Breathe in.... (suuuuuuck) Breathe out..... (hsssssss) Sure. Let's do the thing!

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9 Jan. 2024

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Today, I'm feeling kinda strange. (It happens.) Pick them brains... Flying saucers appear over the drier. I want my clothes to be their softest, and that's undoubtedly what the VISITORS want, as well!

Window open. Today is chilly, but I'm too hot. (Hot in BOTH ways!) The Clash were punk and the radio was their weapon. See it? See it now! Crowds of frogs and turtles bet on the outcome! (Let's hope the A.T.F. never find out!) I'm feeling kinda strange today. That's good. I see out the window. I see the rain. I know that snow is coming in the near future, but does that mean we have to ignore the now??? Pick them brains. Look inside. Look outside. Drip dried frogs, half a mile away, sing to the VISITORS about driers and radio weapons. It will save us all. IT will...

Don't be a slogan.

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"Blue Salamander" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

![blue salamander.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/richardfyates/23wgekKKzu8BD5JxscBVYRJE9S4PVW1s79pESTDpCEHxVQth43rVym7wBn6zrb39YDchP.png)


[Ballpoint pen, gel pen, and glitter pen on paper with digital embellishments and color.] It's hidden there in the artwork, but the BLUE SALAMANDER has arrived! (Lock your doors and windows and nostrils and bread boxes and cereal bowls! Be ever vigilant!) ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

https://teia.art/objkt/844384

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"Postcards (Time)" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

![postcards (time).png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/richardfyates/244yASwHypEaVpoF51M1i6uw6wAEnfs5PXnc8h4TgXAgaBqVjqirCfgfFXqvKY7hdC12p.png)


[Liner pen on notebook page with digital embellishments and color.] As big as the mountains. As old as bubblegum. As mobile as a DJ. The words TRAVEL... ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

https://objkt.com/tokens/KT1T3ZVm8fTSSPi2joKDLaU1scVNFQcnGCA6/14

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"Losing My Direction" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

![losing my direction.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/richardfyates/AKqantjWzFg9Hbd76xeZm6UbEkyHrzcn7yvWjYCTndWDZaAPp5aeUWWtkq4sUV1.png)


[Digital drawing created with a no-longer-supported, free app on my phone, which I don't think can even be downloaded anymore, so I will never be able to get a new phone!] Here is a demon that just doesn't know what's worth doing anymore? How does one decide? ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

https://teia.art/objkt/844390

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"Skitchin'" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

![skitchin.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/richardfyates/23xAidg1mySbd4b6J1kqFJGgH51HFaEn42XcsEhFQ28Fy1LtLfum1Zos7yc34GeoefFp4.png)


[Felt pen, gel pen, mechanical pencil, and metallic marker on paper with digital embellishments and color.] "Skitchin'" is a term from my teenage years, back in the 1980s. It refers to "hitching" a ride on a passing car while riding a skateboard. Not the safest game, now that I think about it, and most drivers got pissed if they spotted you, but we were stupid and believed we wuz immortal back then. The drawing, by the by, has nothing to do with "skitchin'." ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

https://objkt.com/tokens/KT1T3ZVm8fTSSPi2joKDLaU1scVNFQcnGCA6/15

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10 Jan. 2024

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Need to free the BEASTS! Unfortunately, the beasts are unwilling to be freed! (GOSH!)

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"Haunted?" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

![haunted (question) (sep 2023).png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/richardfyates/23xpPNyyiKBVqWs44QqWhBj6hA6iMJfRw2ywRfPQnJNSMzPJP7BmphsUeBkf7p2KWSpqr.png)


[Liner pen on notebook page with digital embellishments and color.] Is that house haunted? Who is the little boy in the window? Is that strange face in the sky just the sun??? (Or is it something more SINISTER?) And WHAT is behind the GREEN DOOR??? ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

https://objkt.com/tokens/KT1T3ZVm8fTSSPi2joKDLaU1scVNFQcnGCA6/16

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Da da Da, doo doo doo... The skies are filled with flying ships, but what if they aren't SHIPS but BEINGS. Living nonsense on invisible strings...

Peter Piper popped a pill that pickled his perceptions...

Utilization of a complex series of irrational presuppositions to arrive at a valid conclusion. That, and popcorn, are both unrealistic.

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"Brain Drain" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

![brain drain (dec. 2023).png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/richardfyates/AKutBQo1TzrNVJ6K7RvoW93XWdHbm5dcgv7M2RGmdggVPUz7tK5t1egCidJimGP.png)


[Digital drawing created on my phone, amateur photography, and digital collage.] Neurological black hole. Digestion issues. The consumption of NEW IDEAS causes psychic churn... We keep the troops entertained! ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

https://teia.art/objkt/844469

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DON'T BE A SLOGAN - DON'T BE A SLOGAN - DON'T BE A SLOGAN - DON'T BE A SLOGAN - DON'T BE A SLOGAN... (That's my new slogan!)

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"We (Eye)" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

![we (eye).png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/richardfyates/23y94Psx27hYFf9ZeSRm6hvdqmQERM8XocDpCimZyTwAPShaTVQCbiq1yeLnajeMMsfhj.png)


[Ballpoint pen on notebook page with digital embellishments and color.] Mostly abstract lines and colors, but the ever present, ALL SEEING EYE, does judge the final outcome (of this drawing...) ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

https://teia.art/objkt/844470

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"Making an Important Point" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

![making an important point.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/richardfyates/EoEwpmqedBqQQNgBns9hFxtnEgpJyhZCKW9uRr1nAj3775vNWw4HzGDQr6Xppp37jyS.jpg)


[Liner pen, felt pen, and brush pen on paper with digital embellishments and color.] You must listen! Vanilla IS a flavor!!! ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

https://objkt.com/tokens/KT1T3ZVm8fTSSPi2joKDLaU1scVNFQcnGCA6/17

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"Just Do Nothing (Practice Makes Perfect)" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

![just do nothing (practice...).png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/richardfyates/23u67MD4tZaKpDHawbE5yGRTf5irqT4rc6UqjR6JPFp3dxu9FhKbUDYv9aKL2ZurZ9ZNK.png)


[Found image, digital drawing, digital writing, and snark.] Think ZEN. Wait!!! That's not possible. Think about THINKING ZEN. Better? No. You're probably worrying too much about this. Have a cup of tea and a lie-down... Then maybe the answer will come in a dream... ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

https://objkt.com/tokens/KT1T3ZVm8fTSSPi2joKDLaU1scVNFQcnGCA6/18

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11 Jan. 2024

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HOLY CANNOLI! How did I not notice this until NOW? There are not one but TWO new episodes of the CHURCH OF DOG podcast!!! I've already listened to them, and they are both funny and informative! Give them a spin now, and tell Reverend Canis that I sent you!!!

https://www.youtube.com/@ChurchofDog


![Church-of-Dog-Certificate-of-Original-Member.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/richardfyates/23xLKvnNSWVSrEPn1eCdfb7fL4GaNXkihDnVPbPmePgCfouhVu5P4E4H6gxGixgbFmSo3.png)


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"I'm Not Sure (Heck)" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

![im not sure (heck) (dec. 2023).jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/richardfyates/23wgYXD7wRs21o5ikMpsvgijxLUcHq96f1MKWiauBn3e2NHxhQ1tw6ZPv3bCytinYeZ2G.jpg)


[Liner pen, felt pen, gel pen, mechanical pencil, and glitter pen on paper with digital embellishments and color tweaking.] It was a very busy night... ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

https://objkt.com/tokens/KT1T3ZVm8fTSSPi2joKDLaU1scVNFQcnGCA6/19

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Thanks for stopping by! Do come again! AND don't forget to check out my Patreon page cuz it's the only thing that will clothe us and feed us and save us! LATER!!!

---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
https://www.patreon.com/richardfyates