Lawrence Hall

The former address, "reactionary drivel," was a P. G. Wodehouse gag that few ever understood to be a mildly self-deprecating joke. Drivel, perhaps, but not reactionary. Neither the Red Caps nor the Reds ever got it.

Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Another Moonrise Picture from 1.30.2018 - photograph. Canon Eos Rebel

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A Russian Series, 9: The Fifth Karamazov - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com The Fifth Karamazov When young we identify with Alyosha His optimism and his innocence His fragile,...
Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Moonrise, East Texas, 1.30.18 - Photograph, Canon Rebel Eos

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Kansas Arithmetic - Photo (Nikon J1, before it failed)

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A Russian Series, 8: "Withdrawn from Salem Public Library" - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com “Withdrawn from Salem Public Library”   Yevtushenko in a Used-Book Sale “Salem Public Library, Ea...
Monday, January 29, 2018

Abilene, Kansas - photograph (brilliantly engineered but poorly built Nikon J1)

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A Russian Series, 7: And Every Strand of Barbed Wire is Excused - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com And Every Strand of Barbed Wire is Excused Perhaps the sound is pleasant to the ear The concept that ...
Sunday, January 28, 2018

Canadian Soldier Mural, Eisenhower Museum - Photograph, Nikon J1 (before it packed it in; Nikon wouldn't honor the warranty)

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A Russian Series, 6: Did the Russians Hide Nukes in Your Sock Drawer? - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Did the Russians Hide Nukes in Your Sock Drawer? The western sky is blue; the east is red But try ...
Saturday, January 27, 2018

Keys to an Enigma, Eisenhower Museum, Abilene, Kansas - Photograph (Nikon J1, which Nikon won't repair under warranty)

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A Russian Series, 5: If the Russians Find Out That the Iced Tea was Bugged...

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com If the Russians Find Out That the Iced Tea was Bugged… If the Russians find out that the iced tea ...

The Grammys Celebrate Workers - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com The Grammys Celebrate Workers “A forklift carrying barricades held up a crowd of commuters…” - ...
Friday, January 26, 2018

Detail from President Eisenhower's Boyhood Home - photograph (Nikon J1 with crumbling innards)

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A Russian Series, 4: The Death of a Good and Faithful Spider - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com The Death of a Good and Faithful Spider In Tod Mixson’s ikon corner a good and faithful spider fulf...
Thursday, January 25, 2018

Summer Thunderstorm - Photograph (Nikon J1 with the crumbling plastic innards)

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A Russian Series, 3: The Battle of Kursk, 1943 - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Kursk At a railway junction great powers meet To blacken the earth with a generation Of young music...
Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Little Bighorn, Last Stand Hill - Photograph, Nikon J1 (with the crumbling plastic insides)

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A Russian Series: 2 - "Until the First Star"

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com “Until the First Star” – Orthodox Christmas Eve The first star won’t be seen this night. The clouds...
Tuesday, January 23, 2018

School Book Cover, Mixson Brothers, Kirbyville, Texas, 1965 - photograph

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A Russion Series, 1: All Change at Zima Junction

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com All Change at Zima Junction For Yevgeny Yevtushenko, 1932-2017 Everyone changes trains at Zima Ju...
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Lawrence Hall, HSG
Y'r 'umble scrivener knows how to milk cows (altho' he long ago swore to own no livestock larger than dachshunds), build fences, clear brush, and cut firewood. After 18 months in Viet-Nam and Cambodia he worked his way through university as an ambulance driver, nurses' aide, and then LVN. BA in History, University of San Diego, 1976; MEd, Stephen F. Austin State University, 1984; MA in English, Stephen F. Austin State University, 2002. He also taught school, but that makes him a class (no pun) enemy just now. He has been rejected by some of the finest publishing houses in America.
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