She was thirty years old. Several days ago report of a suicide on my iphone feed caught my attention. The age of the individual prompted me to read further. She was a North Carolinian, my home state. Chosen Miss America 2019, she was a civil attorney who did free legal work for people unjustly…
A poignant conversation happened between friends this week. The occasion and opportunity for the exchange of words was the death of a renowned self-taught improvisational pianist Michael Jones. Jones lived in Toronto and was an international recording artist. This morning I thought about other losses. Upon waking I learned of the death of Meatloaf,…
The universe is just there; that’s the only way one can view it and remain master of one’s senses. The universe neither threatens nor promises. It holds things beyond our sway: the fall of a meteor, growing old and dying. These are the realities of the universe and they must be faced regardless of…
Yesterday morning family members peering into the backyard called to me, “quick come and look, a hawk is feeding on top of our wood pile.” Suspecting that I’d be too late, I pulled the flash card out of this laptop and inserted it into my camera. In the distance a solitary hawk was feeding…
You’ve got to be kidding. Not more on religion… But I have to — because I am not finished. There is much at stake. To risk overstating the matter, — “the survival of humanity!” At least that is how it seems from my vantage point. I know that I am the least likely in…
I am not the first, and this is not the first time the thought comes to mind. Yesterday, early evening, the moon was a sliver of fingernail behind a cloud low in the darkening sky. I hurried inside to get my camera. I knew the moment would not last. This morning on Fabyan Parkway…
Humankind has exploited it’s own species for as long as recorded history. We’ve enslaved, colonized, worked for low wages-without-benefits the hapless, the unlucky, the victims of circumstance. This is an old story from the construction of the pyramids along the Nile, to the cotton fields of the antebellum South, to Amazon warehouses across America…
We discussed capitalism last night. The essay was a three page thought experiment with an optimistic conclusion. The author speculated that capitalism would be “humanized” as a result of covid. I am not convinced that will be the case. Moreover the covid virus is not done with us Americans. Approximately a third of us…
It is not often that I offer more than one post per day. Since this is EARTH DAY I am obligated to draw attention to the matter that is before all of us. Are we not at a “live or let die” juncture? We are “of the earth” and will surely share whatever is…
Praying the Covid away ! It isn’t working. Sure, we have the freedom to wear or not wear a mask, to infect or not infect your family members or neighbors,…. The virus roars on, not unlike an out of control forest fire, driven by the Santa Ana wind of American “freedom.” How are we…
