Sunday was the occasion of a mild 40 degree day. I especially enjoyed the shades of brown and tan illumined by the afternoon sun as we passed a wetland, undeveloped, tall grasses waving in the breeze. White oaks were showing spiky leaves hanging on to face the coming frost. Everything is as it should…
The feast day began with paying homage to Nature. This is it should be, since each of us is a child of Nature, flesh and blood, born of the Earth, sustained by the sun, rain, the recurring force of Gaia’s productive effort. Is it not proper on this day to personify Nature’s dispassionate, life-giving…
I anticipated this day for a while. Fall days come one by one, daylight lessening, leaves falling, my spirit waiting for the coming interlude–a day dedicated to taking stock of the goodness that life serendipitously has offered. Thanksgiving! The benefits that come our way are unaccountable. I did not expect them. Indeed no one…
Our daughter and her partner are expecting a baby girl. Kai is to be born in January. I am awed that the child is to bear my mothers name as her middle name. My mother was a extraordinarily courageous and kind woman. She would have been greatly honored to have her name given to…
Did not post yesterday since most of the day was spent on I-65 traveling from Chicago to Louisville. We departed in a gentle rain which surely will bring down the few remaining leaves from the trees in the neighborhood. The plus side of the 6 hour drive was the brisk movement of traffic around…
I agreed to accompany my wife to the American Legion Post in Gurnee for the Veterans Day ceremony. She is a member of a local choral group that was to participate in the community event. As she is recovering from a knee injury I did the driving. It’s never been easy for me to…
Guess which of these guys is the leader of the “free” world? Given this impression–which man would you chose to follow? Assuming that you were in a position to have a choice………………… Ruling a great country is like cooking a small fish. –Lao Tsu, Tao Te Ching chapter 60
I’ve always loved this song. It is one of Elvis signature tunes, but the credit for the superlative lyric go to Ronnie Milsap and Eddie Rabbitt. The lyric knits together time and place by means of a consuming quest for a person who is loved. Each of us is a mystery to ourselves, our…
Sutherland Springs, Texas, First Baptist Church, Devin Patrick Kelley, 15 magazines of AR-15 ammo, 15 rounds per mag, emptied into the congregation. Twenty six people are killed. Kelley is dead. I read these “facts” and more on the CNN website. The bottomless analysis of the event continues. Everyone who has an opinion weighs in,…
Another morning. Its Wednesday and at least I am not in traffic on I-294 in the stampede to Chicago. Around 6AM yesterday before dawn I accelerated up the ramp into the stream of traffic with a massive chrome truck bumper in my rear view mirror. In the darkness the surreal stream of headlights, with…
