macadamia Stout – Adroit...
• Roasted Pepper Porter w/ Lime & Black Pepper – Adroit...
• “We Want Your Soul” Belgian IPA – Adroit...
• “Plan B Quad” - Adroit...
• Rose Hip & lemon peel Saison – Adroit...
• Sorachi Ace & Citra IPA – Adroit...
• Mint & Green Tea Saison – Adroit...
• “Pineapple Sculpin” IPA – Ballast Point, San Diego CA
• “Fire Water” pale ale w/jalapenos – for EvilTwin Brewing by Westbrook Brewing Co., Mount Pleasant SC
• Coconut Quadrupel Ale Belgian-style – Lickinghole Creek...
• “Watermelon Dorado” DIPA – Ballast Point...
• “Zodiak” wheat & oat IPA – Omnipollo, Lochristi Belgium
• “Althea” Belgian-style Dubbel ale brewed w/plums – Weyerbacher Brewing Co., Easton PA
• “Tango” Belgian-style Dark ale brewed w/cherries – Weyerbacher...
• “Supreme Leader” spiced Imperial stout – Lickinghole Creek...
• “Mosaic Promise” single hop ale – Founders...
• “Oatis” oatmeal stout – Ninkasi Brewing Co., Eugene OR
• “Chocolate Obsession” Imperial chocolate stout – Lickinghole Creek...
• “KBS” bourbon barrel-aged chocolate coffee stout – Founders...
• “Coffee Obsession” Imperial chocolate stout – Lickinghole Creek...
• “Fever Dream” mango habanero ale – Flying Dog Brewery, Frederick MD
• “Ella” single hop Imperial IPA – Flying Dog...
• “Sumatra Mountain” Imperial brown ale brewed w/Sumatra coffee – Founders...
• “Sea Monster” Imperial oatmeal stout – Ballast Point...
• “Pine'hop'le” IPA – Evolution Craft Brewing Co., Salisbury MD
• 7 Hop IPA – Rogue Ales...
• “Blood Orange Neon Gypsy” IPA – DuClaw Brewing Co., Baltimore MD
• “Dirty Bastard” Scotch ale – Founders...
• “Tavern Ale” American brown ale – Alewerks Brewing Co., Williamsburg VA
• “Nugget Nectar” Imperial amber ale – Troegs Brewing Co., Hershey PA
• “3 Citrus Peel Out” Imperial wheat ale – Southern Tier Brewing Co., Lakewood NY
• Bourbon Barrel Raspberry Stout – Hardywood...
• “Skull Crushing Ape” Schwartz-Weizen-Dopplebock – Devil's Backbone Brewing Co., Lexington VA
• “Aniara” pale ale w/lemon juice – Omnipollo...
• Cold Brew IPA coffee – Rogue...
• “Master Shredder” wheat IPA – The Veil Brewing Co., Richmond VA
• “Crucial Taunt” DIPA – The Veil...
• “Grand Larceny” Citra & Mosaic DIPA – The Answer Brewpub, Richmond VA
• “Heavy Melon” watermelon lime ale – New Belgium...
• “Game Of Thrones: Seven Kingdoms” hoppy wheat ale – Brewery Ommegang, Cooperstown NY
• “Perpetual IPA” - Troegs...
• “Dubhe” Black IPA w/hemp seeds – Uinta Brewing Co., Salt Lake City UT
• “Citra Fresh IPA” - Lickinghole Creek...
• “Hop Nosh Tangeringe IPA” – Uinta Brewing...
• “Camp Wannamango” mango pale ale – Harpoon Brewery, Boston MA & Windsor VT
• Honey Kolsch – Rogue Ales...
• “Rain In Blood” blood orange pale ale- Dark Horse Brewing Co., Marshall MI
• “Enjoy By 07.04.16” IPA – Stone Brewing, Escondido CA
• “Pineapple Nuclear Nugget” Imperial honey IPA – Lickinghole Creek...
• “Meriwether” Belgian-style ale – collaboration by Perennial Artisan Ales & The Commons Brewery St. Louis MO
• “Imperial Simcoe Slacker” IPA – Evil Twin...
• “Cinnamon Roll'd W-n-B” coffee oatmeal Imperial stout – Terrapin Beer Co., Athens GA
• “Symzonia” Imperial stout w/coffee, vanilla, cocoa nibs & cinnamon – Omnipollo...
• Styrian Golding single hop IPA – Green Flash...
• “Good Adweiss” hefeweizen – Brothers Craft Brewing, Harrisonburg VA
• “Liquid Double Fudge” Imperial stout – Evil Twin...
• “Anastasia's Chocolate Fantasy” Russian Imperial stout – South Street Brewery, Arrington VA
• “El Duderino” white Russian stout – Center Of The Universe Brewing Co., Ashland VA
• “2016 Wort Share Maple Brown Ale”- Center Of The Universe...
• “Share This Mole” Imperial stout w/ancho chilies, chipotle peppers, cinnamon, vanilla & cacoa nibs – The Bruery, Placentia CA
• “Invisible Art” black IPA – Adroit...
• “Escondidian Imperial Black IPA” - Stone Brewing...
• “Minor Axident” DIPA – Against The Grain Brewery, Louisville KY
• “Carrot Cake Imperial Amber Ale” - Lickinghole Creek...
• Bourbon Barrel-aged Carrot Cake Imperial Amber Ale – Lickinghole Creek...
• “Santa's Cookies” imperial oatmeal stout – Champion Brewing...
• “Mocha Marlin” coffee, chocolate & vanilla Porter – Ballast Point...
• “Lizard Of Koz” Bourbon-aged Imperial stout w/blueberries, chocolate & vanilla – Founders...
• “Bittersweet Nitro” Imperial coffee milk stout – Left Hand Brewing Co., Longmont CO
• “Five Beans” porter - Six Point Brewery, Brooklyn NY
• “Bourbon County” stout – Goose Island Beer Co., Chicago IL
• “Death By Coconut”Irish porter - Oskar Blues Brewery, Longmont CO
• “Mackaper”pale ale-Omnipollo...
• “Bianca Raspberry” ale-Omnipollo...
• Rye Whiskey Barrel Pumpkin Ale – Hardywood...
• “Velvet Merkin” 2014 Bourbon-aged oatmeal stout – Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles CA
• Tart Cherry W-n-B Coffee Oatmeal Imperial Stout – Terrapin...
• “Give Me Stout Or Give Me Death”brewed w/raspberries & blackberries – Stone...
• “Napoleon Complex” hoppy pale ale – Wicked Weed Brewing, Asheville NC
• “Indian Brown” dark IPA – Dogfish Head...
• “Flesh & Blood IPA”- Dogfish Head...
• “Citrus Limbo IPA” - Long Trail Brewing Co., Bridgewater Corners VT
• “Porgie” chocolate pudding porter – Center Of The Universe collaboration w/ Ardent Craft Ales
• “Abrahadabra strawberry IPA – Omnipollo...
• “Last Leaf” brown maple ale – Starr Hill...
• “Scary Jesus Rock Star” apricot chamomile pale ale – Dark Horse Brewing Co., Marshall MI
• “25^th Anniversary Double IPL” - Otter Creek Brewing Co., Middlebury VT
• Coffee Milk Stout – Stone...
• Vanilla Bean Porter – Stone...
• “Hash Brown” ale – Sweet Water Brewing Co., Atlanta GA
• “Blizzard Of Hops” - Troegs...
• “Scratch Beer Series # 262” chocolate stout – Troegs...
• “Wee Heavy Scotch Ale” - Dome Home Brew Co., Haymarket VA
• “Lime In The Coco-What?!” IPA – Dome Home...
• Maple Scotch Ale – Sierra Nevada...
• “Commodore” cinnamon raisin stout – Ballast Point...
• “Aurora” IPA – Omnipollo...
• Virginia Blackberry Belgian-style white ale – Hardywood...
• “Superb IPA” - Alewerks Brewing Co., Williamsburg VA
• “Jack Rose” apple juice ale – Perennial...
• “Suburban Beverage”Gose-style ale – Perennial...
• “Fruitless” DIPA – Champion...
• “Black Leather” black IPA – Champion...
• “Jai Alai”IPA aged on white oak – Cigar City Brewing, Tampa FL
• “Barmy” apricot honey golden ale – Ballast Point...
• Oktoberfest – Schlafly The Saint Louis Brewery
• “The Truth” imperial IPA – Flying Dog...
• “Heat Series -Carolina Reaper Peach IPA” - Flying Dog...
• “Secret Admirer” DIPA – Alewerks...
• “More With Honey” farmhouse ale – Urban Family Brewing Co., West Seattle WA
• “Duet” IPA – Alpine Beer Co., San Diego CA
• Mocha IPA – Stone Brewing...
• “Wyld” extra pale ale – Uinta...
• “Luponic Distortion” IPA – Firestone Walker...
• “Mango Even Keel”ale – Ballast Point...
• “IPA Crush” - Peak Organic Brewing Co., Portland ME
• “Falconer” hoppy wheat ale – Champion...
• “Maduro” brown ale – Cigar City Brewing, Tampa FL
• “Wussie” pilsner – Arrogant Brewing, Escondido CA
• “Puff” ale – Six Point...
• “stillwater is nothing, big bunny is everything” imperial chocolate milk stout – stillwater artisanal, Stratford CT
• Brau Pils – D.C. Brau Brewing, Washington D.C.
• “Daddy's Home”TIPA – The Veil...
• “#LADYBROZ”hibiscus IPA – The Veil...
• “LOL THO” DIPA – The Veil...
• “Focal Banger” IPA – The Alchemist...
• “Magic Beaver” Belgian-style pale ale – Lickinghole Creek...
• “360” IPA – Sly Fox Brewing Co., Pottstown PA
• IPA – Avery Brewing Co., Boulder CO
• “Free Flow IPA” - Otter Creek...
• “Rebel Cascade IPA” - Samuel Adams...
• “Wet Dream” coffee brown ale – Evil Twin...
• “No Hero” oatmeal stout – Evil Twin...
• “Pachamama Porter” w/sweet potatoes, purple mais & Aji Panca chili peppers – Evil Twin...
• “Maniacal” DIPA – Port City Brewing Co., Alexandria VA
• “Superhop” IPA – Stillwater...
  
  
  

Introverted Extrovert

     I've been keeping a low profile. Not going to breweries, the movies, going out. Reading. Books from the library, not spending money. I am so tired of this debt keeping me from living an active life. But I am making progress, so slowly. "What's new?" people love to ask. I can only sigh and smile. Nothing is new, nothing at all. But I am doing better, I am.

dream

i am hanging out with 3 or 4 friends...we go to the home of one of them, a very opulent house...we are sitting down to dinner with the family, and hamburgers are being served, except for the three of us who are vegetarian...WE get a bag of stale chips each...i mention this to the Mom, who just shrugs a big "SO WHAT"...one of our group goes into the kitchen and digs a bag of lettuce out of the fridge for us to eat...

poem

spark of an idea
ignites
sets my hair on fire

words (those survivors)
jump out the mind/windows
onto the trampoline/page
as
poetry

poem

there is the driving/when
you are going
to work/you cannot
stop and take the photograph
seen so clearly
there-
by the side of the
road

the sunshine reflected
snow melt pool
cedar tree
the clouds
sky of blue all
therein

dream piece

i am trying to split wood with the maul, but the wood keeps folding in an accordion fold, and i am getting nowhere

dream

a doctor tells me that i have a liver tumor...i palpate my liver and feel a golf ball sized tumor and exclaim, "oh yes i do" as she watches me...

dream of Mom

i am driving up Rt 15, heading home...looking forward to seeing Mom and watching some football with her...joking to myself that she better have some beer for us!!!

2015 CRAFT BEER

• “Anti Venom: Centennial” IPA – Du Claw Brewing Co., Baltimore MD
• “Molotov Cocktail” Simcoe single hop imperial IPA - Evil Twin Brewing, Stratford CT
• “Birthday Beer” chocolate stout – Spoetzl Brewery, Shiner TX
• “Holly Jolly” christmas ale – Fat Head's Brewery, Middleburg Heights OH
• “X8 Spiced Winter Warmer” ale – DuClaw...
• “Lucky Basartd” ale – Stone Brewing Co., Escondido CA
• “Twenty One” imperial India brown ale – Avery Brewing Co., Boulder Co
• Mosaic single hop imperial India pale American wheat lager – Evil Twin Brewing, Mount Pleasant SC
• “Hop Ranch” imperial IPA – Victory Brewing Co., Downington PA
• “ '72 Imperial” chocolate cream stout – Breckenridge Brewery, Denver CO
• “Raspberry Stout” - Hardywood Park Craft Brewery, Richmond VA
• “Woody Stout” bourbon barrel aged – Lost Rhino Brewing Co., Ashburn VA
• “2015 Beer Camp” hoppy lager – Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Chico CA
• “Raison D'Extra” raisin ale – Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Milton DE
• “BLVK CELEBRATION” imperial porter -Adroit Theory, Purcellville VA
• “The Oracle” double IPA – Bell's Brewery, Comstock MI
• smoked porter with chipotle peppers – Stone Brewing...
• “Liquid Bliss” chocolate peanut butter porter – Terrapin Beer Co., Athens GA
• “Rye” whole hopped IPA – Yard's Brewing Co., Philadelphia PA
• “Hop Back” amber ale – Troegs Brewing Co., Hershey PA
• “Lil' B” imperial porter – Evil Twin...
• “For Lover's Only” imperial Stout – Parkway Brewing Co., Salem VA
• “The Cowboy” smoked Pilsner – Evil Twin...
• “Grapefruit Sculpin” IPA – Ballast Point Brewing Co., San Diego CA
• “Fore” smoked stout – Dark Horse Brewing Co., Marshall MI
• “Tres” blueberry stout – Dark Horse...
• Mexican hot chocolate stout – Flying Dog Brewery, Frederick MD
• “Ten Fidy” imperial stout – Oskar Blues Brewery, Longmont CO
• “Enlightenmint” chocolate peppermint stout – Twisted Manzanita Ales, Santee CA
• “The Brown Note” brown ale – Against The Grain Brewery, Westminster MD
• Mango-Habanero Brown Ale – Lickinghole Creek Craft Brewery, Goochland VA
• “Hop Hunter IPA” - Sierra Nevada...
• “Lucky SOB” Irish style red – Flying Dog...
• “HBC-431” single hop Imperial IPA – Flying Dog...
• “Tokio” oak aged stout – Brew Dog, Scotland
• “Cocoa Mole” spiced chocolate Porter – New Belgium...
• “Haxan” - Right Proper Brewing Co., Washington D.C.
• “Black Marlin” porter – Ballast Point...
• “Love Stout” - Yards...
• “The Long Thaw” white IPA – Harpoon Brewery, Boston MA
• “Heelch O'Hops” Double IPA – Anderson Valley Brewing Co., Boonville CA
• “Dorado” Double IPA – Ballast Point...
• “Victory At Sea” porter – Ballast Point...
• “Smokestack Series” Imperial Stout 2014 – Boulevard Brewing Co., Kansas City MI
• “Enjoy By 02.14.15” IPA – Stone...
• “Sump”stout – Perennial Artisan Ales, St Louis MO
• “Sidamo Coffee Stout” - Hardywood...
• “La Calavera Catrina” Three Chopt Tripel Ale – Lickinghole Creek...
• “Indra Kunindra” India-style export stout - Ballast Point...
• “Deep Cocoa” porter – Victory...
• “Pandemic” Imperial porter – 3 Stars Brewing Co., Washington, D.C.
• “Vanilla Virginia Black Bear” Russian Imperial Stout – Lickinghole Creek...
• “Wookey Jack” Black Rye IPA – Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles CA
• “Breakfast” oatmeal coffee stout – Mikkeller, Norway
• “Yin & Yang” Black & Tan – Evil Twin...
• Schlafly “T” Tasmanian style IPA – The Saint Louis Brewery, St. Louis MI
• “Double Jack” Double IPA – Firestone...
• “Schnickelfritz”chocolate cherry Imperial milk stout – Saucony Creek Brewing Co., Kutztown PA
• “Hop Knife” Harvest Ale – Troegs...
• “Mosaic” IPA – Green Flash Brewing Co., San Diego CA
• “Le Freak” Belgian-style Imperial IPA – Green Flash...
• Blood Orange Gose – Anderson Valley...
• “The Remedy” brown ale – Parkway...
• “On The Wings Of Armageddon” Imperial IPA – DC Brau Brewing, Washington D.C.
• “30^th Street” pale ale – Green Flash...
• “Soul Style IPA” - Green Flash...
• “Hop The Pond” Double IPA – New Belgium...
• 2015 “Blushing Monk” Belgian-style raspberry ale – Founders Brewing Co., Grand Rapids MI
• “17” mint chocolate stout – Perennial...
• “Nomad-er Weisse” Berliner-style ale – Evil Twin...
• “Jupiter: The Bringer of Jollity” brown ale – Bell's...
• “Uncle Jacob's Stout” - Avery...
• “Southern Hops'pitality” IPA – Lazy Magnolia Brewing Co., Kiln MS
• “Hi-Res” IIIPA – Sixpoint Brewery, Brookly NY
• “Bourbon Barrel Sidamo” Imperial coffee stout – Hardywood...
• “Black Ops” bourbon barrel stout – Brooklyn Brewery, Brooklyn NY
• “Lorenzini Double IPA” tangerine & blood orange – Maui Brewing Co., Maui HI
• “Chillwave Double IPA” - Great Lakes Brewing Co., Cleveland OH
• “Shipwrecked” Double IPA – Mission Brewery, San Diego CA
• “Abrasive Ale” - Surly Brewing Co., Brooklyn Center MN
• “Lil One” ale – Maine Beer Co., Freeport ME
• “Rumpkin” rum barrel aged ale – Avery...
• “Spring IPA”- Abita Brewing Co., Abita Springs LA
• “Palate Wrecker” Imperial IPA – Green Flash...
• “Blue Reserve Hommelbier” Belgian/American ale – Blue Mountain Barrel House, Arrington VA
• “Bitter Valentine” Double IPA – Alewerks Brewing Co., Williamsburg VA
• “Hop Continuum No. 1 Blood Orange Gypsy IPA” - DuClaw Brewing Co., Baltimore MD
• “Ovila” Belgian-style Abbey tripel – Sierra Nevada collaboration w/The Abbey of New Clairvaux
• “Stickin' In My IPA” rye IPA –collaboration with NOFX - Champion Brewing Co., Charlottesville VA
• “Rye Of The Tiger” rye IPA – Great Lakes...
• “Tenebris: Tequila barrel aged” barleywine – Adroit Theory...
• “Mirror Pond” pale ale- Deschutes Brewery, Bend OR
• “Black Butte Porter” - Daschutes...
• “Warrior” single hop IPA – Flying Dog...
• “Brewhouse Rarities” Earl Grey Black wheat – Flying Dog...
• “Fresh Squeezed” IPA – Deschutes...
• “Illuminatos” Russian Imperial stout – Lickinghole Creek...
• “Fearnought” Imperial brown ale – Lickinghole Creek...
• “Monk's Blood” Belgian-style dark ale - 21^st Amendment Brewery, San Francisco CA
• “Virginia Stingo” red wine barrel-aged – Strangeways Brewing, Richmond VA
• “Supertramp” tart cherry ale – Flying Dog...
• “Soft DK” imperial stout – Evil Twin...
• “Lips of Faith Series” pear ginger beer – New Belgium...

• “Bravo Four Point” IPA – Devils Backbone...
• “Haxan” - Right Proper Brewing Co., Washington D.C.
• “Rowdy” rye IPA – Atlas Brew Works, Washington D.C.
• “Killer Kolsch” - Champion...
• “Smells Like Freedom” IPA – collaboration: D.C. Brau Brewing Co. & Oskar Blues Brewery
• “B/A/Y/S v2.0” Imperial stout – Adroit...
• Coconut Curry Peanut Butter Porter – Adroit...
• “Don't Fear the Reaper” Imperial IPA – Adroit...
• “G/I/A/A” DIPA – Adroit...
• “REDemption” Imperial Red ale – Adroit...
• “Bloody Roots” brown ale/oak-aged – Adroit...
• “Angel's Trumpet” mango IPA – Adroit...
• “The Devil Went Down To Oregon” Imperial rye ale – collaboration: Devils Backbone & Ninkasi Brewing Co.
• “Symposium” IPA – Green Flash...
• “Road Warrior” Imperial rye IPA – Green Flash...
• “Kentucky Rye Barrel IPA” - Alltech's Lexington Brewing Co., Lexington KY
• “411 Smoothie IPA” - Omnipollo, Belgium
• “Ortolan Bunting” American strong ale – Adroit...
• “White Noise” IPA – Adroit...
• “Trendy” Triple IPA – Adroit...
• “Femme Fatale Kabosu” IPA – Evil Twin...
• “Femme Fatale Blanc” IPA – Evil Twin...
• “Femme Fatale Sudachi” IPA – Evil Twin...
• “Imperial Doughnut Break” Imperial porter – Evil Twin...
• “Even More Jesus” Imperial stout – Evil Twin...
• “Aun Masa a Jesus” Imperial stout – Evil Twin...
• “Justin Blabaer” tart blueberry – collaboration: Evil Twin, Westbrook Brewing Co. & The Charleston Beer Exchange
• “secret stache stout” - Finch's Beer Co., Chicago IL
• “Raspberry Reserve” ale – Sly Fox Brewing Co., Royersford PA
• “Ovila” Belgian-style Abbey Saison – collaboration: The Monks & Sierra Nevada...
• “Calling” IPA – Boulevard Brewing Co., Kansas City MI
• “Double Liberty” IPA – Anchor Brewing, San Francisco CA
• “Pump[KY]n” Bourbon barrel-aged porter – Avery...
• “Sunday Morning Stout” Bourbon barrel-aged w/coffee - Weyerbacher Brewing Co., Easton PA
• “Mach 10” IPA – Bear Republic Brewing Co., Cloverdale CA
• “Tongue Buckler” Imperial Red ale – Ballast Point...
• “Kristin's Passion” Mexican hot chocolate porter – Old Ox Brewery, Ashburn VA
• “Kristin's Temper” jalapeno pale ale – Old Ox...
• Peach Tripel – Hardywood...
• “Vinalia Urbana” white wine barrel-aged Belgian-style golden ale – Hardywood...
• “Nuclear Nugget” Imperial honey IPA – Lickinghole Creek...
• Rosemary Saison – Lickinghole Creek...
• “Bourbon Barrel Three Chopt” Tripel ale – Lickinghole Creek...
• “Darjeeling Three Chopt” Tripel ale – Lickinghole Creek...
• “Supreme Leader” spiced Imperial stout – Lickinghole Creek...
• “HiFi + LoFi Mixtape” fresh + barrel-aged ales, Stochasticity Project series– Stone...
• “Treasure Chest” IPA w/hibiscus, prickly pear & grapefruit juice – Green Flash...
• “BLVCK Celebration” rum barrel-aged Imperial porter – Adroit...
• “Equinox” pale oat ale – The Lagunitas Brewing Co., Petaluma CA
• “mo-no” galaxy dry-hopped pilsner – Stillwater...
• “vacuum readymade/” smoked india-styleblack ale – Stillwater...
• “Gemini” super-hopped ale – Southern Tier Brewing Co., Lakewood NY
• “Choklat Oranj” stout – Southern Tier...
• “Pom Peri Possa” sour cherry stout – collaboration: Omnipollo & Buxton Brewery, UK
• “Kirsch Gose” - Victory Brewing Co., Downingtown PA
• Raspberry Sour oak barrel aged – Avery...
• “The Maharaja” Imperial IPA – Avery...
• “Birthday Suit” sour plum Abbey ale – Uinta Brewing Co., Salt Lake City UT
• “Bramble Frumenti” sour blackberry beer/Genius Loci series – Lost Rhino Brewing Co., Ashburn VA
• “Jewbelation #17 Reborn”ale – Shmaltz Brewing Co., Clifton Park NY
• “Black Butte XXVI” bourbon barrel-aged ale w/pomegrante molasses, cranberry & cocoa nibs – Deschutes Brewery, Bend OR
• “Not The Stoic” Belgian-style Quad – Deschutes...
• Robust Porter – Smuttynose Brewing Co., Hampton NH
• Pumpkin Ale – Alewerks Brewing Co., Williamsburg VA
• Pear Lager – Devils Backbone...
• “Stringduster” multi-grain ale – Devils Backbone...
• “Beta Max” DIPA – Devils Backbone...
• “Spider Bite” Black Wheat IPA – Devils Backbone...
• “Trukker Pils” - Devils Backbone...
• “Ambition Ale” - Devils Backbone...
• “Devils Tale” black IPA – Devils Backbone...
• Porter – Port City Brewing Co., Alexandria VA
• Oktoberfest – collaboration: Sierra Nevada & Brauhaus Riegele; Augsburg, Germany
• “Counter Culture” ale – Flying Dog...
• “Twisted Gourd” Imperial chocolate chai pumpkin ale – South Street Brewery, Arrington VA
• “Fairgrounds” Fall ale – Brothers Craft Brewing, Harrisonburg VA
• “Habanero Sculpin” IPA – Ballast Point...
• “Dead Ringer” Oktoberfest – Ballast Point...
• “Pumpkin Down” Scottish ale – Ballast Point...
• “24 Carrot Golden Ale” - Stone...
• Imperial Pumpkin Porter – Epic Brewing co., Salt Lake City UT
• “The Gourd Standard” pumpkin IPA – Flying Dog...
• Honey Kolsch ale – Rogue Farms...
• “The Walking Dead” blood orange IPA – Terrapin...
• “Oatmeal Yeti” Imperial stout – Great Divide Brewing Co., Denver Co
• “Showdown” rye IPA – Great Divide...
• “Honey Queen” Braggot – Samuel Adams...
• IPA – Diamond Knot Craft Brewing, Mukilteo WA
• Gingerbread Stout – Hardywood...
• “2015 Christmas” - Sly Fox...
• “Enjoy By 12.25.15” IPA – Stone...
• “R.I.P.A. On Rye” rye whiskey barrel-aged rye DIPA – Shmatltz...
• “Blackout Stout” Imperial – Great Lakes Brewing Co., Cleveland OH
• Salted Caramel Brownie Brown Ale – New Belgium Brewing Co., Fort Collins CO w/Ben & Jerry's
• Bramble Berry Bourbon Barrel – New Harus Brewing Co., New Harus WI
• “Delirium Noel” Belgian ale – The Huyghe Brewery; Melle/Ghent, Belgium

2015 FILMS VIEWED

• Ex Machina (Alex Garland), 2015 **at the theatre**
• Submarine (Richard Ayoade), 2010
• Basquiat (Julian Schnabel), 1996
• Beautiful Losers (Aaron Rose, Joshua Leonard), 2008
• Dummy (Greg Pritikin), 2002
• Mad Max: Fury Road (George Miller), 2015
• Fed Up (Stephanie Soechtig) 2014
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens (J.J. Abrams) 2015 **at the theatre**

2015 BOOKS READ

• The Peripheral by William Gibson, 2014
• Wildwood Imperium by Colin Meloy, 2014
• The Honey Thief by Elizabeth Graves, 1999
• The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes, 2013
• This Changes Everything by Naomi Klein, 2014
• Earth In The Balance by Al Gore, 1992
• Cameraworks by David Hockney w/ intro piece “True To Life” by Lawrence Weschler, 1984
• No Logo by Naomi Klein, 2000
• The Shining by Stephen King, 1977
• Doctor Sleep by Stephen King, 2013
• Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes, 2014
• Sharp Teeth by Toby Barlow, 2008
• Baba Yaga by Toby Barlow, 2013
• The Silence Of The Lambs by Thomas Harris, 1988
• Zoo City by Lauren Beukes, 2010
• Happiness, Like Water by Chinelo Okparanta, 2013
• Noah's Compass by Anne Tyler, 2009
• The Beginner's Goodbye by Anne Tyler, 2012
• The War On Bugs by Will Allen, 2007
• Moxyland by Lauren Beukes, 2008
• Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, 2012
• The Blue Girl by Charles de Lint, 2004
• Chasing Ghosts by Paul Rieckhoff, 2006
• Death Of The Liberal Class by Chris Hedges, 2010
• Deadly Spin by Wendell Potter, 2010
• Extra Virginity by Tom Mueller, 2012
• The Tao Of Vegetable Gardening by Carol Deppe, 2014
• Green Is The New Red by Will Potter, 2011
• Dirty Wars by Jeremy Scahill, 2014
• An Indigenous People's History Of The United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, 2014
• Indian Country by Peter Matthiessen, 1984
• Mankiller: A Chief And Her People by Wilma Mankiller,1993
• Revival by Stephen King, 2014
• Happy Hour In Hell by Tad Williams, 2013
• Sleeping Late On Judgement Day by Tad Williams, 2014
• Sister Citizen by Melissa V. Harris-Perry, 2011
• Lakota Woman by Mary Crow Dog, 1990
• Rock My Soul by bell hooks, 2003
• Bone Black by bell hooks, 1996
• Headscarves And Hymens: Why The Middle East Needs A Sexual Revolution by Mona Eltahawy, 2015
• The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot, 2010
• Roads To Quoz by William Least Heat-Moon, 2008
• Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls, 2009
• River-Horse by William Least Heat-Moon, 1999
• The Great American Stickup by Robert Scheer, 2010
• All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks, 2000
• Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America by Jill Leovy, 2015
• The Art Of Living Consciously by Nathaniel Branden, 1997
• The Magicians' Guild by Trudi Canavan, 2001
• Armageddon In Retrospect by Kurt Vonnegut, 2008
• The Real Frank Zappa Book by Frank Zappa, 1989
• Jubilee Hitchhiker: The Life & Times of Richard Brautigan by William Hjortsberg, 2012
• Trout Fishing In America by Richard Brautigan, 1967 (re-read)
• In Watermelon Sugar by Richard Brautigan, 1968 (re-read)
• The Abortion: An Historical Romance 1966 by Richard Brautigan, 1970 (re-read)
• A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety by Jimmy Carter, 2015
• The Hawkline Monster: A Gothic Western by Richard Brautigan, 1974
• Reckless: My Life As A Pretender by Chrissie Hynde, 2015
• On The Move: A Life by Oliver Sacks, 2015
• The Mind's Eye by Oliver Sacks, 2010
• Foodopoly by Wenonah Hauter, 2012
• Notorious RBG by Irin Carmon & Shana Knizhnik, 2015
• Dreams To Remember: Otis Redding, Stax Records, and the Transformation of Southern Soul by Mark Ribowsky, 2015
• Finders Keepers by Stephen King, 2015
• Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson, 2015
• Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson, 2012
• Welcome To Braggsville by T. Geronimo Johnson, 2015
• Hyperbole And A Half by Allie Brosh, 2013
• Babel by Patti Smith, 1978
• Katrina: After The Flood by Gary Rivlin, 2015

Carolyn

she didn't have to move
there was no need
for that
to have happened
when the new road came through
the homesite
    was undisturbed
even though
    the house
was torn down
where in the world
have the feral cats gone?
she is no longer there
     to feed them
eight vultures stand testimony
in the bare branches of the front yard's
dead tree

"Empty Words" - guest poet JDF

how sublime
a reaction
to involuntary
wind
rendevouz
can
     be

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