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  “Masks are made of different kinds of material: cardboard, velvet, flesh, the Word. The carnal mask and the verbal mask are worn in all seasons. “                                               - Claude Cahun Happy Bastille Day! It was on another French Holiday, Mardi Gras, in 2022, I used my old Kodak Brownie film camera to capture the festivities. I'm delighted to have three of those photographs, "Mardi Gras Birdman," Mardi Gras Flock," and "Mardi Gras Toast" published in Exist Otherwise, Issue #6 with the theme of Masks.  Many Thanks to editor, cc bovarysme!

I'm delighted to have my photograph, "Eve in Eden 02," published in the Summer 2023 issue of EcoTheo Review. Many thanks to the editors at EcoTheo Collective! Purchase a copy here.

  I'm excited to have my photograph, "Mardi Gras Surrealism 01," in Passengers Journal, Volume 4, Issue 2 . Using a Kodak Brownie film camera, I created double exposure images, and then merged two to form a landscape. Many thanks to the editors!

  I'm delighted to have two more of my experiments in multi-exposure lensless photography, "Lensless Eden 01" and "Lensless Eden 02," published in the wonderful Issue 5 of Exist Otherwise . Many thanks to the editor and publisher,  cc bovarisme!

Written under a pseudonym and told from the first-person perspective, in detailed intimacy, Carter Monroe’s novel reads like a   roman à clef .   Journey   captures only a few days in the summer of 1971 in North Carolina. The narrator and protagonist, Eddie Watson, is a nineteen-year-old college student looking to escape his family and find some fun. What begins as a night out for Eddie with friends and acquaintances, who are all attending a concert, gradually becomes the onset of an insightful quest for his self-awareness and identity. And this is only the beginning for him. Find   Journey .

  "Reading Dorothy Parker in the Garden" 2023 Kristin Fouquet I've been a customer of Karen's Book Row for years. I love the eclectic selection and cherish the books I've purchased there. The gift certificates are wonderful for all the readers in your life. The new tote bags are spacious and well-made. Karen's Book Row on Etsy Karen's Book Row on Bookshop

Mardi Gras, Tuesday February 21, 2023 New Orleans Beatles' Songs: "Octopus's Garden," "Strawberry Fields Forever," "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," "Here Comes the Sun," and "Sun King" The Late Queen The Bobs Snowballs An Icee Ignatius J. Reilly                                       The Alleged James Thiebaud Until next year...