"Dead people and dead thoughts and supposedly dead moments are never, ever truly dead, and they shape every moment of our lives. We discount them, and that makes them mighty."
--from Caitlin R. Kiernan's The Drowning Girl: A Memoir
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"Kipling for Keith: A Tribute" ........ 1961-2011 (click for the link)
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Art, Book reviews, Ceramics, Photographs, Postcards, Quick Fiction, Quotations, and (Usually Aquatic) Reflections. (P.S. This blog looks better in the web version.)
Two Friends, A Long Time Ago
"Kipling for Keith: A Tribute" ........ 1961-2011 (click for the link)
About Me
- Matt Duckworth
- San Francisco; East Bay, CA, United States
- Heed the reefs not yet charted Seek that green isle beyond design
Kayaking: Humpback Whales Off Moss Landing!
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Tattoo #3
My favorite word--garsecg--from the Old English Beowulf is a kenning or poetic riddle-word for the sea. It means "the spear-man," perhaps the echo of a figure like the Norse Aegir or some other surly northern Neptune. In other texts, garsecg seems to be an adjective meaning "sea-like," "stormy" or "tempestuous."
"Oh Malachi Malarkey"
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