Mornings on Quatrain Fish

Quatrain Fish only publishes poems of four lines or less.  The site published my "Mornings" about a little girl on the beach.

If you like your poetry in morsel sizes, you should check out this site.

https://quatrain.fish/

Reading to your horse

Bradley reads Someone to Watch Over Me by the Icelandic author Yrsa Sigurdardottir to his Icelandic horse Gus. I definitely recommend the author and the practice of reading to your Icelandic horse.

The River of Horses, Iceland

Norbert Kardos and his girlfriend Denisa produced this haunting introduction to the land of Iceland.  The combination of poetry, music, and video footage is stunning.  One keeps expecting those lone stone boulders to turn back into trolls upon the setting of the sun.  

The title River of Horses is great but a bit misleading.  Icelandic horses don't show up until minute 7:00 out of 9:00.  And the way they maximize the advantage of drone footage with slo mo, reversing footage adds such dimension.   

We get to see aspects of the Icelandic landscape via drone  we would never see in person.

Hark, Hark the Dogs of War Do Bark

Scarlet Leaf Magazine just published my short story "Hark Hark the Dogs of  War Do Bark."  I am writing a book Raising Rough Riders in the White House: Theodore Roosevelt and His Sons Archie and Quentin and Their Pony Algonquin.  While researching the death of Quentin during WW I, I discovered serio-comic maps as both art form and propaganda devices. Examining the 1917 map Hark, Hark, the Dogs Do Bark, I wondered what would happen if the characters could talk.

You can read this story and other pieces of great fiction at:

https://www.scarletleafreview.com/short-stories19/category/ps-nolf

Galloping with a jaw harp

Olena Uutai from northern Russia manages to wow the crowd and the judges in Britain's Got Talent.  Using her unique vocals and jaw harp, she conveys the joy of cantering a horse--or just weird techno dance music--along with amazing horse vocalizations.  Even Simon Cowell is impressed.

Icelandic Horses Holding Up Tourist Cars

Some tourist must have fed these horses.  The car occupents actually debate calling the Icelandic equivalent of 911.  Can't you just hear the horses thinking "Treats or we'll take apart your car."