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Kansas City is the home for a lot of art and culture, and one of my favorite examples. of this are the shuttlecocks on the lawn of the Nelson Art Gallery. They are fun because you don't see these large instillations of art just anywhere.  They have been here if I am not mistaken since my high school days. They are fun any time of year. People will pose with them in snow white winter landscape as well as bright green summer grass. The culture of. are here in Kansas City thrives. There are a lot of cities that people naturally think of as artsy communities. San Francisco, New York, Seattle, Chicago, LA, Cleveland often come to mind. But Kansas City started making that list a few years ago and is becoming more recognized as a center for Arts and Culture. From daring architectural designs, to The Galleries, The Arts District and The Kemper Center for Preforming Arts. There is no reason. for Kansas City to not hold its head high for the role of arts in our community. And where Literary Arts are concerned, do not forget about the Kansas City Writers Place that has been a part of this community for many years. #KCArts #NelsonGallery #WritersPlace. #KemperCenterFor PreformingArts 
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#I took a break from Plato (class research) to get out of the house and get some steps. I have been derelict in walking these past three days. I needed the air, steps, and change of scenery as much as getting away from Plato. Shhh.. don't tell my professor. It was hot, but fortunately a light breeze that felt heavenly upon my neck. This was my first time on this frail, the Rock Island Spur of the Katy Trail. It cuts through what was a heavily wooded area the runs just east of the house. There were maybe a dozen bikers on the trail, I was the only pedestrian. There was a park ranger on a small motorized 4 wheel vehicle. So it is nice to know it is patrolled. There was greenery and trees and brush. Looking ahead of you as you walked you could tell the trees ahead at many points provided shadows creating shaded parts. I was amazed at the areas loaded with large size ferns. I presume opening up the edges of the woods allowed native ferns more direct access to the light and with less brush around them, they had been allowed unrestrained growth. One could spend a whole day just cataloging all the various foliage along the trail. But Pluto will not allow me the time for that but would likely praise my thirst for such knowledge. My eros lies in a different direction than the plant world but for certain I did find the Maple leaf viburnum (a newly learned plant) to have fascinating large leafs. Further exploitation of the trail is for another day. #RockIslandSpur #Biketrail #walkingtrail #nature #exercise Below are photos from the outing. Poetry Submission Statistics as of 7-4-2022 Pending Submissions:98 Sent Past 12 Months:231 Sent This Month:3 Just a brief update of my activity. Cool new Journal - pocket size by Lochby. This was bought with a gift card from my Daughter Cathy Ann and it joins my larger Lochby Journal and EDC roll up in everyday use. Visit Lochby.com  Friday's are always questionable to me. Excited at the end of the week, or just too tired by then to enjoy the thought of the weekend. Honestly it can go either way.
Got a call from a poet friend today and she answered some manuscript questions for me. There are some really nice poets out theres and this is definitely one of them. I have worked on homework several hours today. I've lost actual count. It is enough for today and it is time to step back from it, she here I am. RANDOM WORDS: hollow - sad - closed - improved - kiss - skin - legs. [think about these words and write tonight]  Fridays are days that anymore like a crap shoot if I am anxious for the weekend or not. It all depends on things I won't go into here.
I have a lot of material out presently - poems, that is. I would like to hear this weekend on a few of them, but I know I will be working on more of them. I am doing "The Grind" for like the 8th or ninth month since last year. That is where I write one a day and post with a group of others. It has been a great source for new work. They often require a little polishing up, who who sends off a new draft poem without some revision? I will have lots of school reading this weekend. My #mood currently: #frustrated #artist  And so today I suppose I should be excited. Or experience trepidation, or something different. I am going back to school after all these hundreds of years. Still, the prevailing emotion at this moment is that of sadness. People I care about face difficult situations today. So it is not that easy to think about myself at this point. #mood #Sad #back2school |
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