Ever since i saw the prologue to "The Exorcist-2: The Heretic" i've been
fascinated by Lalibela, Ethiopia. It was years
before i even knew what its name was. And civil war kept out tourism for
nearly a generation. Fortunately it's over now. I don't know if i'll ever go,
but it is indeed one of the wonders of the world--a holy city carved out of
stone.

"Gospedelic"--i saw this word in a music review. Isn't it perfect for that wordless
track of ululation, "Great Gig in the Sky", on Dark Side of the Moon?

A stanza i invented: the "snowflake". Has lines of 3, 5, 7, & 9 syllables--in any
order. (Or with an additional 11-syllable line, for a pentad.) Thus combines rigor
& irregularity...