Poetry Analysis

Early in my freshman English class at Rice, we were asked to write a brief analysis of a specific poem. Mine received a mediocre grade, and the grad student Teaching Assistant explained that I had completely ignored the obvious Christian religious symbolism.

Well, duh. Not being a Christian, it wasn't obvious to me. 

But that convinced me: for the rest of the semester, I adapted Cliffs Notes analyses and got better grades. 

And I took no further English courses.

Gay Club Matchbooks and Pins

 

Back in the day, I had this modest collection of matchbooks from gay bars and discos.

At the Los Angeles Central Library in 2018, I saw a display of similar matchbooks from ONE Archives. I wrote and asked if they wanted mine. They did, and I donated these.

I also gave them these gay pins and buttons:

Flowers — April 2024

 [I don't know why I didn't write this up at the time.]

Link to many more photos. Definitely worth viewing.

In April 2024, we went on a one-day tour to see flowers in northern San Diego County, specifically, at the Self-Realization Fellowship Meditation Gardens in Encinitas and the Flower Fields in Carlsbad.

The tour, Petals and Peace, from Good Times Travel, is no longer offered.

Click this photo to read the caption: