At this moment it is raining outside, a gentle, soaking rain. I am pleased. Destructive weather notwithstanding, our planet is warming after all; at times a day or two of steady rain still comes. A gentle rain gradually lends moisture to vegetation and to all that lives. To all things really. Water is life….
Yesterday was Autumn Equinox. If we think of the progression of the months as relative to the position of the earth and the sun, September 22nd is the point at which the length of daytime and darkness is roughly equal. A pivot point between summer’s warmth, and the chill of winter’s season of sleep….
Wednesday is suffused with sunlight, and stands to be summertime hot, though meteorological fall has arrived. No matter! I welcome a day or two more of summer before the tilt of the earth’s axis brings shorter and cooler days. Yesterday was dedicated to keeping a long anticipated appointment with my cardiologist. A needed heart…
I am unable to compose the usual post due to an appointment for a heart procedure which will shortly come. There’s just not enough time to order my thoughts. So, I will leave these words by William Morris: We have seen that modern society is divided into two classes, one of which is privileged…
Sunday comes with the promise of sunshine in the afternoon. Day after day for three days showers have come, when August is typically a dry month. I am thankful for the rain though I am compelled to mow the lawn 2x per week for a while. How happy I feel to see the creek…
We’ve all been there. I entertained a purpose, certainly I’ll post something this morning… Then, no matter the effort the Lenovo laptop would not link to the Starbucks wifi. My I-phone found the signal… And yes, I looked at the settings, and nothing was amiss. Having allowed such a circumstance to grow into a…
Just yesterday Laura and I accepted an invitation to help paint a mural which is to be on permanent display on Batavia’s Peace Bridge which spans the Fox River. The park district representative with responsibility for the project mentioned that the mural is expected to last for 20 years or more of display season…
v. 77 The Way of Heavenis like a bow bent to shoot:its top end is brought down,its lower end raised up.It brings the high down,lifts the low,takes from those who have,gives to those who have not. Such is the Way of Heaven,taking from people who have,giving to people who have not. …
Our family is in Louisville Ky for a long weekend. We have memories of Louisville, since our youngest daughter attended college at a Kentucky school, and resided for a few years in Louisville. Louisville is a medium sized city on the southern side of the Ohio river. Historically Kentucky is a border state, divided…
…we understand our situationas one of high tragedy,alone in a silent universe,without intrinsic meaning,condemned to create value. But at a later moment, the same doctrine, by its own inherent bent,yields a flattened world,in which there aren’t very meaningful choicesbecause there aren’t any crucial issues. The Ethics of Authenticity by Charles Taylor, The Slide to…
