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Basquiat is the nome de plume of artist-writer Mignon Naegeli. She lives with her Wolfman, dog Annebäbi, and Verushka, the black cat, in Tennessee. Basquiat, the dog, traversed the Rainbow Bridge a few weeks short of his 17th birthday.

Saint Pius Church, Meggen

Color photograph of two outside walls of the church taken from ground level against a blue sky. From this perspective, the church looks like a ship and the corner between the walls has the appearance of its bow. The church's freestanding clock tower to the left of the church and two flag poles seem to be pointing to heaven.
St. Pius Church, Meggen, LU, Switzerland   Photograph (CC) 2011 by Julia Leijola

In 1972, my Female worked for a travel agency that had just opened near the railway station in Lucerne. They offered travel bookings and sold tourists souvenirs, such as cheap coo-coo clocks (from China — the sales clerk had to replace the labels with “Made in Switzerland” ?). The company had its origin in a nearby canton as an operator of tour busses.

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Fall-In

Leaves are turning,

Not the golden yellow and the bright red of the past;

Still dancing in the light breeze,

Until falling to the earth, nourishing its soil.

Still fighting the grandeur of mankind,

The poles, glaciers melting,

Venice is sinking.

Will we wake up?

Basquiat

All Saints’ Day — November 1, 2018

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Bern

Color aerial view from the north-east on the great oxbow of the Aare river that hugs the old city center of Bern. It shows the high density of buildings on top of the hill and along the street that winds down to the Matte, the alluvial plain and point on the south-east inside of the bend.
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Bern! Somehow, the word sounds familiar. I try to remember — difficult; after all, I’m a very old dog. Almost 16!  Wow …

Now, it comes to me. Stories the Female confided to me; not all uplifting. Actually, as far as I recall, quoting the great Sergio Leone, “the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly,” sounds just right.

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Kodachrome™

/Users/mignon/Sites/MN Web/Kodachrome 197908 Scotty on Tioga Pass 1200x458.jpgMy Female and the Wolfman crossed Tioga Pass on their first road trip with Hector Samuel, when returning from California to Ithaca, NY in August 1979
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According to my Female, Kodachrome is a movie to watch for the following reasons: You are into old-time photography, are a geezer-age photographer, still hold nearly worthless Kodak stock, like Ed Harris, crave tearjerkers, or have thousands of Kodachrome™ slides you never published; exactly like my Female — actually, the Wolfman has a few drawers full as well.

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Playing Me-me?

Promotional color photograph from CBS shows a frontal head and shoulders portrait of Sean Penn, ostensibly inhaling from a cigarette, with a haze above his head. Text superimposed over the image reads, The Late Show / CBS 03/26/18

After watching a former, multi award-winning actor lounging—pro forma leisurely—in Colbert’s hotly coveted modern chair, my Female was already irritated when he lit his first cigarette and the host grabbed an ashtray from beneath his desk.
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Where Would She Be Now? My first poem

 

Color right-frontal photograph of a, cuddly, wooly-looking Bernese mountain dog puppy, sitting on dry grass and maple leaves near the edge of a forest. The white and tan markings of the dog's black coat are typical for the breed and perfectly expressed with a white frontal stipe centered on the forehead and down over the bridge of the nose, muzzle, chin and front of the throat and breast as well as on the tips of all four paws. Tan on the lower parts of the legs, to the left and right of the cruciform chest pattern, as well as on the checks, and a tuft above each eye.Photograph © 2014 Wolf Naegeli

She was tiny, just eight weeks old.
She sat in a corner,
Wearing a purple collar, staring at the older couple,
Who hailed from afar to usher away one of them.
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Inhumans #MeToo

Basquiat – 15th birthday, December 2017 – © 2017 Mignon Naegeli

Two of my canine partners, Barkley and Hemingway, are the companions of who used to be our Human’s most esteemed journalist. He suddenly fell from grace; got fired for lewd behavior over the years. He was swept away by a harassment cleansing that has befallen this country of mine.

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Total Solar Eclipse of 2017

Photodigital interpretation of the Chota Monument. Purple, burgundy, ocre, and green colors dominate, often blending into each other, particularly in a sky with purple and green-rimmed clouds. On the ground, eight round pillars in mostly bright ocre tones are arranged in a circle. They resemble tall tree stumps that have been cut at an angle slanted toward the viewer. These oval surfaces seem to depict a variety of abstract, irregularly shaped patterns.Chota Monument – PhotodDgital transformation © 1998 Mignon Naegeli

Prediction for Knoxville, August 21, 2017:

🌑 moon to cover 99.9% of the sun.
The moon will be in the sun’s path for 2 hours 53 minutes, starting at 1:04 PM.
The best time to see the peak of the eclipse will be 2:34 PM EDT.

The Female opted to stay home with us to view the eclipse. She hates to get stuck in traffic; which was predicted by the local authorities. Standing unprotected in 92 degrees isn’t her favorite pastime. Deep down I knew of course, that she wanted to be with us, just in case we’d freak out or get scared by unexpected darkness.

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Basquiat’s Words 2017 Summer Special

A time to be reapin’, a time to be sowin’.
The green leaves of Summer are callin’ me home.
’Twas so good to be young then, in a season of plenty,
When the catfish were jumpin’ as high as the sky.


A time just for plantin’, a time just for ploughin’.
A time to be courtin’ a girl of your own.
’Twas so good to be young then, to be close to the earth,
And to stand by your wife at the moment of birth.


A time to be reapin’, a time to be sowin’.
The green leaves of Summer are callin’ me home.
’Twas so good to be young then, with the sweet smell of apples,
And the owl in the pine tree a-winkin’ his eye.


A time just for plantin’, a time just for ploughin’.
A time just for livin’, a place for to die.
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Twas so good to be young then, to be close to the earth,
Now the green leaves of Summer are callin’ me home.


’Twas so good to be young then, to be close to the earth,
Now the green leaves of Summer are callin’ me home.

              — The Green Leaves of Summer by Paul Francis Webster


Lexington Horse Park

Stayed for a few nights until the female’s 🙀day passed. Plans were to basically escape the home scene for a few days. We four-legged ones assumed we’d soon return to the cave we call home. Little did we know. Humans don’t like rain while driving; neither do we when we have to go outside. Spontaneously the Female remembered all the Oregon Trail games she played in the early days of our Macintosh years in Alabama and decided she wanted to see the Gateway to the West. Continue Reading

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Dancing the Hallelujah

Surreal photodigital composition portrait of a woman's head primarily in blue and green tones. The head is shown with open mouth and bent to its right side by about 60 degrees.Photodigital composition © 2017 Mignon Naegeli

The Female went to have her glasses fixed this morning, now that we are expecting her to need them for a while longer!!!!

I think the good news have an impact even on us pets. Everybody is in a great mood.

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How I Stepped Onto the Rainbow Bridge But Changed My Mind

Color portrait of black and white dog with a mostly black head but grayish muzzle, white tufts above the dark brown eyes, and white hair on the inside of his pointed ears. The tip of the pink tongue and his lower left canine tooth is visible.Photograph © 2017 Mignon Naegeli

I can’t really recall why there are moments when I get so upset.
Rarely, I check my image in a mirror — actually … never.
About my missing tail, the scars on my eyelids, and my worried expression … I usually overhear those mentioned when my humans tell my life story to eagerly listening dog lovers.

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