Without Lifting A Finger

 Belmont Shore. Halloween Walk = Monster Mash. 2nd Street, Peninsula, Jetty. Happy Halloween! #rlswihart13 @rl_swihart #longbeach #belmontshore  #2ndstreet #peninsula #jetty #halloween #happy #walking

Collage: End of Summer. Seems like it came later than usual this year. Heat, fires, COVID, retirement. #rlswihart13 @rl_swihart #california #endofsummer #heat #covid #fires #retirement #poetry #readmorepoetry 

 Toledo Spain (2019). Corpus Christi. We stumbled on it by chance (unaware of the religious calendar). Made the visit more exciting. #rlswihart13 @rl_swihart #toledospain #toledo #spain #corpuschristi #travel #2019 #poetry #religion #history #readmorepoetry #planatrip #evenifyoucantgo

 Madrid (2019). Our last afternoon. Beautiful Day. We didn't go boating, instead we sat in the shade, people-watched, and sipped a beer. #rlswihart13 @rl_swihart #madrid2019 #spain #madrid #poetry #readmorepoetry #parks #boats #recreation #walking #beauty #sittinginshade #sippingbeer #repeat

 Long Beach. On my way to and from the new Gerald Desmond Bridge (old one stands beside and below it). This was as close as I could get on foot (the foot/bike path on the south side is still a work-in-progress). #rlswihart13 @rl_swihart #bridges #newgeralddesmond #longbeach #poetry #readmorepoetry #architecture 

 Versailles-Chateau-Rive-Gauche Station. Morning. I went looking for the perfect Pain aux Raisin and a good cup of coffee (not at the station but down the street). #rlswihart13 @rl_swihart #versailles #france #trainstations #stations #beauty #architecture #morning #summer2019 #poetry #ReadMore 

Long Beach. Seal Beach. Breakfast with Birds Collage. #rlswihart13 @rl_swihart #birds #breakfast #collage #bricolage #birdcolage #poetry #ReadMore #LongBeach #sealbeach #autumn 

 Footnote #13: 13. the accursed questions: Dostoevsky coined this phrase (prokliatye voprosy) for the ultimate questions of human existence—the nature of man, the existence of God, the problem of evil, the meaning of life, the riddle of death—“the great Russian questions,” as Nicolà Chiaromonte called them, which Pasternak raises again in Doctor Zhivago, “when it seemed that history … had suppressed them forever” (“Pasternak’s Message,” in Pasternak: Modern Judgements, edited by Donald Davie and Angela Livingstone, Nashville and London, 1970).

 Long Beach. Colorado Lagoon and Marine Stadium. Invigorating wind. Breakfast with the birds. #rlswihart13 @rl_swihart #poetry #morepoetry #birds #allbirds #birdsofafeather #coloradolagoon #marinestadium #longbeach #wind #dustinair #autumn #thatscalifornia

   Now, as never before, it was clear to him that art is always, ceaselessly, occupied with two things. It constantly reflects on death and thereby constantly creates life. Great and true art, that which is called the Revelation of St. John and that which goes on to finish it.

Long Beach. Belmont Shore. Marine Stadium. Bayshore. Exercise: paddle board or walking. Fallish. Cool. Delicious clouds. #rlswihart13 @rl_swihart #longbeach #belmontshore #marinestadium #paddleboard #walking #coolweather #clouds

Long Beach. Red Car Greenbelt. Space and Views. Great place to ride a bike or walk the dog. #rlswihart13 @rl_swihart #poetry #readmorepoetry #longbeach #greenbelt #redcar #parks #views #bikes #dogs 

Hamburg (2018/2019). We were there for New Year's. Franz Nolken Exhibit @ Ernst Barlach Museum. You'll need to click on some of the pics. #rlswihart13 @rl_swihart #poetry #readmorepoetry #art #painting #hamburg #ernstbarlach #museum #germany 

California. Long Beach. Fall. A different kind of feeling. #rlswihart13 @rl_swihart #poetry #readmorepoetry # fall #leaves #longbeach #california #differentfeeling

Above and below Carpinteria CA. Beach and Tarpits. Two Adirondacks with a blazing candle between. Two hawks threading an invisible cat's cradle between two utility poles. The Channel Islands somewhere in the haze. #rlswihart13 @rl_swihart #poetry #readmorepoetry #carpinteria #california #tarpits #beach #twistedtree #twoadirondacks #twohawks #channelislands