It’s a Saturday, inside of Starbucks it is unusually quiet. There is a steady rain falling. Movement in the out-of-doors is avoided by most. The temp is comfortable yet, for mid October. It would be fine to go for a walk in the rain. Gazing at the empty tables, the view is peaceful, unobstructed…
Geneva, the Fox river Valley is overcast, rain is expected for this afternoon. That is well, as growing things are eager for a drink before the sleep of frost comes. All things in due time is the rule-of-thumb. Reading the Zhuangzi, the admonition is to forget oneself, to be oblivious to the human, that…
“The brutality of Hamas, this bloodthirstiness, brings to mind the worst rampages of ISIS … Stomach-turning reports of babies being killed; entire families slain; young people massacred while attending a musical festival to celebrate peace; women raped, assaulted, paraded as trophies. In this moment it must be crystal clear: We stand with Israel. We…
Ancient texts often describe a long ago period of idyllic society, a time when humans lived in harmony with one another and with Nature. This is a literary device, a means of contrast with present conditions in order to advance the writer’s point of view. Whether Eden could have existed, if furthermore any of…
I followed the war in Israel last night on ABC streaming channel. Perhaps I should say nothing about this bloodletting. Still, how is this not my business since I am human, and this is yet another outbreak, a paroxysm of rage? Gaza has been called an open air prison, one of the most densely…
Columbus Day or Indigenous Peoples Day, which is it? This day, the morning of October 9th is dedicated equally to each of these dimensions of our American past, which is also our present. A day to remember our ancestors attempts to enslave the communities that lived on this continent prior to our arrival from…
I chose to “sleep in” this morning. Something which I seldom do. I like the early morning, a habit learned from my mother who grew up on a farm. Plants and animals elicit care, not scheduling at one’s convenience. Farmers do not sleep in. We visited a farmers market in Geneva where we purchased…
Great indeed is the disorder produced in the world by the love of knowledge. From the time of the three dynasties downwards it has been so. The plain and honest-minded people are neglected, and the plausible representations of restless spirits received with pleasure; the quiet and unexciting method of non-action is put away, and…
(So), the versatility shown in artful deceptions becoming more and more pernicious, in ingenious discussions as to what is hard and what is white, and in attempts to disperse the dust and reconcile different views, is great, but the common people are perplexed by all the sophistry. Hence there is great disorder…
There’s something menacing, darkly beautiful about the sound and sight of a drag car slowly rolling toward the staging beam. A big-inch motor idles, breathing heavily for air, the undulating bass note of a machine conceived, purpose-built for gobs of power, parts assembled for total acceleration. After staging, when the tree flashes green, pedal…
