Great Exudations – Page 30 – Semi-random musings, poems, and visual images from the journey

“Oh, Baltimore…”

They were going to launch “CSI: Baltimore” but the producers found the title redundant and just went with “Baltimore”…..

“Looking Up and Looking Back”

Chateau de Gordes in Provence, France (Sept 2022) dates from the 11th century

“Poolside Pondering (Self Portrait #5)”

“The Skirling Winds”

Locust Point in Baltimore, MD from June 2022

When ancient scrolls are bleached anew,

The paste set low to boil,

Their wisdom wafts above our land

In clouds as black as oil.

When sooted plaques enclot the stacks

And flags on masts have furled,

The skirling winds that switch and roll

Will coil then clap the world.

“Is Nothing Sacred?!”

GUCCI store window display in Paris (Sept 2022)

“Sign of the Times”

“Phantom Odontoideum”

The odontoid process (the dens) of the C2 vertebra on axial CT image

Lon Chaney as Erik (the Dread) in “The Phantom of the Opera” (1925)

“Looking Up… to the Heavens?”

Notre Dame in Paris from Sept 2021

The Heavens at night from the Right Bank

“Oh, Noooooooooo….!!”

Mr. Bill bites it…. again.

Mr. Bill just moments before…

“Cocktail Mask”

Okay, okay. This was a set-up shot in my apartment. The mask in the first photo was captured in place at Cafe Riggs in Washington, DC.