Cartoon – Caught In the Act
Author: Antarctica Journal
Poem – Mid-Life (By David Russell)
Mid-Life So much happened; So much didn’t – So nice to remember; So painful to recall Now nothing is all, The power to recall Is an anaesthetic – Past strength Is pathetic. In the middle, What’s kept still here What was and is gone, What never was – All levelled. All comes to ground, abrades, That’s […]
Read moreCartoon – Benefits of a Job
Pope Francis Quote – Increase Your Talents
“Little by little you recognize the ‘talent’ or ‘talents’ which each of you has, and you begin to use them in a creative way, you begin to increase them.” – Pope Francis
Read morePoem – It Sounds Dramatic (By R.T. Castleberry)
In this small, blue room— overheated, clenched by melancholy, I sit the night, guarding carnival goods, blood potions, the knife thrower’s serrated blades. Two buskers beach-walk a tune, harmonies muffled by wave’s insistence. A mathematical conceit of stars burning to earth enriches water’s lap against pier beams, a night sailor’s crossing. Taken on as apprentice, the alchemist insists […]
Read moreMark Twain Quote – The Day You Find Out Why
“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” – Mark Twain
Read moreEnvironmental Impact of Kilauea’s Volcanic Gas
Kīlauea is a currently active shield volcano in the Hawaiian Islands, and the most active of the five volcanoes that together form the island of Hawaiʻi. Located along the southern shore of the island, the volcano is between 300,000 and 600,000 years old and emerged above sea level about 100,000 years ago. The immediate effects of a volcanic eruption is […]
Read morePoem – Consolation (By Matthew Anish)
Consolation – By Matthew Anish Flowers fade as we walk near a rapid river the powers of night envelop our consciousness Dreams are the playing cards we use to gamble with eyes filled with tears as we watched the ship of reality leave for foreign shores No, we will not have an easy trip […]
Read moreQuote – Dogs
“While visiting Brooklyn, I heard a dog barking in someone’s courtyard. Then I realized, one dog can annoy a thousand people, but one person can’t annoy a thousand dogs.”
Read moreCartoon – Policing Our Psyche
