Love Apples
Love Apples. “Pomodoro”, in Italian. “Tomato” in English, and the word is similarly sounded in many other languages. Tomatoes are “Nyanya” in Swahili. They’re”Yaanyo” in Somali, and “Utamatisi” in Zulu. […]
Category Archives: Art
Indigo Exultations, or, The Best Quilt Ever?
For the last few years (as in “ten or twenty”), one of the standout reasons to go to the Fair each year is to see the quilts. Each year, each […]
The Cattle Shed At Night
Last Saturday night, after performing with my “Flying Elbow” friends at the Fair, I passed the Cattle Shed. The critters were settling down for the night. The quality of the […]
A Quick Walk Through The Hall
There are many solipsistic locations on our planet: Paris, London, Peking, New York City — even Martha’s Vineyard. Humans will always tend to think “Who else but me? Where else but here?” […]
The New Potato at Dawn
Here are some ways of looking at a just-grabbled new potato. Thank you for visiting thetompostpile.
From Two Symmetries to Thirty Pieces of Silver
In our last post, we looked at a couple of Victorian symmetries. Our eyes love and are attracted to the symmetrical. We’re symmetrical creatures, so why not? As we walked […]
Three of Coins in a Fountain
Three photos. Of coins in a fountain. Round coins. Round ripples. From where? (Seen in a Washington, D.C. museum’s reflecting pool.)
