
clay shirky twittered about wordle.com this morning and so i thought i'd give it a try.
i used: straighter edges, horizontal, 'lucida sans', and the 'heat' color palette ... i think i like it ...

clay shirky twittered about wordle.com this morning and so i thought i'd give it a try.
i used: straighter edges, horizontal, 'lucida sans', and the 'heat' color palette ... i think i like it ...
"... THE BEE is not afraid of me,
I know the butterfly;
The pretty people in the woods
Receive me cordially.
The brooks laugh louder when I come,
The breezes madder play.
Wherefore, mine eyes, thy silver mists?
Wherefore, O summer’s day? ..."
Emily Dickinson
someone tried to fetch my technorati password tonight and it reminded me to go on over there and claim my new/old blog (for my Technorati Profile) that's now hosted on our crowd fusion platform ... sweet ...
"... Partake as doth the Bee,
Abstemiously ..."
Emily Dickinson
in memory of Louise Halper.
"... THE BUTTERFLY obtains
But little sympathy,
Though favorably mentioned
In Entomology.
Because he travels freely
And wears a proper coat,
The circumspect are certain
That he is dissolute.
Had he the homely scutcheon of modest Industry,
’T were fitter certifying for Immortality ..."
Emily Dickinson
yesterday i stepped into the garden to catch what turned out to be a nanosecond of repose for this cabbage white butterfly that was flitting about the liatris ... happy weekend, dear friends ... xo
"... Bees are Black, with Gilt Surcingles --
Buccaneers of Buzz.
Ride abroad in ostentation
And subsist on Fuzz.
Fuzz ordained -- not Fuzz contingent --
Marrows of the Hill.
Jugs -- a Universe's fracture
Could not jar or spill ..."
Emily Dickinson
i guess certain bloggers would be considered 'buccaneers of buzz' too, eh? /smile
"... I cannot meet the Spring unmoved --
I feel the old desire --
A Hurry with a lingering, mixed,
A Warrant to be fair --
A Competition in my sense
With something hid in Her --
And as she vanishes, Remorse
I saw no more of Her ..."
Emily Dickinson
tis flicker time on flickr, once again,
this fellow shared his visage, oh so fair,
he flew in for a moment, looking zen,
and posed in blue bokeh, that's oh so rare ... xo
judith meskill
happy birthday, dear lucy ... this yellow headed blackbird shared a wish,
and jumped onto this branch with a fine swish,
"oh happy birthday lucy," she did sing,
"for all the happy 'bird' days that you bring" ... xo
judith meskill
please join me in wishing my sweet sister, lucy a happy birthday today! xo