http://www.wistfulvistas.com/reviews Reviews -- food, films, travel destinations, thoughts and rants Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:14:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This work seems to have vanished from the net and clearly deserves to be there. Raven did grant us permission long ago to publish his material, so here it is. A Voyage to Middle-Earth (c) 1986, C. M. ... http://www.wistfulvistas.com/reviews/poetry/a-voyage-to-middle-earth/ From Thailand Tales from Thailand Escape. I was standing on the side of the road with a baby under one arm, 'shooting at rabbits'. This is a time that gives way to reflection for many of us. I was reflecting upon the slight differences between the cultures of ... http://www.wistfulvistas.com/reviews/travelogue/snotdragon-and-the-mouse-that-roared/ (From The New Media Journal)A A9 Abacho AbiFind AbiLogic Acoon (DE) Accoona Aeiwi Aesop Ajdee Alexa Alive Directory AllSitesDirectory AllTh.at AlltheWeb AltaVista Amfibi Amidalla Arielis Ask.com Aviva Directory Azoos B Beaucoup! Best of the Web Best Web Sites BigFinder Bing Biveroo (DE) Browse8.com C CaloWeb (DE) Camana (DE) Cbgred Internet Resources ... http://www.wistfulvistas.com/reviews/website-review/uncensored-search-engines/ (Copyright 1984, C.M. Joserlin, "Raven") I have seen the sun at midnight, slain the bull at his command, Used the power of the crystal, felt the force direct my hand, Thricefold served the silver lady, sailed upon the darkest sea, Counted corpses in the forest, chanted runes upon the tree; I have spoken words of ... http://www.wistfulvistas.com/reviews/poetry/initiate-by-cm-joserlin-raven/ Bend  with  life,  don't  fossilize; rigid  vision blinds the eyes; faith -- unchanging -- petrifies; frozen truths turn into lies; even God, imprisoned, dies. -- C. M. Joserlin, 1984 http://www.wistfulvistas.com/reviews/poetry/faith-by-c-m-joserlin-raven/ The weather is now completely nuts. We made it through August with about 30 inches less rain than normal. They have put out the irrigation pumps along the canals and rivers which are usually used for trying to raise bumper crops in the middle of summer around ... http://www.wistfulvistas.com/reviews/travel-review/thailand-garden-slowly-getting-weird/ I made it rain last night, enough to get the ground wet but not really soak in. I used the combined process of thoroughly watering the garden and leaving the jeep outside all night. If this weird weather keeps up I will consider more drastic action: watering all day, leaving ... http://www.wistfulvistas.com/reviews/travel-review/rainmaking/ The Atheist’s Key to Salvation By K.T. On the front table in many book stores are featured two books with a rather similar theme: The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins and God Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens, both of which refute the claim that there is any logical foundation for belief ... http://www.wistfulvistas.com/reviews/book-review/the-atheists-key-to-salvation/ Just for fun. http://www.wistfulvistas.com/reviews/random-rantings/random-rant/ Stories of the arrest of Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. on charges of disorderly conduct after a rancorous altercation with Cambridge MA police responding to a report of a break-in have been understandably disseminated widely.  This may have been a case of racism, but it is certainly one which ... http://www.wistfulvistas.com/reviews/commentary/harvard-professor-henry-louis-gates-jr-influence-trumps-innocence-as-a-defence/