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  • Rod McRiven (AKA Rivenrod)
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July 5, 2019July 9, 2019Rivenrod

4th July

A woolly hatted sperm-head takes 70% of her fee . . .

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July 14, 2017October 5, 2017Rivenrod

She

I had too much of everything and Everything was using me up.

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March 8, 2017October 30, 2017Rivenrod

Art #intimate

Emmet Gowin’s 1971 portrait of his wife, Edith, peeing in a barn seems to repel clichés—about love and intimacy, artist and muse, public and private­—as an amulet repels evil spirits. >More about The most intimate photograph< © Rivenrod 2017

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November 15, 2016October 30, 2017Rivenrod

Words #kindness: Naomi Shihab Nye

“Before you know kindness as the deepest thing inside, you must know sorrow as the other deepest thing.”  From the poem Kindness. Perhaps we must travel through this period of anxiety, fear, hatred and anger before we can emerge stronger and kinder people. Or, must we also learn the cleansing properties of hatred, pure hatred, […]

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October 24, 2016October 30, 2017Rivenrod

BrainSparks #today, I shall apply blood red lipstick and kiss the world better

© Rivenrod 2016

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April 28, 2016November 29, 2016Rivenrod

Pop Surrealism

Extraordinary, evocative paintings by Spanish master Dino Valls

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December 22, 2015November 29, 2016Rivenrod

Christmas frolics

No one needs an excuse to party especially not us poor shivering blue skinned folks in the northern hemisphere.  No, the holiest of holidays calls for shinnanigans and japes, mischief and mayhem just as much as  firelight, romance, love and generosity and, of course, an over indulgent abundance of pies.  Pies of every hue, shade […]

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August 30, 2015November 29, 2016Rivenrod

August is auspicious

August is named after the Roman Emperor Augustus (No, really?).  Yes really, in 8BC. And another thing about August, the word, august, means: 1. dignified or imposing: an august presence. 2. of noble birth or high rank: an august lineage. Also, weirdly, there are no anagrams in the English language that uses all the letters […]

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August 27, 2015September 7, 2017Rivenrod

Swell: my new book

Swell: it may be true that a nondescript, tiresomely uncomplicated man is found dead in an isolated hut in the middle of a car park by a voluptuous young woman who is convinced he is her saviour. The evidence might suggest his death has been caused by the unbearable heat then again, it may not be […]

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June 22, 2015November 29, 2016Rivenrod

Art: Syria

Syria is a new gallery of paintings and drawings which attempts to make some sense of one of the most catastrophic human tragedies.   And while you’re doing that, do this . . . Kings of Leon: Cold desert https://rivenrod.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/11-cold-desert.mp3 © Rivenrod 2015

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