Month: December 2022
Bathe with a Holy Goat Amid the Ruins
The sandstone temple of the ram-headed fertility god, Khnum, remains one of the most enigmatic archaeological sites hailing from the sultry days of ancient Egypt. It’s still a large and splendid monument, but severely truncated: only the hypostyle hall of the pronaos (or “front porch-before-the-inner-sanctum”) remains intact while the rest of the sanctuary—chapels, liturgical storerooms, corridors, crypts, subsidiary shrines, and the holy of holies—was … Read More Bathe with a Holy Goat Amid the Ruins
If One is Ready to Brave the Elements of Los Angeles …
… one should reward one’s self with the best dim sum around. HERE are the most vaunted dim sum destinations according to the folks at TimeOut. Spear that dumpling! ___________________________________#dimsum #LosAngeles #TimeOut #cuisine #culinarydestinations #JonathanKieran #dimsumrestaurants #JonathanKieranWriter #JonathanKieranAuthor #JonathanKieranIllustrator #JonathanKieranArtist #JonathanKieranMusician #Food
Dive Into a Cintra Wilson Ocean and Swim Like a Happy Dolphin
Cintra Wilson has long been one of America’s premier pop-culture/political commentators and possibly our most scintillating contemporary wordsmith. Her books (A Massive Swelling, Colors Insulting to Nature, Fear and Clothing, etc.) are cult-legendary, as are her longstanding columns and essays written in the halcyon days of Salon.com and, most famously, as The Critical Shopper for none other than The New York Times. Wilson has … Read More Dive Into a Cintra Wilson Ocean and Swim Like a Happy Dolphin
Improve Your Smile, Crocodile
I completely understand this massive Australian saltwater crocodile’s sudden distress and displeasure. The dentist probably tried to “upsell” him on unnecessary deep-cleanings, ludicrous pocket-measurements, superfluous root-canals, ceramic implants, and an abundance of costly X-Rays. And all this after first pawning him off to a hungover hygienist with suffocating body odor in the lower extremities. TEAM CROCODILE, and you’d better believe it. ____________________________________________ #Dentistry #Dentists … Read More Improve Your Smile, Crocodile
At Work For The Duration
Be not bewildered or bemused if most of what I post for the next year is largely trivial and comprised of succinct odds and ends. Lists have been made, revised, reconfigured, and condensed. Social life shall cease to exist for me (not that I’ve had much of a social life, anyhow) and virtually all other considerations will take a rather distant back seat to … Read More At Work For The Duration
Things We Need Not Know
I well remember this great white shark attack in Morro Bay last year at Christmas, but no one needed to learn particularly gruesome details about the poor man’s demise a year later. The “press” is weird, to put things mildly. ——————————————————————————— #GreatWhiteShark #MorroBay #JonathanKieranArtist #JonathanKieranAuthor #JonathanKieranMusician #JonathanKieranJericho #SharkAttack
Merry Christmas …
… to those who revere the ancient holy day and fondest Seasons Greetings to those who celebrate other events and moments of significance to their peoples, traditions, and histories. __________________________________________________ #Christmas #MerryChristmas #HappyHanukkah #HappyKwanza #HappyRamadan #HappySolstice #JonathanKieran #JonathanKieranAuthor #JonathanKieranWriter #JonathanKieranIllustrator #JonathanKieranMusician #JonathanKieranArtist
Great White Sharks in Scotland Waters?
They’re only there for the haggis. What other morsel could draw them nigh? Haggis and chum are virtually identical. ____________________________ #SorryScotland #Haggis #GreatWhiteShark #JonathanKieranAuthor #JonathanKieranArtist #JonathanKieranMusician #JonathanKieranIllustrator
First Things First
Be not bewildered or bemused if most of what I post for the next year is largely trivial and comprised of succinct odds and ends. Lists have been made, revised, reconfigured, and condensed. Social life shall cease to exist for me (not that I’ve had much of a social life, anyhow) and virtually all other considerations will take a rather distant back seat to … Read More First Things First
Beat Your Drum for Winter Solstice
Just beat it. __________________________
The Shark Equivalent of an All You Can Eat Buffet
Wonder no longer why Great White Sharks are able to get so BIG. https://www.newsweek.com/hangry-great-white-shark-filmed-feasting-whale-carcass-nom-nom-1768698 ————————- #AuthorJonathanKieran #JonathanKieran #WriterJonathanKieran #CaliforniaLife #OnTheEdge #Wistwood #JonathanKieranTheAuthor #JonathanKieranMusic #JonathanKieranNewAlbum #JonathanKieranArtist #Jericho #JonathanKieranJericho #JerichoAlbum #WritersOfInstagram #ArtistsOfInstagram #AuthorsOfInstagram
All Else Is Trivial …
Be not bewildered or bemused if most of what I post for the next year is largely trivial and comprised of succinct odds and ends. Lists have been made, revised, reconfigured, and condensed. Social life shall cease to exist for me (not that I’ve had much of a social life, anyhow) and virtually all other considerations will take a rather distant back seat to … Read More All Else Is Trivial …
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