Friday, the end of the week! An ending involves a beginning. Opposite meanings, each defines the other. You cannot have one without the other. Both terms are symbols, linguistic markers used to make sense of time. Making sense is something we humans cannot do without. Primitive and mammalian, the reflex to cry out, soon…
I mentioned a book which I finished reading. The author caught me with a too abrupt ending. I wanted more. No doubt, the writer gave what he had to say, without attempting to gin-up a speculative conclusion. That was ideal, and how much courage does that require? That is – strength to be silent…
Yesterday Laura and I discussed a Fox celebrity who as interviewed on NPR by Scott Simon. I listen to very little radio with the exception of several rock n’ roll music stations. I had not heard the interview. Nor was I familiar with Greg Gutfeld, one of the Fox entertainers. His show is late-night,…
Wednesday, Ash Wednesday. Once again at Starbucks, sans the smear of ash in the sign of the cross on my forehead. I do not belong to the Catholic community. I was not raised to believe in the Catholic church or its tenets, a shear accident of birth. The season of lent is something I…
Raining outside, a gentle spring rain and the sky is overcast. There are days like this, to remind that every cloud has a silver lining. The wildflower seeds that I scattered yesterday are responding, as I write, to the H²0 that moistens, softens the outer covering. The inner living kernel will activate soon… Stay…
Intermission is timely. At midpoint of a soul stirring performative event one is glad when the lights go up and everyone is invited to stand, and perhaps visit the restroom. Perhaps you’d wait with others at the Bar for a glass of white or red to take as you return to your seat. This…
More thoughts from Nietzsche? Rumination on types of nihilism? Topics, all relevant to day-to-day life, which I intend to examine. On the other hand this remarkable collection of insights came my way. The current condition of America is described by the envelopment of the old Republican Party by the Trump movement, and his accession…
In the United States,Congress, the president and the courtsare supposed to keep an eye on one another — to stop any one branch of government frombecoming too powerful. President Trump is showing uswhat happens when those checks and balances break down. The courts may still intervene,as a judge did yesterday to halt Trump’s offer…
Six AM and it was pitch black. In the sky a blinding white moon, a crescent sharper than any blade. I felt cold bite into my face. I drove the winding neighborhood street. Three black forms moved across a yard to pass just out of headlight range. Deer. Absolutely those wild animals were hungry….
The new administration is moving at warp speed. Tech moguls skurrey, gathering as baby chicks around a brood hen, to Trump. The New York Times reports that new leaders are quickly being appointed to the U. S. Prosecutors offices. The President believes with justification that he has carte blanche to act at will. More…
