The first day of a long weekend by Lake Michigan. The sun slowly illuminates the forest that is quite close to the patio, the tall dark trees flame with green light. The curtain goes up on another day. Do you suppose that for the living vegetation, birds, mammals that live invisibly to us —…
In several hours we will leave Illinois for St. Joseph, Michigan. The drive will take us around the big lake, (Lake Michigan) to the resort town in the adjoining state. I love a road trip, the change of scene which travel affords. The geographical change enables a reboot of the psyche, to shift the…
Just listened to a NYT podcast, The Argument for the first time. The presentation ran for about 20 minutes. The subjects were the prospects for DJ Trump in the election in November, “Is Donald Trump Toast?” and the problems, issues having to do with opening schools in the midst of an uncontrolled pandemic. Three…
Americans believe in facts,but not in facticity.They do not know that factsare factitious*, as their name suggests.It is this belief in facts,in the total credibility of what is done or seen,in this pragmatic evidence of things and an accompanying contempt for what may be called appearancesor the play of appearances –— a face does…
Another abnormally hot summer day? How is one to know? What is the good in knowing? What would I do if I knew? The thermometer gauge in the morning sun on the patio is already showing 120 degrees at 7AM. According to my cell phone news feed report the tundra in Siberia is burning,…
What better way to spend a Sunday morning than exploring. We set out for the North Aurora Dam on the Fox River. Fishing poles in hand we hoped to find fish close to the bank just above the dam. We did our best. A feature of the morning was a session with a throw…
It is by an act of force,or coup de théâtre*geographical exile of the Founding Fathers of the seventeenth centuryadding itself to the voluntary exile of man within his own consciousness –that what in Europe had remained a critical and religious esotericismbecame transformed on the New Continent into a pragmatic exotercism.The whole foundation of America…
Yesterday I found time to take a short bike ride along the river path to the North Aurora dam. The river is less swollen within its banks than my last visit some weeks ago to this spot. Just below the dam on the bank under a bit of shade I read more from America…
Born In The U.S.A. By Bruce Springsteen Born down in a dead man’s town The first kick I took was when I hit the ground You end up like a dog that’s been beat too much Till you spend half your life just covering up Born in the U.S.A. I was born in the…
What if a butterfly thinks it is ugly? I participated in a Socrates’ Cafe discussion last night that entertained this question. The discussion was wide ranging, stimulating, satisfying. There were seven of us in attendance using Go-To-Meeting for the video mediated discussion. The question asks the reader to imagine oneself a butterfly. That alone…
