Always important to have someone who takes care of your eyes, lol

But seriously, it's a lovely cover.

Hmm, I think you're onto something.

Great work on the smoldering eyes (for which I wrote moldering the first time I posted, LOL!)

Agreed

It's a title that draws attention though!

Lovely, Jay.

Oh, it took me a moment to find him!

Ah, "...the torturer's horse/Scratches its innocent behind on a tree"
I think you're right.

Love it, thanks!

Omg

Excited for this for so many reasons, especially your writing!

Apparently the key to success in writing is to quit. I was ready to throw in the towel and delete my website, but suddenly things are going so well!

YES!

Love after Love the photographs, the desperate notes, peel your own image from the mirror. Sit. Feast on your life.

poems.com/poem/love-af...

Dunno if it's a knockout, but I quite like this one (NSFW):
www.poetry.com/poem/220855/...

I liked the Seven one quite a lot.

*Rimshot*

That's lovely!

www.npr.org/2026/03/17/n...
He does seem to be directing the Treasury in some things. I want to know too and really cannot find enough information about this-- but that tells you the state of things, doesn't it?

So it looks like a lot of reallocation plus a couple of anonymous giant checks are going on. I don't think we even know what's up with the tariff money.

Not necessarily. We still don't have a budget through Congress, so he just orders things to happen like ICE to get paid. Frankly none of it makes sense- he's also suing the IRS and the Treasury for $10 billion. We don't entirely know what's going on.

www.businessinsider.com/trump-has-be...

I have a copy of that massive Annotated Sherlock Holmes and treasure it.

I had no idea cockroaches eat books!

It starts with an executive order which he passes on to departments like Dept of Education for example, then send threat letters to colleges telling them their grants will be taken away unless they do exactly what he wants (like let ICE take away international students or get rid of DEI programs).

Shiny emboss!

Emboss, outline, and shadow always do the trick.

Very cool. This would make a good book cover.

Oh that is so good!

Wow, there's even more? Such a treat.

Ceremonials is SO GOOD. I've only just started listening to F+TM in the past few months and I've been missing out!

I wonder what he was up to.