Visited Kraklauer Creek Park again a few days ago. In fact my first visit on July 28th was followed by another on August 5th. There was much to take in along this waterway that is the centerpiece for Kraklauer Park. Wildflowers are featured in a colorful spectacle on the banks of this little creek….
I want to say more about the principle/law of special relativity. Special Relativity is analogous to gravity. For every living being on the earth, the pull toward the center always must be figured into one’s day to day living. When hiking in the Cascades in an Oregon forest, do not venture too close to…
Sunday was a day of adventure. An adventure happens when one’s plans, actions and experiences which you counted on are thwarted by circumstances. We planned to visit the Morton Arboretum to take in the troll display. The Arboretum has a number of giant trolls constructed of wood placed throughout the grounds. The entrance to…
I remember a visit to a county fair. It happened when I was fourteen or fifteen. The occasion was memorable because I was not accompanied by my parents. I recall the glitter of the midway lights in the dark night, the aroma of cotton candy, and candied apples. Also the smell of sawdust, and…
I stopped in at the Roadster Shop several days ago with my camera. As usual I asked and was given permission to shoot a few photos of their work which is displayed on the showroom lobby of the business. There were a number of interesting, truly amazing works of automotive art on display, but only…
Days end yesterday I read the poem Gerontion by T. S. Eliot. That was my second reading of the poem this week. I was taken by Eliot’s words. Scholarly analysts say Gerontion is one of his most enigmatic works. There is much enigma in all of Eliot’s poems. Yesterday afternoon I heard that Sergio…
The culture of liberalism should be one which was enlightened, secular, through and through. It would be one in which no trace of divinity remained, either in the form of a divinized world or of a divinized self. Such a culture would have no room for the notion that there are nonhuman forces to…
Perhaps you will agree that a vacation time away permits one some different choices about the foci of one’s attention. In our ordinary lives, the “blind impress” of accrued circumstances can be oppressive. We feel the need to “get away” to a destination affording different scenery, perhaps time for more reading, fewer phone calls,…
What a great week of vacation! A friend expressed surprise that so many of us stayed happily together in a big house for seven days. Actually we had plenty of room, there were many things to do, and we like being together. We had some wonderful meals together, lots of good conversation, and three…
A few photographs capture the memory of a day of being out and about in the wine country of Michigan. Everyone gets to be a child again while on vacation. We will not forget the time spent at Bumbelberry Acres picking blueberrys, and the visit to the petting zoo. We heard the story of…
