Solar flair?

Posted on January 14th, 2008 by solocrow.
Categories: Generic Blatherings, Images.

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From my recent adventures into the art of making stained glass.

The bird shape was painted on the amber colored glass and then fired. Note the horizontal fracture as proof of my amateur status — I broke the piece while trying to trim it to fit the overall design.

Still sort of pretty, though.

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Sushi, Sashimi & Such

Posted on January 12th, 2008 by solocrow.
Categories: Generic Blatherings.

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Here’s a shot of last night’s dinner — sushirific! It was a little odd to take a picture of dinner, but hey, there’s an awful lot of work required to pull it off so why not snap a few shots?

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The Vintage of River is Unending

Posted on January 4th, 2008 by solocrow.
Categories: Dead Poets, Generic Blatherings.

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Grape-heavy woods ripen darkening
The sweetness.

Tight with golden light
The hills have been gathered.

Granite weights of sun.
Tread of burning days.

Unending river
Swells from the press
To gladden men.

~ Ted Hughes, from River (1983).

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