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Adalbert is a forum for me, to post ephemera, photography, poetry, occasional travel notes, and various spontaneous motions. Cover photo: Parsonage where my great-grandfather spent his early years. Taken near Liegnitz, Silesia, ca. 1870. The "xothique" portion of the web address is a nod to Clark Ashton Smith's fictional continent of Zothique.

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Stamps of Bartók, Beethoven, Dickens, Jeffers, Mongolia






A stamp from Mongolia, a Hungarian stamp for the Beethoven birth bicentennial, another for a piece by Bartók, a stamp from Dubai marking the centenary of Dickens' death (because nothing says "Dickens" like a desert kingdom), and a U.S. stamp in honor of Robinson Jeffers.

Friday, September 26, 2014

Sunset, 1987



Photo by me.

Sunday, September 21, 2014

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Self-Portrait

Roman Scott -- Self Portrait MIB


Roman Scott posted this piercingly extraordinary painting on his blog (image retrieved from http://romanscottart.blogspot.no/2014/09/selfie.html ).

Saturday, September 13, 2014

Friday, September 12, 2014

Skaldscape




A photograph I took in 1987.

Friday, September 5, 2014

Havana, Cuba -- A Sunday Demonstration




I rather think a demonstration in Havana in recent times might lack an American flag.