Dogs barking in the back alleyfor invisible reasons (as if theyever needed any),fan whirring, installing a semblance of coolin here while the immense summer heatdrags on into September.While… Read More
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This world is so wide that, even if you flitted around and around it, you would never reach the end of it. This blog is a collage of more or less literary and humorous, outlandish or sometimes even serious glimpses at this great wide world.
Thinking back to the days when kidswere running around here,when cows were mooing, roosterscrowing, dogs barking and catsmeowing – life.Unlike now when there’s onlymechanical cla… Read More
Rome, July 31, 2024Burning heat, sometimescrying of children, howlingof dogs, power cuts.– Leonard Blumfeld (© 2024)NoteRazor-edge-of-time reporting from the climate… Read More
Discarded technologyTitle chosen in variation of lyrics by Tom Rush ("no regrets / no tears good-bye").Once a means of communication, now a piece of high-tech trash carelessly thrown away. P… Read More
“Today I have a slight headache – probably overdid it at the Tutta birthday party ... hmmm ... I think the Lamborghini might be the cure for that. Or not? Maybe the Rol… Read More
Indian actor Tiger Shroff in a film still from the action movie Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (2024).Taken from the screen with an ancient Sony Ericsson cell phone from around 2004 and subject… Read More
But, more importantly, what is its content?– Leonard Blumfeld (© 2024)NoteInspired by a similarly titled poem by Kathryn Bevis, which has lots of detailed content, I ca… Read More
That was one particular April in 2014, when it had been drizzling, raining cats and dogs and hailing in turn and I was working at this farm somewhere in the boonies of southern Germany, wher… Read More
Read today we shouldall be grateful for any-thing and everything– Leonard Blumfeld (© 2024)NoteI really did read that today somewhere on the oh so social media. “Anything an… Read More
Dedicated to AlessandroThere we go.And now.That’s what I need.Next.A bucket.This goes here.Shit.Dropped it all.A broom.Now what.Needs to dry.What is this.Nothing.Damn.No way.Next… Read More
Drop sideways ontobed in desperation, thensad eyes on pillow– Leonard Blumfeld (© 2024)NoteInspired by watching yet another South Korean TV series – Dr. Slump (2024). The ph… Read More
Stout Roma womanseated on a concrete blockoutside the marketShe had removed one sock and was massaging thetoes of her bare foot– Leonard Blumfeld (© 2024)NoteThe truth and no… Read More
Linger on,you pale blue lightAnd it did linger on,pale and blueBut just how longand what followed – light or shade – I do not knowafter the night’s weighty l… Read More
Sunny afternoon,late January. At homealone, cat sleeping.– Leonard Blumfeld (© 2024)NoteRazor edge of time reporting, glimpse of a time span that lasted for a while. I’d act… Read More
Found out this morningI have neither spider web photos nor smoke pix– Leonard Blumfeld (© 2024)NotesI’ve been known to participate in some photography challenges where… Read More
“That’s an old movie – you can tell by the cell phones they’re using.”– Leonard Blumfeld (© 2024)NoteThis was said by a relatively young person (born… Read More
There’s nothing wrongwith this poem.No need to look for it.– Leonard Blumfeld (© 2024)NoteA variation of Richard Brautigan’s poem of the same title, in which he says … Read More
A bartender who looks like Sandra the Hawaiian from Superstore mixed my drink this evening.– Leonard Blumfeld (© 2023)NoteThe year’s about to end, so I decided to treat myse… Read More
What do I rememberof this light-weight dayabove the hillside,above dark shadows,looking at blazing whiteclouds in the distance?– Leonard Blumfeld (© 2023)NoteLet’s leave it… Read More
Girl on metro is recording a voice message: “Sorry there were no advent calendars with 31 doors, so I had to get one with 24. Is that okay?” Read More
My name is LukaNow playingNote
For those not familiar, here's the song by Suzanne Vega from 1987 this alludes to:Other than that:Just don't ask me what it was.– Leonard Blumfeld (©… Read More
Tom Rush performs No Regrets live This gem, written in 1968, is probably Tom Rush's most well-known song, and it has been covered by other notable artists over the years (among t… Read More
A grinderis digging into the wallpainfullyAnd there’snothingI can do about it– Leonard Blumfeld (© 2023)NoteThe reported truth and nothing but. I could have added “exc… Read More
We are moths and caninfest everything! We thenlay a zillion eggs.– Leonard Blumfeld (© 2023)NoteA grim reality report from the afflicted kitchen Read More
Me and Loretta, we don't talk much nowShe sits and stares through the backdoor screenAnd all the news just repeats itselfLike some forgotten dream that we've both seen(John
Prine, from the l… Read More
Thomas Stearnswas wrong:July is the cruellest month,sandwiched between Juneand August, which arealmost as cruel if measuredby the unbearable heat herein the Roman stone desertwhich comes imm… Read More
Had a dream last nightin which, try as I might,I could not rememberwhat George Harrisonlooked like.This greatly upset mein the dream, himbeing my favoriteBeatle and all. 10-foot pole ta… Read More
Jackie and Jilly, who used to be friends and colleagues while both lived in L.A., are finally meeting again at a bar in Boise, Idaho, for the first time in years.“I hear you went… Read More
Kiss your own palm ecstatically while LOLand jumping up and down– Leonard Blumfeld (© 2023)NotesGestural cloning is an essential part of (aspiring to) social media popularity… Read More
I've had this song in my head for days without knowing why. Usually there's some association that triggers the memory of a song. Nothing like it in this case. Didn't even wake up with it pla… Read More
A haiku and Iwere having coffee at Star-Bux. You pay! it said.– Leonard BlumfeldPainting by J. B. with a little help from Artifice. As can be clearly seen, the haiku is only present in… Read More
“Balzac, Balzac ... that rings a bell. Wait – wasn’t he the gasman? Or the notary? Not sure which.”An English-language take on Léo Ferré’s lyric… Read More
AI art is a hot item in the crypto art collection scene and currently creates an enormous amount of hype. To investigate this hoopla a little bit myself, I went to one of the online generato… Read More
Tambiénhay unos díassin palabras– Leonardo Blumfeld (© 2023)NotaHoy me he metido en vena castellana, inspirada por el libro de Octavio Paz con el título arrib… Read More
Bullet TrainA solid boreof blood and gore– Leonard Blumfeld (© 2023)The two lines tell it all in a nutshell. This 2022 Brad Pitt starrer and Kill Bill derivative is to be recommen… Read More
A dad jokeTwo peas are rolling along on the floor.Says one to the other: Watch out! There is a step … Read More
“Got to keep your eyeson the ground, Ala!” – “Why? Arethere snakes?” – “No, dog shit.”– Leonard Blumfeld (© 2023)NoteThis year's fi… Read More
A true story from the AI ageOn the machine, it said in big writing and with many illustrations, “Print photos from your Instagram.” There were no instructions, so I thought maybe… Read More
Ever since there’s a cat in the houseeveryone responds to his calls in meows.Now, if it all were a bit clearertrue communication would be much nearer.– Felix Morgenstern (©… Read More
Angus & Julia Stone - I'm Not YoursCame across this song when watching the crime thriller Above Suspicion (2019), based on a true story (murder of Susan Smith by FBI agent Mark Putn… Read More
The year’s first haikuBla ble bli blo blu.Foreign: blé blö blä blò blù.And so are you too.– Leonard Blumfeld (© 2023)NoteUndoubtedly not a goo… Read More
Wall art found on a wall inside a house in New Delhi, India. Analog picture taken with a Diana Mini toy camera on Fuji C-200 film, scanned from negative and subjected to some cropping Read More
An imaginary dialog“Huh?”“I get ‘em mixed up, that’s all.”“What? They’re worlds apart.”“But they sound similar.”“Get y… Read More
Fox's joy is rabbit's cry.NoteRemembered from some not-so-long-ago fortune cookie. Perhaps more direct and comprehensible than some I've previously posted Read More
Lenelio turnedseventy-seven today – work, like every day– Leonard Blumfeld (© 2022)NoteThe truth and nothing but. Like many old people in the so-called rich countries o… Read More
Unbreak my heart, sangthe grey monster chained up at the dark Illy bar.– Leonard Blumfeld (© 2022)NoteFirst-hand experience in Rome this afternoon as the whole city is gettin… Read More
Bombairiya is a 2019 Hindi film set, as the title implies, in Bombay - a combination of comedy / black comedy and crime -, directed by Pia Sukanya and starring Radhika Apte, Akshay Oberoi (s… Read More
Irritable skythen a classy big blues runbecause of the greensby Shinji MurakamiNoteBlame it all on the greens! An Internet-generated haiku based on personal input. The author chose to delete… Read More
Lolling in her seat,right hand hung out the windowlike a wilted leaf.– Leonard Blumfeld (© 2022)NoteEverything wilts in this seemingly endless summer heat Read More
Be prepared. OK, but what for?Find out in this extended ghost story for a young audience by Anne Adeney (illustrations by Yannick Robert, Pocket Chillers series by Harcourt Education) Read More
