Earth is still beautiful. She still nurtures and amazes every one of us on a daily basis. There is truly nothing like standing out in a great expanse, unblemished by urban expansion, and gazing around at all the beauty before you: be it the snow-capped mountains formed by tectonic boxing matches millions of years ago, colossal trees older than the United states, the clear blue water of a remote beach, or the whistle of a baby bird hatched just last week. Life finds a way to go on. We must cherish it while we can.

Contrary to popular belief, Dracula wasn’t the first vampire story, but as far as pop culture vamps go, it may as well be. The epistolary style was the most popular way to write horror at the time, and the original publication sold like hotcakes…largely because it aligned with a contemporary British anti-immigrant ideology.

There is not a beat poetry, or a beat novel, or a beat painting.  Beat is a poetic conception, an attitude toward the world.  - Allen Ginsberg   At Juniper...