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Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Good Evening, wherever you are reading. 

Welcome to the 4th edition of the 2024 Richard Murray Newsletter.

1) The thirty-sixth of the Cento series.  A cento is a poem made by an author from the lines of another author's work. In the series I place my cento and a link to the other authors poem.  

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

A.I. films

Empire State Building Photos

Robert Forte alps

Is The WIZ a multiverse?

CENTO Series episode 36

 j'ai cueilli l'herbe dans l'herbe bleue des nuits

 sur les décombres vierges de foudres

quels chemins offrait un pur miroir

 I picked the grass in the blue grass of the nights

  on the virgin ruins of thunderbolts

which paths offered a pure mirror
https://www.deviantart.com/exnihilo-nihil/art/L-herbe-bleue-des-nuits-789977116

For it will always be the shining light

And gives us the strength to stand

When all seems lost and gone

That helps us reach our goal
https://www.deviantart.com/iconicdemon101/art/Hope-964342487

If you are interested in reading my own lines, here is a collection

Or if you prefer to listen,

here is a recording with art, can you tell the Cento I made of my own work in the art? 

I do calligraphic commissions

https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/commission/Microcalligraphy-signatures-1487995

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

A.I. films

Humans , potentially a group, called Views Of An AI, guided computers to make short films in a director class.

A Fritzlang version of 2001 a space odyssey

Blade Runner as a documentary from a computer perspective

Empire State Building Photos

I selected a few, it is one of my favorite skyscrapers in new york city.

The gallery

Robert Forte alps

a great photo of the european alps

Is The WIZ a multiverse?

take part of the poll , click the following image or link

https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10724-is-the-wiz-a-multiverse/

https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/345-richard-murray-creative-table-3/

Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Good Evening, wherever you are reading. 

Welcome to the 53rd or last edition of the 2023 Richard Murray Newsletter.

1) The thirty-second of the Cento series.  A cento is a poem made by an author from the lines of another author's work. In the series I place my cento and a link to the other authors poem.  

Dates

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

Patrice Rushen Trio

In A Lonely Place

Honest Bunch Vibration

The Preacher's Wife from Movies That Move We

CENTO Series episode 32

trying to look at things clearly

or lost in their own maze

In the news, it was told

You run an assembly line for roboties

https://www.deviantart.com/redsterfish/art/Money-aristocracy-and-physicians-973908519

Here is a poem , a stanza, from me, based on the scheme of another, do you know which? Not a cento but a shaping inspired by the art linked immediately after.

Leopard, Leopard, stalking stare,

From the mountains snowy glare,

What eternal tongue or mind,

Could design thy fractalic rind? 

https://www.deviantart.com/beckykidus/art/Snow-Leopard-Mountain-Majesty-979814407

If you are interested in reading my own lines, here is a collection

Or if you prefer to listen,

here is a recording with art, can you tell the Cento I made of my own work in the art? 

I do calligraphic commissions

https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/commission/Microcalligraphy-signatures-1487995

DATES

31 Sixth day of kwanzaa, kuumba, creativity

January 2024

1 seventh day of kwanzaa, imani, faith

Hopping John Recipe

Ingredients
2 cups cooked rice
2 cups cooked black-eyed peas or 1 can (16 ounces) black-eyed peas, drained and rinsed
1/2 pound ham, diced
1 cup chopped carrots
1/2 cup chopped celery
1/2 cup chopped onions
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
Instructions
In a bowl, combine all ingredients. Pour dressing (recipe below) over salad, mix well, and refrigerate for at least one hour. Remove bay leaf before serving.

Dressing
Ingredients
1/2 cup olive oil
1/4 cup vinegar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon dried basil
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 bay leaf
Instructions
Combine all ingredients in a bowl or a container with a lid, and whisk or shake to blend.

2: January Perihelion - 7:38pm Eastern standard time or UTC -5 the earth is the closest it will be to the sun, at  91,404,095 miles, and on its elliptical orbit about the sun, continuously increases the distance between the earth's center to the Sun's center, till the July  aphelion

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

Patrice Rushen Trio

playing Haw Right Now from their album Prelusion on the Black Omnibus show hosted by James Earl Jones

Prelusion, full album

In A Lonely Place

thoughts to the film with Eddie Mueller side Anne Hockens

Another Ask Eddie discussion, involving a discussion of birth of a nation or song of the south

https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2554&type=status

Honest Bunch Vibration

Can a man be the John Henry to a vibrator?

Find out what some say

https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10680-agree-or-disagree/

The Preacher's Wife from Movies That Move We

check it out

Join a multilog about the film

https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10681-the-preachers-wife-review-from-movies-that-move-we/

kwanzaa 2023
https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10741-habari-gani/

HAPPY BESOONED NEW YEAR!!!!!

https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/345-richard-murray-creative-table-3/

Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Good Evening, wherever you are reading. 

Welcome to the 46th edition of the 2023 Richard Murray Newsletter.

1) The twenty-fifth of the Cento series.  A cento is a poem made by an author from the lines of another author's work. In the series I place my cento and a link to the other authors poem. 

2) Lee and Low 2024 titles 

3)Kobo indie book cover contest

4) The Women of Brewster Place reviewed from Movies That Move We

5) Calling N.A.S.A.

Dates

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

Do you know about female snakes?

The legend soundtracks

The Music of Vi Redd

Angelique Noire and the modern dress code

CENTO Series episode 25

A Surprise Lyric Cento. I will cite the original at the end, but let's see if you can figure it out first.

Attack of the Killer Great Fungoids!
Attack of the Killer Great Fungoids! 

From Richard’s lab come forth each week 
The ripe white monsters of which we speak
Except when he has, a security leak!
Great Fungoids, Great Fungoids!

Oh, isn’t it a pity? - Fungoids eating the netty!
Can no one stop these mutant fruits? Where will we find our brave recruits?
Can Chaos get rid, of that dumb parachute?
Great Fungoids, Great Fungoids! Yes!

thanks to menaomar of youtube for the original cartoon's lyrics

Cartoon song - I don't know who manipulated the film theme for the cartoon, if you find out, do tell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixpFgIxpffU

original film song - words and music by John De Bello
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1mWDyVL7Vs

photo inspiration
https://www.deviantart.com/chaosfive-55/art/Emissaries-of-Ye-Third-Kingdom-974299166

Left to my fate, left to drift on the silver spangled sea 

Till the end of time, 

Beats the heart she stole
https://www.deviantart.com/royalartist91/art/Universal-love-968762349

If you are interested in reading my own lines, here is a collection

Or if you prefer to listen,

here is a recording with art, can you tell the Cento I made of my own work in the art? 

Lee and Low 2024 titles 

they suggested the following

MILES OF STYLE: EUNICE W. JOHNSON & THE EBONY FASHION SHOW
by Lisa D. Brathwaite & illustrated by Lynn Gaines
https://www.leeandlow.com/books/miles-of-style

SAFE PASSAGE
by G. Neri & illustrated by David Brame
https://www.leeandlow.com/books/safe-passage

I wrote a review for Miles of Style, I am getting it published soon. It will be too late for this newsletter.

The seasonal showcase

Edelweiss review book
https://www.edelweiss.plus/#catalogID=4928356&page=1

URL
https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10640-lee-low-spring-2024-titles-for-review-consideration/

Kobo indie book cover contest

If you published a book this year on Kobo, submit the cover, you only get one per author so do it for your cover illustrator. It must be an indie book. 

more information
https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2510&type=status

I submitted the following book's cover as my entry , if you didn't see it already

The Women of Brewster Place reviewed from Movies That Move We

The discussion on AALBC

https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10643-the-woman-of-brewster-place-review-in-movies-that-move-we/

Calling N.A.S.A.

I asked , don't know if they will reply [I will post in a later newsletter edition if they do]

Most governments in humanity are poor, they don't have the wealth or resources of the USA. Engineering is a process of gradual improvement. For example: people who built unmotorized bicycles went into automotive or aircraft manufacturing. My question: before a mission control for space exploration can be built is the prior construction an air traffic control ?
ask
https://nasa.tumblr.com/ask
First WOman comic [text/audio/video free to view]
https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2511&type=status

I do calligraphic commissions

https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/commission/Microcalligraphy-signatures-1487995

DATES

November

• 13: New Moon- moon gets the least visible light from the sun; Mars+Moon conjunction; Uranus at opposition to the sun [look reverse of the sunrise]
• 14: Mercury+Moon conjunction
• 15: William Herschel born 1738 

Original manuscript of his Symphony No. 15 in E-flat major (1762)

Replica in the William Herschel Museum, Bath, of a telescope similar to that with which Herschel discovered Uranus

He was one of the earliest to note infrared radiation in europe

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Herschel

• 16: Moon closest to the south pole, runs low; skylab 4 launched 1973, the usa's only space station
• 18:  Mars +Sun conjunction ; Pluto +Moon conjunction

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

Do you know about female snakes?

I admit I knew about female snakes while totally ignorant about female snake vaginas. But I must go to the beginning. I saw the following image.

And I realized something. How can a snake-woman mate? In many images, snake woman seem to have a vagina like a human woman but that doesn't fit the snake anatomy well. Now I know that many species have an organ some call a cloaca [I learned for bird research a while back] which is designed to be a place for peeing/defecating/birthing. And I was right in my guess that snakes have cloacas. So I searched for one for females and I learned this is not commonly known. Knowing this if I ever do a hybrid snake-human woman in the future I will consider that reality in her posture. A study done in 2022 says the following in italic, with the entirety at the URL linked after the italic text. Remember to click read more. 

Despite more than two centuries' worth of data on hemipenes, however, nobody had described an equivalent structure in female snakes. The lack of evidence caused some scientists to speculate that snake hemiclitorises might not exist at all — or that, if they did, they had been reduced to a stunted evolutionary remnant.

A lack of research around female anatomy is a troubling scientific trend. Even in humans, surprisingly little is known about the clitoris. The full structure of the organ, which includes not only the little nub at the top of the labia but also two large internal bulbs full of nerve endings, wasn't discovered until the mid-1840s. Even then, it remained relatively obscure to the medical establishment until Australian urologist Helen O'Connell's work in 2005, which showed that typical textbook depictions of the clitoris were riddled with inaccuracies. In fact, just last month, scientists counted all 10,000 nerve fibers in the human clitoris for the first time.

Data about female reproductive anatomy and behavior in nonhuman animals are even more scarce. A November analysis published in the journal Nature found that between 1970 and 2021, more than seven times as many papers were published about sperm competition in animals compared with female mate selection. A 2014 perspectives article published in the journal PLOS Biology found that about 50% of all studies of animal genitalia published between 1989 and 2013 focused exclusively on males, while 10% focused only on females. 

https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2471&type=status

I know i am a member , but, damn patriarchy:) 

The legend soundtracks

if you don't know the film, see the following, yes full of spoilers. but, skip to the next topic if you don't want to. And, the reviewers are biased.

Okay, I will place, Goldsmith's first and then Tangerine's second as i can only do linear positioning her for embeds.

Side note before you go, aren't the covers both great. 

The Music of Vi Redd

DO you know of another Jazz musician who is not a singer while female?

https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2474&type=status

an interview

Angelique Noire and the modern dress code

view her fashion tips and see an interview where she discusses fashion

https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2475&type=status

Here are some examples of Angelique Noire in fashion

Some words from a spokesperson to a majority of women , who are rarely advertised

The peoples who have been destroyed or severely diminished by other peoples is a long list

https://www.flickr.com/photos/clarkarrington/53310381903/in/feed-12326253-1699158123-1-72157721693861963

https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/345-richard-murray-creative-table-3/

Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Good Evening, wherever you are reading. 

Welcome to the 42nd edition of the 2023 Richard Murray Newsletter.

1) The twenty-first of the Cento series.  A cento is a poem made by an author from the lines of another author's work. In the series I place my cento and a link to the other authors poem.  But a surprise await.

2)Promptpot part 2 intro

3) A variation of my work from Supertiti09

4)criblore

Dates

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

How to make Film Noir cocktails

Ahsoka Tano is needed

Steven Barnes thinking on Ray BRadbury

Martha Wells what isn't lacking is merit

CENTO Series episode 21

I used to lay awake, afraid to sleep

Of how or where I will be a better man

And though we often come to sharper tones

I used to lay awake ,afraid to sleep

https://www.deviantart.com/polysyllogism/art/Wilted-966397568

whether in pleasantry or fear

or perhaps the bright and bombastic

we are a judgmental kind

it is our right to free will

https://www.deviantart.com/rtnightmare/art/Positive-Feature-Poem-Beauty-970960402

If you are interested in reading my own lines, here is a collection

Or if you prefer to listen,

here is a recording with art, can you tell the Cento I made of my own work in the art? 

Promptpot part 2 intro

Two more elements in the second pot. One for Arktober and the other for Drawtober. 

Arktober

Drawtober

A variation of my work from Supertiti09

Supertiti09 made a variant of my work as a prize, it looks so adult magazine-ish. Supertiti09 truly has experience in the art of lust.

Candy Picker the variant YOU HAVE TO CLICK, THESE ARE MATURE IMAGES

My original REMEMBER YOU HAVE TO CLICK THESE ARE MATURE IMAGES, note my two versions as well, braless + with bra:) 

Inspiration to see the images above

Criblore

a new work from Filledwithmagic

more information at the following

https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2496&type=status

I do calligraphic commissions

https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/commission/Microcalligraphy-signatures-1487995

DATES

• October 15:  Mars Moon conjunction; Henry Perky patent for shredded wheat. 

Shredded Wheat Patent-expired

https://patents.google.com/patent/US548086

Patent List

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Perky#Patents

• October 16: Walt Disney company founded 1923
• October 20: Moons closest to South pole, lowest under equator; Sun is between Mercury and Earth, superior.
• October 21: Pluto Moon conjunction; 

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

How to make Film Noir cocktails

click the image or link below to learn, video or time index notes for specificity are present

 https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2448&type=status

Ahsoka Tano is needed
Read the full article, click following image or url 

https://aliciamccalla.com/blogs/blog/ahsoka-tano-the-badass-jedi-superheroine-we-need

My Reply

Well... Disney-StarWars has made female strong characters in most of their recent work: star wars episode 7/8/9- ray who finally ends the emperors reign and stars a new era absent the sith or jedi; rogue one- the daughter of the death star engineer, absent any force, who sacrifices all and guides others to make important choices and sacrificial choices to do one good while very powerful deed;Mandalorian show- Boka Tan changes from a defeated isolated leader to a better communal leader, even getting guidance by a man plus older woman, still with great fighting skill, who succeeds in fufilling her goal of uniting her people; Book of Boba- fennec shand <I do enjoy her> survives being betrayed by a younger man and becomes the trusted second in command, while visibly more dangerous than her boss, an older m, to an independent underworld empire; Ashoka Tano- has Ashoka who: admits she was/is wrong, survive failure, is extremely skilled plus lethal, trusts others to help to a collective goal, and moves in a very non offensive way, and chooses to continue training a child, no one, not even a very experienced purely logical machine, thinks has a chance of finishing her education. And is accompanied by a green skinned female general who always seems level headed but never follows orders blindly and is very sharp minded. A female padwan with the least amount of obvious impressiveness, a sign of how self loathing moth gideon was, who is full of love, who finally accepts her mandalorian roots. With female strong villains in a grey haired witch who is strong and in charge, but not flashy, while a young female warrior dedicated to a master but with a honest cruel streak. So the writers at the Star WArs section of disney have been working on female strong characters from the Stars wars films for a while, and they seem to be getting better with age. And the quality of male characters to the writers credit don't seem to be getting worse but are staying with them. I think the problem with the hans solo movie or the obi wan kinobi show was the male leads. 

Steven Barnes thinking on Ray Bradbury

Steven Barnes + Charles Johnson speak on their careers and their relationship to Ray BRadbury

Video+ Transcript accessible by clicking the image or url below

https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/398-a-night-with-dr-charles-johnson-and-steven-barnes/

for a thoughtful talk to inspire, consider a firedance

https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10544-firedance-from-tananarive-due-side-steven-barnes-of-lifewriting-09162023/

Martha Wells what isn't lacking is merit

The problem isn't that the impotent haven't merited more in a world dominated by the powerful. It is that the powerful overrode and override merit with power.

https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2457&type=status

I end with some blessings

the dog lunged back when blessed, 

why is a human throwing plant at me?

https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/345-richard-murray-creative-table-3/

Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Good Evening, wherever you are reading. 

Welcome to the 38th edition of the 2023 Richard Murray Newsletter.

1) The seventeenth of the Cento series.  A cento is a poem made by an author from the lines of another author's work. In the series I place my cento and a link to the other authors poem.  But a surprise await.

2) Ma'am and the final week of the Bettsfic workshop

3)Super Smash Bros collab

DATES

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

KWL podcast with Mark Dawson

Princess Bombshell from Seanime

Aliens in the mind

Madebirdscom bird boxes automata

CENTO Series episode 17

Only one cento for this episode, for I wanted to share a little fictional prose. 

Oh griot, sing from tween the years when the ant hordes drank Gold Mushrooms and the silver tree barks, and the years of the rise of the Daughters of Kus, there was an age undreamed of, when beaming gardens lay spread across the world like free rainbows beneath the stars.

the original quote is below , do you know who is it from? say in comments, I will not tell.:) 

Know, oh prince, that between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities, and the years of the rise of the Sons of Aryas, there was an Age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms lay spread across the world like blue mantles beneath the stars.

https://www.deviantart.com/rayseb/art/Pathfinder-Adventure-A-Few-Flowers-More-968767266

And now onto the Cento

Right here and now

The remains of your galaxy

devoured by your mind

In the core of your heart

universe reversed…

https://www.deviantart.com/erotesque/art/Pearwhirl-official-968831526

If you are interested in reading my own lines, here is a collection

Or if you prefer to listen,

here is a recording with art, can you tell the Cento I made of my own work in the art? 

I do calligraphic commissions

https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/commission/Microcalligraphy-signatures-1487995

Ma'am and the final week of the Bettsfic workshop

For the final week the focus was on narrative. I placed at the top the experimental , entitled, Ma'am it is my reflection on Girl from Jamaica Kincaid. enjoy

But for the fiction I made another element into the world I created, and still have not named for the workshop with Betts series.

if you want to read more and get all pertinent links, utilize the following uniform resource locator.

https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2447&type=status

Super Smash Bros collab

If you are a super smash bros. fan or like collaborative artwork, click the following image or link. The listing is on the page if you have a particular character you are interested in seeing. The collage is on the site. 

https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/396-super-smash-bros-collab-2023/

DATES

• 17th- Moon Descending ; it crosses the path of the sun in the sky or the ecliptic
• 18th- Oscar Peterson performed live at Carnegie Hall 1949

Listen to the whole concert

• 19th  - Neptune at opposition , meaning it will be reverse of the sun at sunrise, look west. And Venus will have it's greatest illumination in 2023 this day. 
• 20th- 1973 Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in the battle of the sexes

21st International Day of Peace

a story

https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/261-september-equinox-art-or-text-craft-parade-good-news-blog/?do=findComment&comment=947

• 22nd- Moon closest to the south pole, greatest angle from equator going south; Mercury greatest distance from sun in the sky , elongation
• 23rd- September Equinox, the beginning of Spring in the southern hemisphere while the beginning of Autumn in the northern hemisphere. Equinox means equal night. In this day, as in the other equinox,  the equator of the earth if expanded like a disk for in an instant makes the smallest angle between itself and the center of the sun. Or you can say, if a line was made between the center of the earth side the center of the sun, the equator will be at said line.

 a story

https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/261-september-equinox-art-or-text-craft-parade-good-news-blog/?do=findComment&comment=948

another story

https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/261-september-equinox-art-or-text-craft-parade-good-news-blog/?do=findComment&comment=949

photo citation

https://www.flickr.com/photos/bomobob/4864314781/in/album-72157612785670979/

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

KWL podcast with Mark Dawson

Good information for all independent writers

https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10486-as-i-listened-to-kwl-episode-323-the-self-publishing-show/

Gordon Gecko's speech 

if you don't know it is relevant as when it occurred in the 1980s

https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2413&type=status

Princess Bombshell

from Seanime

The Cover, click the image to read an excerpt

https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2414&type=status

Aliens in the mind

NOTES

https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2415&type=status

Madebirdscom bird boxes automata

https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/345-richard-murray-creative-table-3/

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE HIGHLIGHTED WORK OF 2022

here is a last entry , it is used as the cover photo for this post