It is raining hard, a deluge for the past 20 minutes. At 6AM this morning upon waking there were signs that the downpour, with thunder and lightening of the early morning hours had passed. The sky was much lighter, and nothing was falling, the birds were singing. Standing in my driveway I encountered a…
I don’t have to know an answer. I don’t feel frightened by not knowing things, by being lost in a mysterious universe without any purpose, which is the way it really is as far as I can tell. It doesn’t frighten me. –Richard Feynman quoted from The Life and Science of Richard Feynman by…
One final musing from my Summerfest experience. We typically take one of the festival shuttles into Milwaukee’s Maer Festival Park. Leaving our vehicle at the Ryan Park and Ride lot saves the trouble of dealing with city traffic, as well as finding and paying for parking. One pays the bus driver $7 for the…
Maybe you’ve never been to Summerfest in Milwaukee? Today is the final day of the eleven day festival on the Lake Front. I’ve attended Summerfest for many years. The event is comprised of thousands of fellow Americans. Americans from a kaleidoscope of ethnic backgrounds, ways of life, and taste in music. For the price…
Yes, we are going again. Summerfest Milwaukee will be the destination for the afternoon and evening. We hope to experience the music of Dennis DeYoung and Styx at 10PM tonight. The atmospherics will crackle with the electricity of sensuality, of reality, of life and death as DeYoung performs his lyrics of Lady, and Come…
I Hear America Singing. I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear, Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong, The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam, The mason singing his as he makes ready…
This is the 50th year anniversary of Summerfest. Held in Milwaukee it is a convocation of music lovers from around the world. The lake front is gorgeous. Participants are generally well behaved, no matter that thousands are present in the Maer Festival Park. I existentially needed to be present at Summerfest this year as…
I know I’m crazy. No diagnosis needed. A few days ago I was present for a concert at a local park district. The first song offered by the community chorus was our national anthem, The Star Spangled Banner. I’ve joined in singing the song hundreds of times since I was taught the tune in…
I finished signing up for Medicare yesterday. I am fortunate to have a friend, a insurance professional who is competent to coach me through the process. Insurance coverage for health care is a reminder of our mortality, that mind does not overrule matter. Despite the fantasies of youth this body which I inhabit is…
Jeff raised a concern. Jeff expressed a cautionary concern about losing oneself in sensual experience. Jeff thought that full-out pursuit of sensuality without abatement is counterproductive. In short, too much of anything is detrimental. I’ve taken a few days to consider Jeff’s words. The point is well taken. We live in a society that…
