Category: Photographs

Lone Pink Shoe

Look at it—
pink and small,
with a cat’s face stitched to the leather,
smiling as if it knows
something about joy,
about the swift, spontaneous dance
of childhood.

Who left it here?
Who forgot it?
Was there a rush,
a tumble into arms,
or only the silent, careless way
things are lost
on the edge of a busy world?

But here it is,
waiting in the open air,
a tiny relic of running feet.
And isn’t it a kind of miracle
to be reminded, so simply,
how small we begin,
and how much we leave behind?

New Smyrna Beach, Florida

Where Directions Fray

The arrow leans without weight,

and the wall holds its breath.

Where you were going,

you have already arrived.

The folds remember light

as if it were a story
no one told,

the rust listening for something else.

Signs forget their names

and wear themselves down

into the silence you carried here
before you knew it was yours.

Nothing points,

nothing stops.

The way follows
itself
through you.

Peaks Island, Maine

Beneath the Rusted Sky

He sits in the space where nothing begins,
A man folded into himself,
his hands still, as if waiting to explain
what the world refuses to ask.

The shutters are closed, the light withdrawn,
and yet the graffiti hums—
a hymn of guilt, a language he cannot speak,
scribbled by ghosts who pass unnoticed.

Behind him, the city vanishes,
its weight pressed into his spine.
He is no longer afraid of falling;
the earth has already claimed him.

Is this the moment the world forgets him?
Or the moment he forgets the world?
The air thickens with questions,
each heavier than the silence they fill.

Kandy, Sri Lanka

Gull on Asphalt

Gull on Asphalt
it started with a crack of light,

a wet push into the cold,
and the sky—always the sky—

waiting to swallow you whole.
you learned fast.


claws on stone,
wings slicing the wind like knives.
you laughed at gravity,
but sickness hit like a sudden storm,
a sharp crack in the clear sky,
leaving you stunned, spiraling,
ground rushing up too fast to fight.


one day the wind felt heavier,

the horizon farther.
and then—this.


blood on the pavement,

feathers bent wrong,

the sky doesn’t even care.

Portland, Maine

Ennio Morricone – August 26, 2024

Ennio Morricone’s contribution to the world of music, especially film music, stands as a testament to his unparalleled genius. Over a career spanning more than six decades, Morricone composed over 400 film and television scores, in addition to more than 100 classical works. His music is not just a backdrop to the films it accompanies; it is an integral part of the storytelling process, often conveying more emotion, tension, and drama than the dialogue or visuals themselves. 

This week’s show features some of his greatest compositions, for film. 

The playlist for the week of August 26, 2024 ☞

00:00:00 Ennio Morricone – The Ecstasy of Gold

00:05:48 Ennio Morricone – Deborah’s Theme – ( From “Once upon a time in America”)

00:09:55 Ennio Morricone –  A Fistful of Dollars – Titles

00:12:49 Ennio Morricone; Itzhak Perlman; John Williams; Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra –  Love Theme (From “Cinema Paradiso”)

00:16:01 Ennio Morricone –  For a Few Dollars More – Main Theme

00:18;56 Ennio Morricone – Gabriel’s Oboe (From “The Mission”)

00:21:07 Ennio Morricone –  Man with a Harmonica (From “Once Upon a Time in the West”)

00:24:29 Ennio Morricone; Joan Baez –  Here’s to You (From “Sacco e Vanzetti”)

00:27:36 Ennio Morricone; Maria Travia; Hayley Westenra; Roma Sinfonietta – Once Upon A Time In The West – Main Theme

00:31:31 Ennio Morricone – Watch Chimes (Carillon’s Theme from  For a Few Dollars More)

00:32:39 Ennio Morricone – The Verdict (Dopo la condanna) (From “Inglourious Basterds”)

00:33:50 Ennio Morricone – Duck You Sucker! (From “A Fistful of Dynamite”)

00:38:32 Ennio Morricone – Abolicao (From “Burn!”)

00:43:27 Ennio Morricone – Overture (From “The Hateful Eight”)

00:46:37 Ennio Morricone – Chi mai From “Maddalena”)

00:50:04 Ennio Morricone – Theme – From ”The Battle of Algiers”

00:52:30 Ennio Morricone – Ninna Nanna per adulteri (From ” Cuore Di Mamma” and “The Place Beyond The Pines”)

00:55:32 Ennio Morricone – The Tropical Variation (From “Nostromo”)

00:58:49 Ennio Morricone – On Earth As It Is In Heaven (From “The Mission”)

01:02:35 Ennio Morricone –  Navajo Joe (From ” Navajo Joe”)

01:05:23 Ennio Morricone – The Untouchables – End Title

01:08:23 Ennio Morricone – My Name is Nobody (From “My Name is Nobody”)

01:11:13 Ennio Morricone; Sabine Meyer -A l’aube du cinquième jour (From “Cinema Paradiso”)

01:13:27Ennio Morricone – Theme from The Sicilian Clan

01:17:22 Ennio Morricone – Theme From ”Lolita”

01:21:44 Ennio Morricone – Rabbia e Tarantella (From “Inglourious Basterds”)

01:26:50 Ennio Morricone -The Good, The Bad & The Ugly – opening theme